Something Funny

If you need a little humor in your life, take a look at the books on this list. They'll put a smile on your face in no time

Vampire High

By Douglas Rees

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Cody’s move from California to New Sodom, Massachusetts, is a dead loss, until he begins to understand why he’s an outsider among the other students at his new school, the well-endowed, aptly named Vlad Dracul High. 

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Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath

By Steven Goldman

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His best friend reveals that he is gay and his wildly inappropriate English project causes controversy. But, like lots of 17-year old boys, Mitch mostly has sex on his mind in this hilarious and touching “guy book.” 

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There's a Hair in My Dirt

By Gary Larson

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It's not easy being a worm, especially when your story is being told by Far Side cartoonist Larson. 

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The Whistling Toilets

By Randy Powell

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While coaching his best friend Ginny, a star tennis player who's in a slump, Stan finds himself falling for her. 

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The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

By Walter Dean Myers

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Fifteen-year-old Artemis journeys to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1882 to avenge the murder of his uncle, in a Western spoof complete with dastardly villains. 

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The Princess Diaries

By Meg Cabot

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Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. 

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By Douglas Adams

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This 5-book "trilogy" will keep a grin on your face as you travel around the galaxy with the befuddled human Arthur Dent, alien Ford Prefect and two-headed egomaniac Zaphod Beeblebrox. 

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The Boyfriend List: (15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs, and Me, Ruby Oliver)

By E. Lockhart

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Snappy dialogue and funny footnotes help tell the story of a Seattle fifteen-year-old caught up in a comedy of errors involving her boyfriends, official and unofficial, her best friends, and her parents. 

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The Adventures of Blue Avenger: A Novel

By Norma Howe

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The morning of his 16th birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to "Blue Avenger" and begins his fight to abolish handguns, win the love of Omaha Nebraska Brown, discover the secret of weepless lemon meringue pie, and learn to control fate. A quirky, comic, smart novel. 

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Sunshine Rider: The First Vegetarian Western

By Ric Lynden Hardman

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Wylie Jackson and his pet cattalo (a cross between a longhorn cow and a buffalo) join a cattle drive until Wylie, faced with killing his first calf, turns vegetarian and runs off in search of adventure.  

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