Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 2008-07-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416924388
Annoyed at having to help the librarian move some books for the book fair, young Trip is catapulted into a world in which he lives out different book genres--a place where everything seems wrong but also just a little bit familiar.
Author : Sean O'Reilly
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1434246493
It's time for the Transylmania Science Fair! Each of the Mighty, Mighty Monsters have their eyes on the grand prize, but no one wants to share. With each monster hoping to snatch up the winnings for themselves, lines are drawn and friends become foes. Will the spirit of competition win out, or will the green-eyed monster break up the gang forever?
Author : William Lindsay Gresham
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590174283
Soon to be a major motion picture from Academy Award–winning director Guillermo del Toro and starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Toni Collette. Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd’s gleeful disgust and derision—going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There’s no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least for now.
Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416990046
After a devastating tornado destroys much of Cape Bluff, Kansas, residents come together as a community to put on a talent show as a fund-raiser.
Author : Frank E. Peretti
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 2008-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 141853479X
The Veritas Project team has a new assignment: To find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of two runaways. When one runaway turns up totally out of his mind and a government agent steps in to take over the case, the Springfield's continue their own investigation. The twins-Elijah and Elisha-go undercover, posing as runaways. What happens next will keep readers on the edge of their seats as the twins end up in a strange academy where Truth is continually challenged, a gang-like war develops, and Elijah is taken to an ominous mansion from which no one has ever returned. A great thriller with a realistic look at right and wrong.
Author : Caitlin Kittredge
Publisher : Ember
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0385738323
Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn't going to succomb to madness because of a latent strain--she will lose her faculties because she is allergic to iron. Aoife isn't human. She is a changeling--half human and half from the land of Thorn. And time is running out for her. When Aoife destroyed the Lovecraft engine, she released the monsters from the Thorn Lands into the Iron Lands and now she must find a way to seal the gates and reverse the destruction she's ravaged on the world that's about to poison her.
Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481497664
Four of Dan Gutman’s funniest novels are now available together in a paperback boxed set for the first time! Middle school is hard enough but throw in an out of control machine that does your homework for you, novels that come to life and trap you in their pages, and an extremely bizarre talent show competition, and it can be a real nightmare! This fun four-in-one collection introduces young readers to the world of Dan Gutman, full of humorous hijinks and mayhem filled adventures that make your middle school seem downright normal! This collectible boxed set includes paperback editions of The Homework Machine, Return of the Homework Machine, Nightmare at the Book Fair, and The Talent Show.
Author : Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 159884847X
Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.
Author : Deborah B. Ford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1586834061
Finally, a book to help educators promote sure-fire reading pleasers to boy readers in grades 3–12! Scary, Gross, and Enlightening: Books for Boys Grades 3-12 is the helpful new reference handbook for educators looking for just the right books to captivate the imaginations of boys in a way that makes reading fun as well as effective. In chapters than span the full range of categories and genres, Scary, Gross, and Enlightening surveys the latest and greatest titles aimed at boys in the primary and secondary grades, including nonfiction, graphic novels, mystery and adventure, sports, sci-fi and fantasy, humor, history, books that were made into movies, read-aloud titles, and classic works that have stood the test of time. Each chapter suggests a number of appropriate and delightful titles on a specific theme and includes listings of corresponding websites, reproducible lessons, and activities. The book also provides lists of professional titles to support each chapter's theme, as well as research-based strategies for teaching with the suggested books.
Author : Dan Gutman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 29,82 MB
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1439158266
It’s the last day of school before Christmas vacation and Alex, Chase, and the rest of Mrs. Walter’s fifth-grade class couldn’t wish more for the final bell to ring. But the day takes a crazy turn when a mysterious meteorite crashes through the classroom window—and a genie pops out! Bob, as he’s called, is willing to grant only one wish for the class to share, and if they can’t agree on something before the bell rings in an hour, they’ll get nothing at all. What follows is a debate that is at turns thought-provoking and hilarious—and at all times irresistible.
