Humorous Books (8th Grade)

  • Adams, Dougla.  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and its sequel.
  • Avi - Don't you know there's a war on?
  • book with serious parts also
  • Curtis Christopher. The book The Watsons Go to Birmingham is a humorous
  • Frank, Lucy - Oy Joy!         many very funny scenes
  • Gantos, Jack books - Joey Pigza plus others...
  • Honey, Liz  can be fun for all: Don't Pat the Wombat, Fiddleback, Stella Street and all that happened
  • Howe, Norma.   Blue Avenger books.
  • Kerr, M.E. Deliver Us from Evie (no sex but with homosexual themes)
  • Koertge, Ron.  Where the Kissing Never Stops-- (some sex)
  • Korman, Gordon. No More Dead Dogs
  • Laser, Michael - 6-321         is serious but has lighter moments
  • Napoli, Donna - The Prince of the Pond : Otherwise Known As De Fawg Pin
  • Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me
  • Pearson, Mary. David V. God
  • Pratchett, Terry
  • Sleator, Oddballs-- (autobiographical short stories with some scatological references)
  • Spinelli, Jerry
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