Melonhead and the Undercover Operation- by Sarah Weeks

In this third book about ten-year-old Adam "Melonhead" Melon and his friend, Sam, the laughs abound as the two go undercover to catch one of the FBI's Most Wanted. Having earned "Junior Special Agent" status from their many visits to FBI headquarters, the boys get caught up in their spy mission. They decide a woman they meet on the bus is The Chameleon, master of disguise and wanted by the FBI. Despite their good intentions, things don't work out as they anticipate. Enjoy this fun-loving book as the boys blunder from one hilarious situation to another.

PIE-by Sarah Weeks

When Alicia's Aunt Polly, The Pie Queen of Ipswitch, dies, her secret to her world-famous piecrust dies with her. She leaves the recipe to her fat and disagreeable cat, Lardo, whom she leaves in Alicia's care.

Amidst some crazy antics and sometimes mysterious happenings, the whole town tries to figure out how you leave a recipe to a cat.

This book is sprinkled with recipes for wonderful pies, and on the surface appears to be about everyone's efforts to become the next pie contest winner. However, on a deeper level, the book examines the true recipe for happiness. Read PIE to discover how Aunt Polly's bequest will lead everyone to this discovery.

Melonhead by Katy Kelly

Adam Melon, nicknamed Melonhead by his friends, is an adventuresome nine-year-old who is a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble. When his class enters an inventing fair, each team must invent a new use for an old invention. As Adam and his friend, Sam, try to come up with a great "reinvention", they create chaos and trouble, like plaster all over the bathroom floor, and secretely harboring a snake and a mouse at Adam's house. All is well until the mouse and snake escape and are hiding somewhere in Adam's house. As Adam and Sam create dud after dud for the inventing fair, they begin to worry. Can they create a super "reinvention" before the contest?

Mary Margaret, Center Stage by Christine Kole MacLean

If you like Judy Moody, you will love this funny character who is constantly getting herself into messes. Mary Margaret is certain that she will get the part of Cinderella in the community play. When the director gives the part to "perfect" Ellie, Mary Margaret can't believe it. She tries to find a way to take over the part herself. Her plans range from secretly trying to infect Ellie with a cold, to trying to convince her that being the star of a play is so nerve-wracking that she just might forget her lines and ruin the play. There are several near disasters during the play. You'll have to read the book to find out how Mary Margaret saves the day.

Zoobreak by Gordon Korman

The kids from Gordon Korman's book Swindle are on another quest to right a wrong. Samantha's capuchin monkey, Cleo, is missing. After a school field trip to a floating zoo, Samantha finds Cleo among the animals aboard. The owner, Mr. Nastase, claims that the monkey's name is Eleanor, and he has a bill of sale to prove it. Samantha is certain that the monkey is Cleo, and is also upset at the horrible conditions in which the animals live. Griffin, who always has a plan, creates "Operation Zoobreak." It's simple. Each of the friends will use their particular talent to help rescue Cleo from the "floating dungeon." Can a group of eleven-year-olds sneak on board and rescue Cleo? Enjoy the humor and excitement as they try to pull off this mission.

Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade, by Henry Winkler

What's a guy to do if he suspects that at the next parent conference his teacher, Ms. Adolf, is going to suggest that Hank be kept back in fourth grade? Hank and his friends hatch a zany plan to keep his parents away from the conference. All he has to do is win a radio contest, the prize being an out of town rock concert on the same day as the parent conference. Can he win the contest? Can he convince his parents to go? Will he remain in fourth grade for another year? Full of fun and humor, the seventh book in the Hank Zipzer series will keep you laughing at Hank's everyday problems and how he copes with them.