The Teacher's Funeral: a comedy in three parts by Richard Peck
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."

I, Jack by Patricia Finney
Jack, a Labrador Retriever, tells about his daily life of food, walks, and the "apedogs" and "funny-looking dogs" (cats) in his pack, as well as how everything changes when a pretty girl dog moves into the neighborhood.  Includes explanitory footnotes written by cats.

Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
Determined to understand why humans hate cane toads and to improve relations between the species, Limpy embarks on a dangerous trek from his swamp to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow by James Howe
An overly alarmed Chester the cat predicts a gruesome fate for the pets in the Monroe household when a writer of juvenile horror fiction and his bird companion stay overnight.

Mercy Watson Goes For A Ride by Kate DiCamillo
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.

The Night I Flunked My Field Trip by Henry Winkler
There are some field trips I wouldn't mind missing.  But tonight's field trip was the coolest one ever.  Our class was going to spend the night on The Pilgrim Spirit, a tall sailing ship that was docked in New York Harbor.  And now Mrs. Adolf was telling me that I couldn't go? No way.

Bully Be Gone by Brian Tacang
Budding-inventor Millicent Madding launches her latest invention to disasterous results, and she has only days to create an antidote before the local bullies wreak havoc and her dearest friendships are destroyed forever.