Alabama Moon
by Watt Key
JF KEY, W.

• After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life.
  

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal *
by Jeff Kinney
JF KINNEY, J.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

Leon and the Spitting Image
by Allen Kurzweil
JF KURZWEIL, A.

Leon, a fourth grader at The Ethical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Cronheim, with unexpected help from his final project-- a doll with magical powers.

Summer Ball
by Mike Lupica
JF LUPICA, M.
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.

Indigo's Star
by Hilary McKay
JF MCKAY, H.

Spurred on by his youngest sister, Rose, twelve-year-old Indigo sticks up for himself and an American boy who has replaced him as the primary target of the school bullies.

Roxie and the Hooligans
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
JF NAYLOR, P.

Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers.

There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
JF SACHAR, L.

An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

Camp Buccaneer
by Pam Smallcomb
JF SMALLCOMB, P.

After spending summer vacation learning to be a real pirate at Camp Buccaneer, Marlon feels much better prepared to return to school and face Carla, the bully who has pestered her since kindergarten.

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
by Lauren Tarshis
JF TARSHIS, L.

A quirky and utterly logical seventh-grade girl named Emma-Jean Lazarus discovers some interesting results when she gets involved in the messy everyday problems of her peers.

SHREDDERMAN: Secret Identity *
by Wendelin Van Draanen
JF VAN DRAANEN, W.

Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!

Super Emma
by Sally Warner
JF WARNER, S.

Third-grader Emma becomes a reluctant heroine when she defends a friend from the class bully.

Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! *
by Michael Winerip
JF WINERIP, M.

A much-welcomed snow day turns into an embarrassing nightmare for middle-grader Adam Canfield when, after being mugged by high school bullies for his snow-shoveling money, he becomes the focus of major media attention just as his co-editors at The Slash are launching a contest to out bullies at their school.

Cockroach Cooties
by Laurence Yep
JF YEP, L.

• Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully.