Hey, New Kid!

by Betsy Duffey

Published 30 May 1996
Third-grader Jeremy dreads going to a new school when his family moves, so he decides to reinvent himself, hoping his new classmates will be impressed.

The Gadget War

by Betsy Duffey

Published 29 April 1993
Kelly Sparks is the undisputed gadget champ at Danville School. Then Albert Einstein Jones, an alumnus of Young Inventor's Camp, joins her class. Kelly could give up the gadget crown gracefully -but she'd much rather let the spitballs and smelly goo fly!

The first day of third grade: sharp pencils, fresh blank notebook paper, new clothes, a new chance. Robbie's excited, but he's also worried. If this year is going to be as great as he wants it to be, he'll have to find the answer to that vital question -- What is cool in the third grade?

The answer should be easy. In fact, Robbie can think of three simple steps to being cool. But it's harder than he thinks to avoid his mother's kisses at the bus stop, and his plan doesn't account for one key problem -- bullies like Bo Haney. Will Robbie ever reach coolness?

Spotlight on Cody

by Betsy Duffey

Published 24 September 1998
Nine-year-old Cody Michaels is bound for stardom in the third grade talent show just as soon as he figures out his talent.

Virtual Cody

by Betsy Duffey

Published 26 June 1997
Cody and his classmates in the third grade are having fun reporting on the origin of their names, until Cody finds out that his parents named him after a dog.


Cody's Secret Admirer

by Betsy Duffey

Published 26 February 1998
A Valentine from a secret admirer. What could be worse?

February is going fine for third-grader Cody Michaels -- until one day when he comes home from school to find a valentine addressed to him, and signed by a secret admirer! Yikes. Who can it be? And what does it mean? A third grader isn't ready for a girlfriend, at least not Cody. In Betsy Duffey's third book featuring Cody Michaels, Valentine's Day just keeps getting worse. As if a secret admirer isn't bad enough, soon Cody begins getting the idea that his parents are fixing to put him into an arranged marriage!

With realistic paintings in black and white by Ellen Thompson and Betsy Duffey's perfectly-timed sense of humor, Cody's Secret Admirer is the ideal antidote to give any third grader in a rush to grow up.