Books like Confessions of a Class Clown

Looking for books like Confessions of a Class Clown by Arianne Costner (Middle Grade Fiction · grades 6–8)? It’s most often read for its themes of friendship, humor, and school. The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobodygrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Control Freaksgrades 6–8
Shares themes of friendship, school, and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–8).
The Superteacher Projectgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
Diary of a Wimpy Kid950L
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–7).
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life890L
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school and overlapping grades (4–7).
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet820L
Shares themes of friendship, school, and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).
A Royal Conundrumgrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and identity and overlapping grades (3–6).
Groundedgrades 4–8
Shares themes of friendship and identity, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detectivegrades 3–6
Shares themes of friendship, humor, and school and overlapping grades (3–6).
Popcorngrades 4–8
Shares themes of humor and school, same genre (Middle Grade Fiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).

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