Beware the Fish!
10 best books like Beware the Fish! (Gordon Korman): The Glass Sentence, The Odds of Getting Even, Vader's Little Princess, Contagion, The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set, My Teacher Is an Alien, Theras and His Town, The Year of the Book, The Boy Next Story, A Little Princess
| Author | S.E. Grove |
| ISBN | 0670785024 |
She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they were so dangerous.
Boston, 1891. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World—a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents...
| Author | Sheila Turnage |
| ISBN | 0803739613 |
Humor and action abound in this second follow-up to the Newbery honor winner and New York Times bestseller, Three Times Lucky.
The trial of the century has come to Tupelo Landing, NC. Mo and Dale, aka Desperado Detectives, head to court as star witnesses against Dale's daddy--confessed kidnapper...
| Author | Jeffrey Brown |
| ISBN | 1452118698 |
In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader--Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire--now faces the trials, joys, and mood swings of raising his daughter Leia as she grows from a sweet little girl into a rebellious teenager.
Smart and funny...
| Author | Teri Terry |
| ISBN | 1408341727 |
4.25* Contagion is a fast paced, unpredictable and gripping read. It's unlike anything I've read in a while and totally unexpected and surprising in the best way. I couldn't put it down. I loved the structure of the super short chapters and the way the dual perspectives flowed from one to the other. I found...
The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set
| Author | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| ISBN | 0689040342 |
It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want people to know about this. The stuff that has happened to us could happen to anyone." Little could they imagine the remarkable adventure that awaited them as they...
| Author | Bruce Coville |
| ISBN | 1416903348 |
Sixth grade is just out of this world!Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face -- and realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien! At first no one will believe her except Peter Thompson, the class brain....
| Author | Caroline Dale Snedeker |
| ISBN | 0966706722 |
Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war. He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control. After enduring rigorous training and repeated cruel incidents,...
| Author | Andrea Cheng |
| ISBN | 0547684630 |
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant...
| Author | Tiffany Schmidt |
| ISBN | 1419734369 |
The second book in a series where your favorite literary characters come to life, inspired by the timeless classic, Little Women!
There’s no one better than the boy next door. At least not according to Aurora Campbell, fourteen, who has been in love with Tobias May since their very first sandbox...
| Author | Tania Zamorsky |
| ISBN | 1402712758 |
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect...
Making Mistakes on Purpose
Students at a whimsical school for children of busy parents learn silly lessons about manners, friendship, and going far in life, in book two of the series that’s tailor-made for a new generation of Mary Poppins fans
Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding...
| Author | Elise Primavera |
| ISBN | 0803738226 |
Fans of Mary Poppins will love this whimsical tale of a boarding school for children of very busy parents, where an extraordinary headmistress teaches them life lessons about courage, adventure, friendship . . . and the importance of birthday cake.
Nestled inside a lighthouse, Great Rapscott...
The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1481465953 |
Nancy and her friends find themselves at a haunted inn with a mystery to solve in this thirteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series.
When Nancy and Bess accompany George to a cousin’s wedding in historic Charleston, South Carolina, they end up staying...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1481417010 |
A major magic trick leads to missing murder evidence in this eighth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.
When she attends a performance by master illusionist Drake Lonestar, Nancy is skeptical. Lonestar is known for his razzle-dazzle wizardry, but can the magician...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1416990720 |
Nancy and her friends must navigate a cruise ship crisis in the first book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.
Nancy, Bess, and George are cruising dangerous waters on a tour of Alaska. Becca Wright, an old friend of Nancy’s, is the Assistant Cruise Director of the...
| Author | M.C. Beaton |
| ISBN | 1455504785 |
From the author of the Agatha Raisin television series...
DEATH OF A LIAR: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But...
| Author | M.C. Beaton |
| ISBN | 1455558257 |
M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling Hamish Macbeth series continues with a new mystery featuring Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman.
James Harrison has recently moved to a restored hunting lodge in Sutherland with his gorgeous private nurse Gloria Dainty. When Hamish...
| Author | M.C. Beaton |
| ISBN | 1455504734 |
Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbeth. Blair suggests that Cyril Sessions, a keen young police officer,...
