Humorous Fiction

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Adams, Douglas	YA F Adams
Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintances of galactic traveler Arthur Dent.
Don't Rent My Room!	Angell, Judie	YA F Angell
Fifteen-year-old Lucy is apprehensive about leaving the city when her parents decide to run an inn on the New England coast.
Rules of the Road	Bauer, Joan	YA F Bauer
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire.
Squashed	Bauer, Joan	YA F Bauer
As a sixteen-year-old pursues her two goals--growing the biggest pumpkin in Iowa and losing twenty pounds herself--she strengthens her relationship with her father and meets a young man with interests similar to her own.
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You	Carter, Ally	YA F Carter
As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
The Heroic Life of Al Capsella	Clarke, Judith	YA F Clarke
Fourteen-year-old Al Capsella, desperately trying to be normal and blend in with the rest of the crowd, is constantly embarrassed by his highly unconventional parents.
Twenty Pageants Later	Cooney, Caroline B.	YA F Cooney
As the younger and plainer sister of a beauty contest winner, fourteen-year-old Scottie-Ann has mixed feelings about pageants especially when she becomes a reluctant contestant in one.
The Boggart	Cooper, Susan	YA F Cooper
When the Yolnik family inherits a Scottish castle, the boggart, an ancient and mischievius spirit is inadvertently packed into a desk and arrives, upset and annoyed, at the Yolnik's home in Canada.
Absolutely Normal Chaos	Creech, Sharon	YA F Creech
Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father.
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit	Danziger, Paula	YA F Danziger
When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student starts a campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.
How NOT To Spend Your Senior Year	Dokey, Cameron	YA F Dokey
After her father testifies against a major criminal and her family must enter the witness protection program, Jo O'Connor must begin living under a new identity, and finds something strange has happened to her old one.
A Fate Totally Worse Than Death	Fleischman, Paul	YA F Fleischman
In this horror novel parody, three self-centered members of Cliffside High School's ruling clique become convinced that the beautiful new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before.
The Princess Bride	Goldman, William	YA F Goldman
The story of a drunken swordsman and a gentle giant who come to the aid of Westley, a handsome farm boy, and Buttercup, a princess in dire need of rescue from the evil schemers around her.
Sunshine Rider	Hardman, Rick	YA F Hardman
Wylie, a seventeen-year-old assistant cook on a cattle drive, has many adventures during which he turns vegetarian and decides to become a doctor. Includes recipes.
Cecil in Space	Hite, Sid	YA F Hite
Seventeen-year-old Cecil tries to help his best friend Isaac, who is believed to have vandalized the welcome sign to their small Virginia town, and pursues his interest in Isaac's sister Isabel.
The Adventures of Blue Avenger	Howe, Norma	YA F Howe
At sixteen, still trying to cope with the death of his father, David decides to change his name to Blue Avenger, hoping to find a way to make a difference in his neighborhood and in the world.
Howls Moving Castle	Jones, Diana Wynne	YA F Jones
The eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
Amazon Papers	Keller, Beverly	YA F Keller
Almost sixteen, Iris is five-feet-ten, a straight-A student, and a hotshot athlete who has never broken curfew. She finds that things don't always go as planned when her mother goes on vacation and leaves her in charge.
Son of the Mob	Gordon, Korman	YA F Korman
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
Hidden Talents	Lubar, David	YA F Lubar
When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something new about himself.
Pulling Princes	O'Connell, Tyne	YA F O'Connell
Hoping to become more popular at her elegant English boarding school, fifteen-year-old Californian, Calypso Kelly invents a fake handsome boyfriend, until she realizes that her wit and skill at fencing may be enough to attract a real-life handsome prince.
Cindy Ella	Palmer, Robin	YA F Palmer
Sophomore iconoclast Cindy Gold publishes an anti-prom letter in her high school newspaper, but when she develops a crush on her SAT tutor, on top of the ones she already has on popular senior Adam Silver as well as a boy she has been exchanging instant messages with, she begins to doubt her own convictions.
Schernoff Discoveries	Paulsen, Gary	YA F Paulsen
Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.
A Long Way From Chicago	Peck, Richard	YA F Peck
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Freak the Mighty	Philbrick, W. R.	YA F Philbrick
At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find they make a powerful team.
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging	Rennison, Louise	YA F Rennison
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.
Holes	Sachar, Louis	YA F Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Sheldon, Dyan	YA F Sheldon
In her first year at a suburban New Jersey high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.
Stargirl	Spinelli, Jerry	YA F Spinelli
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Never Trust a Dead Man	Vande Velde, Vivian	YA F Vande Velde
Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed up in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch to find the true killer.
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem	Vande Velde, Vivian	YA F Vande Velde
A collection of variations on the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold.
The Beetle and Me	Young, Karen Romano	YA F Young
Surrounded by her busy extended family and their many cars, fifteen-year-old Daisy pursues her goal of single-handedly restoring the car of her dreams, the old purple Volkswagen Beetle from her childhood.