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The Secret Cellar

author: Beil, Michael D
When Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, she and her friends become involved in a treasure hunt devised by the pen's previous owner, whose house is full of puzzles that protect a hidden treasure.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: friendship [X], puzzles, treasure troves, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], catholic schools

The Gorillas Of Gill Park

author: Gordon, Amy
Willy Wilson leads a boring life until he spends a summer with his Aunt Bridget.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: parks, friendship [X], music, baseball, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], costumes, baseball stories, mystery and detective stories

Oggie Cooder

author: Weeks, Sarah
Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 73
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities [X], celebrities, ability, self-esteem, friendship [X], school stories, schools

Oggie Cooder, Party Animal

author: Weeks, Sarah
Oggie Cooder has always wanted to swim in his neighbor Donnica Perfecto's perfect pool, and when Donnica's mother makes her invite Oggie to her birthday party, Oggie vows he will get his chance, no matter what obstacles Donnica sets up to keep Oggie away.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities [X], parties, birthdays, neighbors, friendship [X], schools, school stories

Sandpiper

author: Wittlinger, Ellen
When The Walker, a mysterious boy who walks constantly, intervenes in an argument between Sandpiper and a boy she used to see, their lives become entwined in ways that change them both.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: walking, friendship [X], offenses against the person, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], interpersonal relations, dating (social customs)

The Midnight Dress

author: Foxlee, Karen
Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival while a mystery unfolds around them.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: alcoholism, detective and mystery stories, dressmaking, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], friendship [X], australia, mystery, sewing, schools

The Million Dollar Strike

author: Gutman, Dan
Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

author: Nesb?, Jo
New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities [X], friendship [X], inventors, bullies, flatulence, norway, oslo (norway)

Caddy's World

author: Mckay, Hilary
Twelve-year-old Caddy's world turns upside down with the early arrival of a new baby, which leads her father, Bill, to temporarily become a stay-at-home "mom," at the same time that her best friends since kindergarten, Ali, Beth, and Ruby, begin to grow apart.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: families, brothers and sisters, infants, friendship [X], eccentrics and eccentricities [X], england, girls, babies, family life

Razzle

author: Wittlinger, Ellen
When his retired parents buy a group of tourist cabins on Cape Cod, fifteen-year-old Kenyon Baker's days are filled with repair work until he becomes friends with an eccentric girl and makes her the subject of a series of photographs.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: family life, photography, friendship [X], eccentrics and eccentricities [X], moving, household, cape cod (mass.)

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

author: Nesbo, Jo
New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: humorous stories, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], flatulence, friendship [X], oslo (norway), norway

Danny's Doodles

author: Adler, David A
Danny is not sure what to make of Calvin Waffle, a quirky and smart new fourth grader, but when Danny convinces Calvin to use his brain power to help the baseball team, they both have a chance to become heroes.
FIC
year:
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
subjects: baseball stories, baseball, schools, school stories, friendship [X], intellect, eccentrics and eccentricities [X]

Odd, Weird, & Little

author: Jennings, Patrick
Befriending a very strange new student, Toulouse, helps outsider Woodrow stand up to the class bullies who have been picking on them both.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: friendship [X], eccentrics and eccentricities [X], bullying, middle schools, schools, bullies, school stories, children's stories, electronic books

Skies Like These

author: Hilmo, Tess
While visiting her eccentric aunt who lives in Wyoming, twelve-year-old Jade befriends a boy who believes he is a descendant of Butch Cassidy.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: aunts, eccentrics and eccentricities [X], friendship [X], wyoming

Glory O'brien's History Of The Future

author: King, A. S
"As her high school graduation draws near, Glory O'Brien begins having powerful and terrifying visions of the future as she struggles with her long-buried grief over her mother's suicide"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: eccentrics and eccentricities [X], suicide, photography, fathers and daughters, friendship [X], clairvoyance, father-daughter relationship

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