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Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there's a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers' strike that is crippling Timmy Failure's academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It's a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy's...
2) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll."--Colophon.
5) I'm Ok
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Leo's grandfather died a year ago, and ever since Leo has been tasked with tracking his grandmother down whenever she wanders away from their home in Allentown, Pennsylvania--but when she abruptly decides to take the trip to Utah that her husband was planning, Leo finds himself on the way to visit dinosaurs, in an old Buick with his grandmother, his seventeen-year-old cousin Abby, and Abby's old, smelly Golden retriever, Kermit, without telling his...
Author
Series
TombQuest volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Alex and Ren must confront the Death Walkers, The Order, and an army of the dead in an attempt to save themselves, Alex's mother, and the world--and hope that Ammit, the Devourer of Egyptian legend, will be able to separate the guilty from the innocent.
Author
Series
TombQuest volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.
12) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A mother and son use their imagination to have fun on a rainy day."--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Duncan, eleven, is very smart--with the rare ability to speak Cat--but his mother has always insisted he appear only average, and when a perfect test score draws attention to him, he not only discovers the wisdom of his mother's rules, he finds himself crossing the seas on a quest for his true identity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
For Panda, Valentine's Day means making the best card ever for his Mama, but nothing he does works out quite right: the heart's uneven, the red ribbon tears, and the beads won't glue; then Mama shows him that it's the love you share that really makes a card--and Valentine's Day--special.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What will they do when they're scared? A boy and his mom go camping on a beautiful day. A bear cub and his mama are not to far away. When they meet unexpectedly, all four are afraid. But the bears need help! This story encourages acting with courage and compassion--even when you're scared.
16) A monster calls
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
17) Book of the dead
Author
Series
Tombquest volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what the doctors say, but his mom knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead can pull her son back from the brink. The problem? When she uses the spells, five Death Walkers are also brought back to life. An ancient evil has been unleashed. Long-dead mummies are awakening. New York City is overrun by scorpions. And worst of all for Alex, his mom and the Lost Spells...
18) No fixed address
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.
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