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Borre Flies a Kite
By Saskia Bultman, Jeroen Aalbers, Stefan Tijs. 2005
Borre is about to try out his home-made kite with Fuzz Fuzz. He throws the kite up into the air…
and Fuzz Fuzz runs along as fast as he can with the string in his mouth. The kite soars higher and higher until it disappears in the clouds. Suddenly, Fuzz Fuzz shoots up into the air with the kite string in his mouth. Borre just manages to grab onto one of his back paws. But now they're both lifted off the ground and go zooming through the air into the clouds!The Straight Road to Kylie
By Nico Medina. 2007
Life is fabulous for Jonathan Parish. He's seventeen, out and proud, and ready to party through senior year with his…
posse of best girlfriends. But the year starts off with the wrong kind of bang when Jonathan -- in an inebriated lapse of judgment -- sleeps with a friend of his...a girl friend! When word gets around that hot-but-previously-unavailable Jonathan might be on the market, the school's It girl approaches him with a proposal: pretend to be her boyfriend, and achieve popularity like he's never known. But popularity isn't what Jonathan wants. And suddenly, going back into the closet becomes Jonathan's only way to get what he's after -- a trip to see Kylie Minogue.Tales from the Land of Ooo
By Max Brallier, Stephen Reed. 2013
Tales from the Land of Ooo takes the reader on a unique journey into the world of Adventure Time in…
this 64-page collection of original, off-the-wall short stories featuring full-color illustrations and a flexi-bound cover.The Hunt for the Panther #3
By Rachelle Delaney, Gerald Guerlais. 2013
The Islands hold secrets for those brave enough to discover them. Scarlet McCray and the Lost Souls are happy as…
clams at high tide until they learn two very curse-worthy things. One: There is a new pirate captain sailing the seas. And two: Scarlet's family is coming to the tropics, forcing her to trade her pirate's cap for a petticoat. Now Jem Fitzgerald is in charge. And his most important mission--after guarding the treasure from the pirates and keeping peace among the crew--is to find the ferocious black panther that lives on Island X before the panther finds a single Lost Soul.Borre is The Great Borrini
By Saskia Bultman, Jeroen Aalbers, Stefan Tijs. 2005
Dad has given Borre an old top hat. It is one of those hats magicians use to pull rabbits out…
of.Borre can't wait to put on his own magic show where he can perform this trick himself. He disguises Fuzz Fuzz as a rabbit and has mum and dad sit down as his audience. But Fuzz Fuzz isn't the only thing that comes out of the hat...The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams
By Rhonda Hayter. 2010
Abbie Adams and her family come from a long line of witches, and she's having a tough time keeping it…
a secret from her best friend and the rest of her school, especially the day her little brother morphs into a wolf and tries to eat his teacher. That's also the day her father brings home a kitten. But when Abbie looks into the kitten's eyes, she realizes there's a boy in there! He's under a spell and soon the whole family bands together to rescue him. They are shocked to realize he's none other than the young Thomas Edison, and if they don't save him fast, he'll never change the world with his inventions.Demonosity
By Amanda Ashby. 2013
An ancient myth + a mean girl + a reluctant warrior = a lively take on good vs. evil The…
Black Rose--a powerful ancient force--has been let loose and has taken up residence in Celeste Gibson, popular girl at Cassidy Carter-Lewis' high school. Thomas Delacroix is the spirit of a fourteenth-century knight who is devoted to protecting the Black Rose, but he needs a contemporary living being to take on the challenge. That's where Cassidy comes in. She's a quirky high school junior who just wants to dress in her vintage clothes, hang out with her best friend, and take care of her father, who is recovering from surgery. She's the last person who would ever volunteer for such a task, but no one actually asked her. Now, like it or not, she finds herself training before dawn and battling demons at parties, the mall, and even at school. But hey, no one ever said high school was going to be easy. . .The Mystery of the Mystery Meat (Pretty Freekin Scary #3)
By Chris P. Flesh. 2008
Horatio Snickering III promises to help Pretty solve the Mystery Meat mystery on the condition that she put Freekin in…
a coma for his own protection. Pretty quickly realizes that Snickering is up to no good and wakes Freekin up. Shadowing Snickerings footsteps, they are able to figure out that Mystery Meat is made from groundup people who ask too many questions. With the mystery solved, Freekin is freed up to turn his full attention toward Lilly. They kiss. He is finally granted his extension to life in the Land of the Living.The Secret Fire
By Whitaker Ringwald. 2016
The third and final book in the critically acclaimed Secret Box trilogy, a series pitch-perfect for fans of humorous mystery…
capers like Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and the Mysterious Benedict Society.Who knew that insisting on opening a strange birthday present would lead to being kidnapped by an evil Greek god determined to conquer the world? Jax Malone certainly didn't. But now she's trapped in the back of a limo bound for Epimetheus's secret lair. He wants to control the three ancient urns that used to belong to Pandora's daughter. Magical urns that can suck hope, faith, and love out of the world.Now Jax, Ethan, and Tyler's only chance to fight Epimetheus's formidable power might be to find a secret weapon--and to realize that their family ties are stronger than any magic.The Road Through the Wall
By Shirley Jackson. 1948
Reminiscent of her classic story 'The Lottery', Jackson's disturbing and darkly funny first novel exposes the underside of American suburban…
life. 'Her books penetrate keenly to the terrible truths which sometimes hide behind comfortable fictions, to the treachery beneath cheery neighborhood faces and the plain manners of country folk; to the threat that sparkles at the rainbow's edge of the sprinkler spray on even the greenest lawns, on the sunniest of midsummer mornings' Donna TarttIn Pepper Street, an attractive suburban neighbourhood filled with bullies and egotistical bigots, the feelings of the inhabitants are shallow and selfish: what can a neighbour gain from another neighbour, what may be won from a friend? One child stands alone in her goodness: little Caroline Desmond, kind, sweet and gentle, and the pride of her family. But the malice and self-absorption of the people of Pepper Street lead to a terrible event that will destroy the community of which they are so proud. Exposing the murderous cruelty of children, and the blindness and selfishness of adults, Shirley Jackson reveals the ugly truth behind a 'perfect' world. Shirley Jackson's chilling tales have the power to unsettle and terrify unlike any other. She was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in The New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the greatest American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48. 'An amazing writer' Neil Gaiman'Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers . . . whose work exerts an enduring spell' Joyce Carol Oates'An unburnished exercise in the sinister' The New York TimesThe Fantastic Family Whipple
By Matthew Ward. 2013
For every child who's ever dreamed of being in the Guinness Book of World Records comes the story of eleven-year-old…
Arthur Whipple and his fantastic family of world record breakers . . . - Most Crème Brulée Eaten in One Minute - Highest Number of Matching Outfits Worn by a Stuffed Toy and Its Owner - Youngest Person to Summit the Third-Highest Mountain in the World These are just three of the 49,521 records won by Arthur's twelve brothers and sisters. Unfortunately, unlike his siblings, Arthur hasn't broken a single, solitary world record! But when the Whipples suffer a spate of catastrophes and a curious amount of attention from a pair of irregularly sized and unusually menacing clowns, Arthur might be the only one who can save his family from losing their collective crown . . . or worse. A 2013 BOOK EXPO AMERICA (BEA) BUZZ PANEL SELECTION!Travis & Freddy's Adventures in Vegas
By Paul Hoppe, Henry Johnson. 2006
Thirteen-year-old best friends Travis and Freddy fly to Las Vegas with a plan to save Travis's family from bankruptcy, but…
not everything goes as they had hoped and soon they are running from the mob.A&L Do Summer
By Jan Blazanin. 2011
In Iowa farm country, sixteen-year-old Aspen and her friend Laurel plan to get noticed the summer before their senior year…
and are unwittingly aided by pig triplets, a skunk, a chicken, bullies, a rookie policeman, and potential boyfriends.Uh-oh, Cleo: Underpants on My Head
By Jessica Harper, Jon Berkeley. 2009
In the Small family, it?s best to expect the unexpected? six kids make for a lot of surprises?but who would…
ever imagine getting caught in a snowstorm in August? When the whole crew goes to visit Grandma in Colorado and Cleo, Jack, and Jenna go on a mountain camping trip with Mom and Dad, that?s exactly what happens. With lots of family fun, silly songs by Mom and creative problem solving, kids will be glad to laugh along with Cleo and her family?s ?Small disasters.?Crap Kingdom
By Dc Pierson. 2013
THE CHOSEN ONE MUST BE RETRIEVED FROM EARTH HE WILL BRING DOWN THE WALL AND RESTORE THE KINGDOM TO GLORY…
HIS NAME IS TOM PARKING With this mysterious yet oddly ordinary-looking prophecy, Tom's fate is sealed: he's been plucked from his life and whisked away to a magical kingdom to be its Chosen One. There's just one problem: The kingdom is mostly made of garbage from Earth. Okay, well, two problems: the king hates Tom. Also, the princess likes to wear fake mustaches. And being Chosen One seems to consist mainly of cleaning out rats' noses at the Royal Rat-Snottery. So, basically, the kingdom sucks. When Tom turns down the job of Chosen One, he thinks he's making a smart decision. But when Tom discovers he's been replaced by his best friend Kyle, who's always been cooler, more athletic, and better with girls, Tom wants Crap Kingdom back--at any cost. And the hilarity that ensues will determine the fate of the universe.Vordak the Incomprehensible: Rule the School
By Vordak T. Incomprehensible. 2011
Greetings, goobers! After my latest experiment worked a little too well—transforming my rather fetching figure into something significantly smaller—I’ve been…
forced to return to those halls of horror better known as . . . school. But going back to junior high may be my greatest opportunity for mayhem in many a month! Try to keep up as I: • Dramatically defeat the daily dangers of schooldom—even though everyone is against me. • Strive to win the junior high presidential election by alerting my fellow students to the wonderfulness of Vordak the Incomprehensible, as well as the yuck-ness of my opponent, Marlena Lurchburger. • Mastermind a catastrophic career day, where that disgusting do-gooder Commander Virtue will finally, fiendishly be foiled. Fortunately for you, I have recorded every mischievous moment within these carefully crafted covers so that you may bask in my brilliance as I plot to RULE THE SCHOOL . . . and, eventually, THE WORLD! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!The One That I Want
By Jennifer Echols. 2012
Matchmaking gets mixed up in this all-original eBook addition to The Romantic Comedies series!Gemma can't believe her luck when the…
star football player starts flirting with her. Max is totally swoon-worthy, and even gets her quirky sense of humor. So when he asks out her so-called best friend Addison, Gemma's heartbroken.Then Addison pressures Gemma to join the date with one of Max's friends. But the more time they all spend together, the harder Gemma falls for Max. She can't help thinking that Max likes her back--it's just too bad he's already dating Addison. How can Gemma get the guy she wants without going after her best friend's boyfriend?D Is for Drama
By Jo Whittemore. 2012
A lead role means lots of drama in this sparkling story of one tween's efforts to shine in the spotlight.…
Sunny Kim is done with one-line roles at Carnegie Arts Academy--she's ready for the lead. But even after a summer of studying with an acting coach, Sunny doesn't snag the role of Mary Poppins in her school's upcoming production. Unfortunately, her entire family mistakenly thinks otherwise, including her former-actress mother. Desperate for a solution, Sunny convinces her theater adviser to let her produce a one-woman show. But when the rest of her friends find out--the friends that never seem to make the playbill either--they all want to join in. Before long, Sunny is knee-deep in curtains, catfights, and chorus lines as her one-woman work turns into a staging of the hit musical Wicked. And when a terrible misunderstanding pits the entire cast against Sunny, can the show--and Sunny's future acting career--be saved in time for opening night?You Are So Undead to Me
By Stacey Jay. 2009
Q: HOW MANY ZOMBIES DOES IT TAKE TO RUIN A SOCIAL LIFE? A: NOT MANY. Megan Berry is a Zombie…
Settler by birth, which means she’s part-time shrink to a whole bunch of semi-dead people with killer issues. All Megan really wants is to go to homecoming, but when you’re trailed by a bunch of slobbering corpses whenever you leave the house, it’s kinda hard to score a date. Let’s just say Megan’s love life could use some major resuscitation. Megan’s convinced her life can’t get any worse – until someone in school starts using black magic to turn average, angsty Undead into scary, hardcore flesh-eating Zombies. Now it’s up to Megan to stop the Zombie apocalypse. Her life – and more importantly, the homecoming dance – depends on it. .Goofballs #6: The Crazy Classroom Caper
By Tony Abbott, Colleen Madden. 2014
Fans of Dav Pilkey's The Adventures of Ook and Glook and Patricia Reilly Giff's ZigZag Kids will flock to this…
chapter-book mystery series full of slapstick humor and silly situations by the wildly popular Tony Abbott, author of the Secrets of Droon series. Jeff, Mara, Brian, and Kelly are Goofballs and proud of it. Goofball private eyes. Together, they solve mysteries. How do they discover the truth? They use funny disguises, nutty inventions, and their secret weapon: Sparky the Goofdog!Objects have been disappearing from Ms. Becker's kindergarten classroom - blocks, an easel, even the class goldfish! Luckily, the Goofballs are ready to go undercover to help their former teacher learn the truth. But posing as teachers is hard work, especially when the entire class may be as smart as Kelly, as observant as Jeff, as creative as Mara, and as goofy as Brian. Everyone's a suspect, and every time the Goofballs turn their backs, something else vanishes. Soon, the whole classroom will be gone!Have the Goofballs been out-goofed? These young sleuths have never failed so solve a case, and they don't intend to start now!