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By B. B Hiller. 1990
In this novelization of the movie, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," the teenage mutant ninja turtles--Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael--save New…
York City from a vicious, criminal ninja clan known as The Foot. For grades 3-6. BestsellerBy Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerBy Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000By Joanna Cole. 1989
Eddie, the neighborhood bully, picks on best friends Arlo and Robby, stealing their food whenever he can. But Arlo and…
Robby come up with a red-hot plan to make him stop. For grades K-3. Bestseller. 1989By Alice Leonhardt. 2001
When the Olsen family boards the Jolly Roger for a Caribbean cruise, twins Mary-Kate and Ashley join a scavenger hunt.…
The clues are a fun way to explore the ship, until someone begins stealing the prizes. The twin detectives want to find the thief and win the grand prize. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Megan Stine. 2001
As the Spring Fling dance approaches, Mary-Kate and her twin Ashley hope to have dates with the boys they have…
crushes on, Grant and Ross. But the boys invite other girls, and the twins plot revenge. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Gail Levine. 2001
Until Princess Meryl was struck with the Gray Death, Princess Addie had always been afraid of everything. Now Addie battles…
specters, gryphons, ogres, and dragons while seeking a cure for her sister. Along the way, she fulfills an ancient prophecy. For grades 5-8. Bestseller. 2001By Judy Katschke. 2001
Detective twins Ashley and Mary-Kate take Clue, their bassett hound, with them to Camp Barkaway. Clue disappears from their cabin,…
however, and the girls are afraid she's been stolen. But who has a motive? For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman. 2001
Mr. Poe, the Baudelaire orphans' banker, decides to follow the saying "It takes a village to raise a child" and…
has the children adopted by the village of V.F.D. The results are predictably disastrous. Sequel to The Ersatz Elevator (DB 51769). For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Judy Katschke. 1999
The Olsen twins are planning a Halloween party with their friends when things start going awry. Spiders crawl out of…
the candy and someone sends scary warnings. Mary-Kate and Ashley think it's all fun until they hear a creepy, scarecrow-sounding scream. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Jude Watson. 2001
By Lemony Snicket. 2001
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans, last encountered in The Austere Academy (RC 50911, BR 13630), continues as evil…
Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one-bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan to steal their family fortune. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Lemony Snicket. 1999
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf in The Bad Beginning (RC 50907, BR 13626), the…
Baudelaire orphans go to live with Uncle Monty, a kindly herpetologist. For a brief time they are happy, but then Count Olaf reappears. Some strong language. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 1999By Lemony Snicket. 2001
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--find themselves in Heimlich Hospital,…
with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit. Sequel to The Vile Village (BR 13632). For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Lemony Snicket. 2000
In this sequel to The Reptile Room (RC 50908, BR 13627) the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Aunt…
Josephine, who worries about everything, especially Lake Lachrymose and its loathsome leeches. The unhappy youngsters encounter cold soup on a rainy day, a hurricane, and a villain with a peg leg. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2000By Lemony Snicket. 1999
The Baudelaire siblings--Violet, fourteen; Klaus, twelve; and Sunny, a teething toddler--are charming and clever, but "magnets for misfortune." In short…
order, they are orphaned, denied access to their inheritance until Violet comes of age, and sent to live with a repulsive relative, Count Olaf. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 1999By Judy Katschke. 2001
The diary entries of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen describe their trip to Camp Coral Reef in Florida during summer…
vacation. Mary-Kate looks forward to scuba diving, until she tries on the mask and reads Ashley's book The Worst That Can Happen. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001By Michael Chabon, William Joyce. 2002
Eleven-year-old Ethan Feld, the least gifted ballplayer on Clam Island, is recruited to be a hero and defend the ferishers…
in Summerland against giants, goblins, and a tough baseball team. He is assisted by his resolute friend, Jennifer T. Rideout, and assorted creatures. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Bestseller. 2002By J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré. 1999
Despite a warning not to return to Hogwarts for his second year of wizardry studies, Harry shows up. But Harry…
is in danger from the opened Chamber of Secrets as well as from his would-be protector. Sequel to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (DB 47260). Bestseller. For grades 4-7