If you loved
Books like Scat
A hilarious, swamp-soaked mystery where misfits and eco-warriors team up to save the Everglades from greedy adults. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Scat.
- swampy
- zany
- adventurous
- quirky
- 01
Flush
Carl Hiaasen
A sun-soaked, laugh-out-loud eco-caper where clever kids take on corrupt adults to save their local waters.
- 02
Chomp
Carl Hiaasen
A chaotic, swamp-soaked adventure where manufactured reality TV drama collides with actual wilderness survival.
- 03
Spy school goes south
Stuart Gibbs
A high-stakes, laugh-out-loud espionage adventure that balances explosive action with the awkward realities of being thirteen.
- 04
Fuzzy Mud
Louis Sachar
A grounded middle-school drama that rapidly mutates into a tense, eerie environmental thriller.
- 05
Belly Up
Stuart Gibbs
A clever, fast-paced whodunit where a snarky kid outsmarts clueless adults to solve a wildly unusual crime.
- 06
Splat and the cool school trip
Rob Scotton
A joyful, energetic romp capturing the pure, unadulterated thrill of a childhood field trip.
- 07
Miss Suki is Kooky!
Dan Gutman
A wildly energetic romp where a routine school author visit spirals into hilarious, feather-flying chaos.
- 08
Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech
A tender, fast-paced exploration of how the right words can help us heal and change our minds.
- 09
Miss Daisy is crazy!
Dan Gutman
A delightfully absurd romp through a classroom where the adults are clueless and the kids are secretly in charge.
- 10
The chicken doesn't skate
Gordon Korman
A delightfully chaotic middle-grade romp where science fairs and sports collide in a flurry of feathers.
- 11
Class dismissed
Allan Woodrow
A hilarious, high-energy romp about the chaotic freedom of a classroom left entirely to its own devices—and the unexpected challenges of keeping it a secret.
- 12
Timmy Failure
Stephan Pastis
A delightfully absurd, deadpan romp through the mind of a spectacularly oblivious kid detective and his polar bear partner.
