Johanna Hurwitz
Author
Series
Park pals volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his owner's parents let him go in Central Park, a young guinea pig learns to survive in the natural world with the help of a "park-wise" squirrel while trying to find his way back home.
3) Class Clown
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lucas is one of the smartest kids in third grade-but he's always in trouble. Lucas doesn't mean to be the class clown. He even decides to become the perfect student. But then the unexpected happen.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ezra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess. Can an unwanted car trip, a grumpy old professor, and a surprising chess victory help father and son find a little common ground--and convince Ezra's dad that cheering for the national pastime isn't completely off base?
7) School's out
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Lucas thinks his summer vacation is ruined when Mom hires a French au pair to watch over Lucas and his two-year-old twin brothers.
Author
Series
Riverside Kids volume 1
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy.
12) Tough-luck Karen
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1991, c1982
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Karen Sossi encounters bad luck when she ignores her schoolwork for cooking and baby-sitting.
Author
Series
Riverside Kids volume 6
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Russell, his family, and friends, as he gets ready to celebrate his sixth birthday.
16) Class president
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1991, c1990
Language
English
Description
Julio hides his own leadership ambitions to help another candidate win the nomination for class president.
17) Roz and Ozzie
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Although eight-year-old Roz usually feels annoyed by the pestering attentions of her uncle Ozzie, who is two years younger than she is, she finds that there are times when she is glad to have him around.