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Read-Alikes for
The Night the Whole Class Slept Over
by Stella Pevsner
Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed The Night the Whole Class Slept Over. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other books by this author:
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| And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine
| by Stella Pevsner
| J PEV
| Andrea is the youngest, Joe is away at college, and 16-year-old Elaine is an obnoxious rebel who can't get along with anyone in the family. But when Elaine runs away and Joe is killed in an accident, Andrea grows in compassion and tolerance.
| | Cute Is a Four-Letter Word
| by Stella Pevsner
| J PEV
| Clara Conrad begins 8th grade determined to find her own identity. She is happy to be Pom-Pom squad captain and dating the captain of the football team. But when she finds that he engineered her victory because he only dates "winners", she is forced to reexamine her values.
| | A Smart Kid Like You
| by Stella Pevsner
| J PEV
| Just as she's adjusting to her parents' divorce, Nina discovers her new junior high math teacher is her father's new wife! And now her mother has a new boyfriend!
| | Sister of the Quints
| by Stella Pevsner
| J PEV
| Thirteen-year-old Natalie's life undergoes chaotic changes when her stepmother has quintuplets and their roomy Chicago home becomes a huge nursery.
| MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Stories of the struggle to fit in.
| | Rachel Vellars, How Could You?
| by Lois T. Fisher
| J FIS
| Eleven-year-old Cory changes schools when she goes to live with her father after her parents' divorce, and has some adjustments to make in choosing and holding friendships.
| | Is It Them or Is It Me?
| by Susan Perkis Haven
| J HAV
| Molly's first weeks in high school provide her with some unforgettable experiences with new friends, new teachers, and a crisis at home.
| | Polly Panic
| by Mary Francis Shura
| J SHU
| When disasterous things happen as Polly enters 6th grade, she finds that in dealing with untrustworthy friends, bullies, and family problems, she has overcome her natural fearfulness.
| | Libby on Wednesday
| by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
| J SNY
| Having been put ahead in an accelerated 8th grade program by her bizarre and creative family, precocious 11-year-old Libby hates her "socialization" process, until she makes some highly original friends in a writing workshop.
| | Eunice (The Egg Salad) Gottlieb
| by Tricia Springstubb
| J SPR
| | In the midst of assorted crises involving her brother and sister, 10-year-old Eunice struggles to master the vault for her school's upcoming gymnastics exhibition, a project that has damaged her sense of self-worth and threatens to end her friendship with athletically talented Joy.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
January 1999.
630-584-9390
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