If You Like… is a feature highlighting blogger recommendations for books, authors, TV shows, movies, and music based on the things you already know and love. This week’s post includes recommendations for stories about pranks and hazing.
If you like stories about pranks and hazing, you might like…
Books
Recommended by Jennifer @ YA Book Nerd:
- A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker: Each senior must participate in a year long marriage education program. Fiona’s stuck with Todd while his girlfriend (and her nemesis) is paired with her crush.
- Paper Towns by John Green: Margo’s gone. Quentin can’t believe it. He goes into her room to discover clues to her whereabouts, certain her disappearance is one big prank.
- Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty: Three best friends come together during a pen pal exchange. Mayhem follows when one pen pal isn’t all that he appears to be.
- Heist Society by Ally Carter: Kat’s put the life of crime behind her. She manipulated her way into a normal life at boarding school, until one prank damages her future.
- Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: Pranks are part of Tally’s world – it’s what helps you feel. Tally might be forced to chose a path outside the normal life
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart: One I really need to read.
Recommended by Amanda @ A Bookshelf Monstrosity:
- Leverage by Joshua Cohen
- How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen
- Blood On My Hands by Todd Strasser
Recommended by Jen @ YA Romantics:
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Recommended by Chloe @ YA Booklover Blog:
- The Lying Game Series by Sara Shepard: This series is a sort of murder mystery, and focuses a lot around cruel and wicked pranks.
Recommended by Jessica @ I Read to Relax:
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
- The Battle of Jericho by Sharon Draper
Recommended by Twan @ Artie Is My Muse:
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The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling: Fred and George!!! And the others, but Fred and George are the masters.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart: I still don’t have words for how much I love Frankie.
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Looking for Alaska by John Green
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The Spud Series by John Van de Ruit: Part of the reason I like this one is that it is in South Africa so it is a different look at things than you normally get with either the states or the UK.
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Matilda by Roald Dahl: One of the best books EVER.
Recommended by Karen @ Teen Librarian’s Toolbox:
- No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
- Driver’s Ed by Caroline B. Cooney
- Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan
- Rundown by Michael Cadnum
- No More Pranks by Monique Polak
- Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
- I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott
- The Battle of Jericho by Sharon Draper
- Breaking Point by Alex Flinn
- King Dork by Frank Portman
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Too Far by Mike Lupica
Recommended by Estelle @ Rather Be Reading:
- Shut Out by Kody Keplinger
Recommended by @CYAPodcast:
- If at All Possible, Involve a Cow: The Book of College Pranks by Neil Stenberg
Movies/TV
Recommended by Jennifer @ YA Book Nerd:
- Accepted: Rejected by all the colleges he applied to, Bartleby makes up one to get his parents off his back.
Recommended by Amanda @ A Bookshelf Monstrosity:
- Dazed and Confused: This gem stars Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, and has a great 1970s soundtrack.
Recommended by Jen @ YA Romantics:
Recommended by Twan @ Artie Is My Muse:
What books, movies, tv, and music related to pranks and hazing would you recommend? Share your own suggestions in the comments!