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Are you suffering from post April Fool’s pranking withdrawal? One or all of these titles some starring, some with special guest appearances by fellow pranksters could get you through another year…or until your next big prank!

24 girls in 7 days by Alex Bradley
Jack Grammar, average American senior, doesn’t have a date for prom. Or so he thinks. Percy and Natalie, Jack’s so-called best friends, post an ad in the classified section of the online version of the school newspaper. It’s meant to be a joke but, before they know it, Percy and Natalie have a bevy of girls eager to go to the prom with Jack. He has just seven days to meet and date them before he chooses one special girl to be his prom date.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
One of the most satisfying prank scenes in literature? You be the judge when you see what Fred and George Weasley have planned for Dolores Umbridge.

The time hackers by Gary Paulsen
When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s classic story of the mischievous but goodhearted Tom Sawyer and his adventures along the Mississippi.

How Angel Peterson got his name: and other outrageous tales about extreme sports by Gary Paulsen
Author Gary Paulsen tells tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.

King of the mild frontier: an ill-advised autobiography by Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher, author of books for teens, shares stories about his childhood during which he was a prankster and a prank victim.

The Shadow Club by Neal Shusterman
A high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of “second bests” and play anonymous tricks on each other’s arch rivals. When the harmless pranks become life-threatening, however, no one in the club will admit responsibility.

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Now a Pretty, Tally thinks life is perfect. That is, until she starts remembering why she turned pretty in the first place. In an effort to stay bubbly, Tally and her friends pull off some amazing tricks.