Funny YA books--a rare find

It was surprisingly difficult for me to track down humorous YA books for this week.

In the "Accelerated Reader" section of my own library, I found:

Patterson, J. and Grabenstein, C. I Funny: A Middle School Story. (2012). New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

The title says it all. Although I haven't read this James Patterson upper-MG book, I did read some of his others, and they are definitely amusing, if not laugh-out-loud funny. This one is about Jamie, who is in a wheelchair, and uses humor (including a lot of one-liners) to deflect his discomfort about being different.

From the YA section of our local public library, I got:

Schmidt, G. Okay for Now. (2011). New York, NY: Clarion Books.

This book is not a funny book, per se, but has a strong thread of humor throughout. Doug is a thug-in-training who moves to a new town and gets a new outlook on life, thanks in part to his intense response to the paintings from Audubon's Birds of America that he finds in his local library. It was a lovely story, and I could not put it down.

And missing from our local public library was this book, billed as "A funny and smart comedy about getting the guy . . . and finding yourself." The librarian was horrified and searched the whole library for the copy, but I was not able to physically get my hands on it:

Schrier, A.V. How (Not) to Find a Boyfriend. (2013). New York, NY: Philomel Books.

It looked like it could be either funny or sexist (perhaps both), as it is about a smart girl who dumbs herself down to become a popular cheerleader, but then wants to prove to a boy she's met that she really is intelligent. I am still interested in reading this, though the reviews are mixed.