Hank Zipzer Books in Order

Hank cannot graduate without finishing his community service, so Mr. Rock puts him to work cleaning instruments after school. A surprise talent for making up mini plays could open the door to a performing arts school, just as his best friends may be heading somewhere else.

Hank is nervous about a new baby moving into his bedroom, so a pre-baby ski trip with his dad and sister sounds perfect. When a blizzard and an early delivery collide, the family scrambles home by any transport possible, from dump trucks to dogsleds.

When Mr. Rock takes over Hank's class, school finally feels fun, until he recommends an after-school reading program that clashes with Hank's beloved tae kwon do. A scrapbook assignment, a first crush and a rival's cousin force Hank to rethink what his story really looks like.

Hank and his little sister both enter their pets in a school mascot contest, pitting Cheerio the excitable dachshund against Emily's impressive iguana. Training a dog who chases everything that moves might be Hank's toughest challenge yet.

Hank is sure life is over when he realizes his mum is the one expecting a baby, not his friend Frankie. As baby plans take over the apartment, Hank swings between panic and curiosity, trying to figure out whether there is room for one more Zipzer.

Hank lands a big role in the school production of The King and I, but there is one catch, he has to pull his math grade up to a B-plus or lose the part. Between an intense tutor, stage jitters and clumsy moments, the spotlight is not always kind.

Hank's family road trip to a roller-coaster park and crossword tournament sounds amazing, until car sickness and schoolwork get in the way. When he accidentally leaves Ms. Adolf's vacation homework at a motel, Hank and Frankie launch a secret rescue mission before anyone notices.

For Halloween, Hank turns the family's apartment into the scariest haunted house on the block, partly to get back at bully Nick McKelty. But when his dog Cheerio is more terrified than any guest, Hank has to rethink what really counts as a good scare.

Hank's worst nightmare comes true when he is sent to summer school and discovers his best friends are going to camp instead. Trapped in a hot classroom while everyone else has fun, he has to find a way to survive boring lessons, new classmates and his own wandering attention.

Everyone at PS 87 seems to be great at some sport, and Hank is tired of being the kid who always drops the ball. Then he discovers he is actually amazing at ping-pong, but keeps it secret, afraid his friends will mock his unlikely new talent.

When Hank hears his parents have been called in for a conference, he is sure it means repeating fourth grade. He hatches an overcomplicated plan to send them out of town for a rock concert instead, learning the hard way that avoiding bad news only makes it messier.

Hank is thrilled about an overnight class trip on a docked boat in New York Harbor, until his curiosity gets the best of him. One slip of the hands and the boat is suddenly drifting, turning a simple field trip into a floating disaster only Hank could cause.

When Hank is chosen to host a visiting student from Japan and cook enchiladas for multicultural day, he wants everything to be perfect. A heavy hand with the chili powder turns lunch into a fire-breathing fiasco that could ruin the whole celebration.

Hank loves baseball but cannot pitch to save his life, until one miraculous practice when everything clicks while he is secretly wearing his sister's lucky red monkey socks. Chosen to pitch in the school Olympiad, he now has to share the socks and the glory.

For a science project, Hank decides to take apart and rebuild the family cable box, a plan that already sounds risky. Things get much worse when his sister's iguana lays eggs inside the machine, leaving Hank with furious relatives and a scrambled assignment.

New school year, new teacher, same old homework trouble. Instead of writing an essay about his summer trip to Niagara Falls, Hank builds a giant working model in his living room, only to discover that glue, water and gravity are a chaotic mix.

Facing a report card full of bad grades, Hank panics and shoves it into the meat grinder at his mum's deli to hide the evidence. When the salami containing his report card is delivered to an important client, Hank and his friends race to fix the mistake before everything unravels.