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Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday Large Print
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
383 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Adrian Monk has journeyed into the realm of the cult science fiction show Beyond Earth, where he meets fans just as obsessive-compulsive as he is. Monk is at their convention because there may be a killer lurking in the Beyond Earth community. Someone in a starship uniform has very publicly gunned down the show's legendary creator, Conrad Stipe. Could a fan be that furious at him for selling out to an exploitative Hollywood producer? Or was there...
22) Where I belong
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Brendan Doyle doesn't get along with his foster mother, he's failing fifth grade, and he's bullied mercilessly by a band of boys in his class. Then Brendan meets two potential friends--an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school--and he sees that there may be hope for him after all"--
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Dwight attending Tippett Academy this semester, the kids of McQuarrie Middle School are on their own—no Origami Yoda to give advice and help them navigate the treacherous waters of middle school. Then Sara gets a gift she says is from Dwight—a paper fortune-teller in the form of Chewbacca. It's a Fortune Wookiee, and it seems to give advice that's just as good as Yoda's—even if, in the hands of the girls, it seems too preoccupied
...Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First Atheneum Books for Young Readers edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
An expanded version of the work with the same title and author: New York : Harper & Row, 1990. While spending the day in the Robinson household, Wilbur's best friend joins in the search for Grandfather Robinson's missing false teeth and meets one wacky relative after another.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library."--
Author
Language
English
Description
"A dazzlingly original new novel from the acclaimed author of The Borrower. Now, Makkai returns with an ingenious novel set on an historic estate that once housed an arts colony. Doug, the husband of the estate's heir, desperately needs the colony files to get his stalled academic career back on track. But what he discovers when he finally gets his hands on them is more than he bargained for. Doug may never learn the house's secrets, but the reader...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 4
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett isthe fourth case file of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series from Tom Angleberger!
Some problems are too big for Origami Yoda alone . . .
This semester, Dwight, Tommy, Sara, and the gang must face their deadliest enemy yet: the FunTime Education System. Meant to raise standardized test scores, the mind-numbing videos of Professor FunTime...
Some problems are too big for Origami Yoda alone . . .
This semester, Dwight, Tommy, Sara, and the gang must face their deadliest enemy yet: the FunTime Education System. Meant to raise standardized test scores, the mind-numbing videos of Professor FunTime...
Author
Series
Applewhites volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
206 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a small fishing village in British Columbia, twelve-year-old Primrose tries to be a matchmaker for her Uncle Jack, befriends Ked, a new foster child, tries to decide if she is willing to go to jail for her convictions, and together with Ked, publishes a cook book to raise money for the Fisherman's Aid. Includes recipes.
Author
Language
English
Description
Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Now, nearly a century since it was built, it stands in ruins-a boardinghouse for misfits, where people come to forget or be forgotten. Seeking a new home after a painful tragedy, Sana and her effusive father are Akbar Manzil's newest residents. There they find a community of eccentrics, each suffering their own losses and likewise searching for something-escape, solace, absolution....
34) Floors
Author
Series
Floors volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Leo's future and the fate of the extraordinary Whippet Hotel, where his father is the maintenance man, are at stake when a series of cryptic boxes leads Leo to hidden floors, strange puzzles, and unexpected alliances.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
159 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
" Do you have digestion problems due to stress? Do you have problems with authority? How many alcoholic drinks do you consume a week? Would you rather be a florist or a truck driver? These are the questions that decide who has what it takes to live at South Pole Station, a place with an average temperature of -54°F and no sunlight for six months a year. Cooper Gosling is adrift at thirty, unmoored by a family tragedy and floundering in her career...
37) Loser
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Overseeing her baby, a family wedding and her own approaching 40th birthday celebration amid rumors that a developer has unwanted plans for Finch village, Lori bonds with a warmhearted inventor only to discover his true intentions.
39) Dangerous minds
Author
Series
Knight and Moon novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Brilliant and boyishly charming, Emerson Knight likes nothing better than solving an unsolvable, improbable mystery. And finding a missing island is better than Christmas morning in the Knight household. When clues lead to a dark and sinister secret that is being guarded by the National Park Service, Emerson will need to assemble a crack team for help. Since a crack team isn't available, he enlists Riley Moon and his cousin Vernon. Riley Moon has...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and...
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