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Lukezilla Beats the Game

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Capstone Editions

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 39,56 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1684462053

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In real life, Lucas is small and unathletic. But as Trunkzilla in the online game Smashtown Frenzy, he's the biggest, toughest fighter on the streets. No wonder he prefers games to real life! He plans to spend all summer battling his way through the Smashtown tournament with his team, but his parents have other plans for him: volunteer work. Lucas signs up to be a Senior Sitter and gets matched with a cool old librarian named Isaac who likes cats and detective novels. Mornings with Isaac and afternoons gaming are working out great until Lucas's Smashtown success hits a speed bump and Isaac's health takes a tragic turn. Lucas saves Isaac's life but then finds himself burdened with a new sense of moral responsibility that gets him thrown off his team, banned from Smashtown, and made into a meme for internet haters. Some reward for being a hero! Lucas has one last shot to prevail, win back his friends, and show his parents how much gaming means to him.



Lukezilla Beats the Game

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Capstone Editions

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 33,19 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1684462045

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Lucas, small and unathletic, is obsessed with being powerful Trunkzilla in an online game, but after becoming a volunteer Senior Sitter and saving Isaac in real life, everything changes.



The Winter of the Robots

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 34,13 MB

Release : 2013-10-08

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0307975622

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Seven feet of snow, four science-fair nerds, one creepy junkyard. Get ready for the ultimate robot battle. Jim is tired of being the sidekick to his scientific genius, robot-obsessed, best friend Oliver. So this winter, when it comes time to choose partners for the science fair, Jim dumps Oliver and teams up with a girl instead. Rocky has spotted wild otters down by the river, and her idea is to study them. But what they discover is bigger—and much more menacing—than fuzzy otters: a hidden junkyard on abandoned Half Street. And as desolate as it may seem, there's something living in the junkyard. Something that won't be contained for long by the rusty fences and mounds of snow. Can Jim and Rocky—along with Oliver and his new science-fair partner—put aside their rivalry and unite their robot-building skills? Whatever is lurking on Half Street is about to meet its match.



Mamba Point

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Yearling Books

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 28,86 MB

Release : 2011-09-13

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 037585472X

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After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he and the deadly black mamba have a mystical connection, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics.



Mudville

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 46,65 MB

Release : 2009-02-24

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0375891560

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Welcome to Moundville, where it’s been raining for longer than Roy McGuire has been alive. Most people say the town is cursed—right in the middle of their big baseball game against rival town Sinister Bend, black clouds crept across the sky and it started to rain. That was 22 years ago . . . and it’s still pouring. Baseball camp is over, and Roy knows he’s in for a dreary, soggy summer. But when he returns home, he finds a foster kid named Sturgis sprawled out on his couch. As if this isn’t weird enough, just a few days after Sturgis’s arrival, the sun comes out. No one can explain why the rain has finally stopped, but as far as Roy’s concerned, it’s time to play some baseball. It’s time to get a Moundville team together and finish what was started 22 years ago. It’s time for a rematch.



Rooting for Rafael Rosales

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company

Page : 215 pages

File Size : 36,24 MB

Release : 2017-04-17

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0807567434

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STARRED REVIEW! "Scaletta deftly weaves worry, optimism, and determination together...The tight focus on the emotional lives of his protagonists in these connecting narratives inspires genuine feeling for each. Full of heart and hope."—Kirkus Reviews starred review Maya is worried about the fate of the world—especially the bee population—but she finds new hope when she starts to follow the career of a baseball player from the Dominican Republic named Rafael Rosales, who years before struggled to pursue his own dreams. Rafael has dreams to someday play Major League Baseball. Maya has worries, especially about the bees that are dying all over the world. Follow Rafael and Maya in a story that shifts back and forth in time and place, from Minnesota to the Dominican Republic. In their own ways, Maya and Rafael search for hope, face difficult choices, and learn a secret—the same secret—that forever changes how they see the world.



Trailblazers: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Author : Kurtis Scaletta

Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 24,46 MB

Release : 2021-01-05

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0593124464

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Meet history's trailblazers! Get inspired by the true story of the creator of the Broadway blockbuster, Hamilton! A biography series for kids who loved Who Was? and are ready for the next level. On July 19, 2015,Lin-Manuel Miranda stepped out on the Broadway stage in Hamilton. His show about Alexander Hamilton, featuring hip hop, R&B, and other music styles, became one of the most successful musicals of all time! Find out how the boy who loved performing blazed a trail in theater! Trailblazers celebrates the lives of amazing pioneers, past and present, from all over the world. What kind of trail will you blaze? Don't miss the other Trailblazers biographies, including Beyoncé, J. K. Rowling, and Simone Biles.



Hide and Seeker

Author : Daka Hermon

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 166 pages

File Size : 45,80 MB

Release : 2020-09-15

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1338583646

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One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a nightmare world. Don't let the Seeker find you!Twelve-year-old Zee is back now. He disappeared for a year and nobody knows where he went or what happened to him. Not even his best friends Justin, Nia, and Lyric. But ever since Zee has been back, he's been... different. After Zee freaks out at his friends playing hide-and-seek at an odd party in his backyard -- the first time his friends are back together since his reappearance -- strange things begin to occur. Everyone who played in the game has a mark on their wrist. And then they disappear.The kids are pulled into a shadow world -- the Nowhere -- ruled by the monstrous, shape-shifting Seeker. Justin and his friends will have to band together and face their worst nightmares to defeat the Seeker or lose themselves to the Nowhere forever.



Swamp Monster

Author : James Preller

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 97 pages

File Size : 17,40 MB

Release : 2015-07-07

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1250040973

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Twins Lance and Chance LaRue are seeking a pet in the swamp near their Texas shack when they happen upon an egg and bring it home to hatch, but the creature's mother finds them, determined to rescue her little one.



Along Came Spider

Author : James Preller

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 83 pages

File Size : 42,10 MB

Release : 2014-10-28

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0545281679

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Can their friendship survive the fifth grade? Spider Stevens and Trey Cooper have lived next door to each other their entire lives. Their houses are on the odd-numbered side of Maple Street, which seems just about right. Because, well, Trey Cooper is a little odd himself.It didn't matter when they were little kids -- you know, way back in second grade. And it doesn't matter so much when they're at home on Maple Street. That's just Trey being Trey. But it matters in the fifth grade. The whole class thinks Trey is weird. Does that mean Spider has to turn his back on his oldest friend?