Mark Fearing
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...
Author
Series
Frights from Feral volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"In five spooky stories, an intrepid young resident invites readers to look a little closer at this scenic rural town's secrets, mysteries, and unexplained disappearances"--
3) Earthling!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Bud gets on the wrong school bus he finds himself at Cosmos Academy on another planet, where Earthlings are considered extremely dangerous--can he conceal his identity as a native of Earth and still manage to find his way home?
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Daisy Marsha Martin's dilly dallying makes her late for nearly everything, but if she cannot find a way to make it to her swimming lesson on time, her "mermaid training" will be at an end.
Author
Series
Frights from Feral volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Feral is littered with secrets, mysteries, and unexplained disappearances. The town has always been weird... and most residents just accept that. But intrepid young investigators Freya and Monica are sure that Feral is getting weirder. Kids are disappearing more and more, signs of the supernatural are surfacing in new places, and the lights went on in the abandoned Messner Mansion. Even though they know they shouldn't, the girls can't resist the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The poor villagers of Handkerchief! For as long as they can remember, the Baron Von Sneeze, who lives in Castle Gesundheit, has been sniffling, wheezing, and coughing day and night, and no one can get any rest. Hoping for some sleep, a girl named Fiona finally drums up the courage to visit the castle and find out what's ailing its noble resident. When she arrives, she discovers that the Baron Von Sneeze is the only human around, and that he's convinced...
7) Giant pants
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Belbum is a giant. Like most giants, he is very good at stomping, napping, and losing things. One day he loses something especially important, though: his only pair of pants. After searching high and low, Belbum sets off to ask his friends whether they have any pants he can borrow. But the cyclops only wears tunics. The gnome's pants, stretchy as they may be, are far too small for Belbum. And unicorns don't even wear pants. There's only one thing...
Author
Series
History pals volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Nolan and his little sister, Olive, find Ben Franklin in their kitchen, they do their best to guide Ben through the new world he helped form.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
Storytime in the library becomes increasingly chaotic as first one chicken then a whole flock joins in and the librarian must come up with a creative solution so that everyone can enjoy the story.
Author
Series
Middle school bites volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Tom Marks has big plans for middle school, but the day before classes begin he is bitten by a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
After years alone in his castle, Vlad is ready to try something new, so he strolls into town to find a hobby. At first none of the activities seem quite right for him. But when he overhears the junior hockey team vowing to crush and destroy their rivals, he's thrilled. It sounds perfect! Vlad immediately falls for the game, but he also quickly realizes that superhuman powers don't mean much in hockey without a mastery of the basics. Can a centuries-old...
15) Tom bites back
Author
Series
Middle school bites volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom meets Martha, the 244-year-old vampire who bit him, and convinces her to teach him such important things as how to fly and how to hypnotize people.--
Author
Series
History pals volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When Eleanor Roosevelt and Fala turn up in ten-year-old Nolan's bedroom closet, his mother, taking Mrs. Roosevelt for the new baby sitter, leaves him and his little sister Olive with her.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
HUMOROUS STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). An untidy kid sets off a pest invasion like no other in this boisterously fun picture book about the perils of messy habits. Playing and having fun is a kid s job, right? Cleaning up is a parent's job, right? Why do grown-ups make such a fuss about tidiness and cleanliness, anyway? What s the worst that could happen? A couple of ants pass through? A lone little mouse pays a midnight call? No big deal, right?...
20) Out for blood
Author
Series
Middle school bites volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom is juggling the daily routines of middle school life while also trying to explore his newly acquired powers, but Darcourt, the werewolf who bit him, and Tanner Gantt, his archenemy, are not making it easy.--