Summary | Excerpt | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio

If you liked My One Hundred Adventures, try these:
by Jerry Spinelli
Published Apr 2014
Read ReviewsMaster storyteller Jerry Spinelli has written a dizzingly inventive fable of growing up and letting go, of leaving childhood and its imagination play behind for the more dazzling adventures of adolescence, and of learning to accept not only the sunny part of day, but the unwelcome arrival of night, as well.
by Jack Gantos
Published May 2013
Read ReviewsA sly, sharp-edged narrative about a small western Pennsylvania town and a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsPepper's fourteenth birthday is a momentous one.
It's the day he's supposed to die.
Everyone seems resigned to iteven Pepper, although he would much prefer to live. But can you sidestep Fate? Jump sideways into a different life?
by Kate DiCamillo
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2009 Children's Book Award. When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a ...
by Gennifer Choldenko
Published Jan 2011
Read ReviewsMoose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel to Al Capone Does My Shirts. Recommended for ages 10+.
by Ingrid Law
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsFor generations, the Beaumont family has harbored a magical secret. They each possess a savvy a special supernatural power that strikes when they turn thirteen. Grandpa Bomba moves mountains, her older brothers create hurricanes and spark electricity and now its the eve of Mibs big day.
by Lois Lowry
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsA hilarious novel which parodies "old-fashioned" children's books, including the requisite uncaring and self-centered parents, estimable orphans, and a questionable nanny...
by Jeanne Birdsall
Published Mar 2007
Read ReviewsDeliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story as breezy and carefree as a summer day. 2005 National Book Award Winner. Ages 8-12.
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today.
Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.