Sarah is excited to make friends at school besides her rotten cat, Ralph, but he disguises himself as a student and makes sure Sarah does not have any other friends, until his identity is revealed, and the entire class wants to be friends with both Sarah and Ralph.

Back to School for Rotten Ralph

Children's Books

Gantos, Jack

Animals

Harpercollins Childrens Books

Afraid of being left alone, Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, follows Sarah to school and tries to prevent her from making new friends

Harpercollins

Wedding Bells for Rotten Ralph

Ralph outdoes himself again in this picture book of wedding bliss and bedlam.
It's Aunt Martha's wedding day and Sarah is the flower girl, but Ralph is determined to turn this celebration into an event only our favorite rotten cat could enjoy. He begins by wrapping the wedding gift with that special Ralph flair, then selecting some choice "petals" for Sarah to spread over the guests. After a riotous ceremony, he tops the day by wreaking havoc at the reception.
"Oh, Ralph you were so rotten," bemoans Sarah. Is there anything that cat will do to make her happy? You'll be surprised... "'I bet I know who did that'", Sarah said to herself. She peeked under the table and saw Ralph eating a monster slice of cake.Sarah's the flower girl at Aunt Martha's wedding, and Ralph is ready to tie all kinds of knots--but are they the kind that will make for marital bliss? If they involve a red cat, a monster truck, and paws full of snails, you can guess the answer. The question to be popped is: After a day of nuptial sabotage, can Ralph still make Sarah smile? Once again, Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel manage to bring equal measures of love and nastiness to Sarah's special cat. 
00 Children's Choices (IRA/CBC)

Ralph, little Sarah's mischievous red cat, is up to his usual pranks as Sarah races to repair his sabotage while serving as the flower girl at Aunt Martha's wedding. By the author of Back to School for Rotten Ralph.

Joey's dad just roared into town on a motorcycle, his mom is chasing her ex-husband away with a broomstick, and his grandma's camped out on the couch behind a plastic shower curtain. What's more, Joey's chihuahua has been dognapped, and his mom insists that he be homeschooled with a mean blind girl and her super-religious mother. Welcome to Joey's world.
With his new self-assumed role as "Mr. Helpful," Joey's on a mission to make everything and everyone better. Can Joey accomplish all this or will his wild, wired behavior spin him out of control all over again?

What Would Joey Do?

Literature & Fiction

HarperColl

Joey Pigza Loses Control (Summer Reading Edition)

Growing Up & Facts of Life

HarperTrophy

Heroes and Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters—with and without capes.
Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good—or evil.
Authors include Laurie Halse Anderson, Cathy Camper and Raúl Gonzalez, Sharon Creech, Jack Gantos, Christopher Healy, Deborah Hopkinson, Ingrid Law, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Lemony Snicket, and Eugene Yelchin, with illustrations by Jeff Stokely.

Guys Read: Heroes & Villains (Guys Read, 7)

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Scieszka, Jon

Hopkinson, Deborah

Creech, Sharon

Yelchin, Eugene

Camper, Cathy

Law, Ingrid

Healy, Christopher

Ryan,Pam Munoz

SNICKET, LEMONY

Walden Pond Press

Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it -- especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. And whether he's wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey's problems are getting worse. In fact, his behavior is so off the wall that his teachers are threatening to send him to the special-ed center downtown.
Joey knows he's really a good kid, but no matter how hard he tries to do the right thing, something always seems to go wrong. Will he ever get anything right?

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

"He was wired. No dought about it...Now I knowwhat Mom meant when she said he was like me, only bigger."
Joey Pigza really wants his six-week visit with his dad to count, to show him he's not as wired as he used to be, to show his dad how much he loves him. But Carter Pigza's not an easy guy to love. He's eager to make it up to Joey for past wrongs and to show him how to be a winner, to take control of his life. With his coaching, Joey's even learned how to pitch a baseball, and he's good at it. The trouble is, Joey's dad thinks taking control means giving up the things that "keep Joey safe. And if he wants to please his dad, he's going to have to play by his rules, even when the rules don't make sense.

Joey Pigza Loses Control

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Back to School for Rotten Ralph

Back to School for Rotten Ralph

Wedding Bells for Rotten Ralph

Wedding Bells for Rotten Ralph

What Would Joey Do?

Joey Pigza Loses Control (Summer Reading Edition)

Guys Read: Heroes & Villains (Guys Read, 7)

Guys Read: Heroes & Villains (Guys Read, 7)

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Joey Pigza Loses Control