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Recommended Readings for Humor
A Fate Totally Worse Than Death by Paul Fleishman
The snobbiest, most selfishly self-centered and downright nastiest girls of Cliffside High School's clique of the rich and beautiful, the Huns, get their just desserts in this hilarious horror spoof. Y FLE
All's Fair in Love, War, and High School by Janet Rallison
A self-absorbed high school cheerleader faces the dilemma of running for student council to beef up her college application while trying to find a last minute date for the prom. Y RAL
Can You Sue Your Parents For Malpractice? by Paula Danziger
This hilarious book recounts the exploits of 14-year-old Lauren Allen, who's entangled in a web of family friction, adolescent uncertainty, and romantic longing. Y DAN PBK
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself. Y LUB PBK
How I Survived My Summer Vacation and Lived to Write the Story by Robin Friedman
Thirteen-year-old Jackie Monterey thinks that he has his life and the people in it all figured out. With big plans to write the great American novel during summer vacation, he learns about being flexible and open-minded, and he finally gets a sense of humor. Y FRI
Jingle Boy by Kieran Scott
Paul has always adored Christmas - that is, until a mall Santa steals his girlfriend, his father is nearly electrocuted by a Christmas light display that burns down much of their house, and his mother loses her job. He joins forces with an underground anti-Christmas group of misfits and plots to take revenge on the holiday. Y SCO
Lily B. on the Brink of Cool by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Lily attempts to turn around the most boring summer ever. She records everything in her journal and discovers that things are not always what they seem. Y KIM
Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Korman
Imagine three fifteen-year-old boys renting an older brother's apartment in the city for the summer, combined with a mammoth drop-in friend who will take on all-star wrestlers for money; a crabby, nosey landlord who runs the deli downstairs; and girls. Mix it all together, and you get one crazy, hysterically funny story! Y KOR
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Wallace, while spending his detention from the football team at rehearsals for the play "Old Shep, My Pal," winds up changing the entire play to include rollerblading, rock and roll and a completely different ending in a hysterically funny turn of events! Y KOR
Oy, Joy! by Lucy Frank
Joy, a new freshman, has got her hands full between finding a boyfriend with the school Match Quiz; giving up her room to her kind-hearted but meddling Uncle Max; sharing a room with her eleven-year-old brother, his drum set and pet mice; and trying to figure out what happened to her best friend who has decided to be just like her boyfriend by wearing a rumpled raincoat and shaving her head. Y FRA
The Cannibals by Cynthia D. Grant
Tiffany can't understand what's not important about being the head Yell Leader of the school, going out with the best looking guy, wanting to be a movie star and modeling for Macy's spring fashion show. She just doesn't have time to think about other things, until the day she goes from Miss Popularity to the school reject. Y GRA
