Dial-a-Ghost

Author	Edward Eager
ISBN	0152511601

The magic begins when Laura and her family--brothers James, baby Deborah, and her parents--move to a country house in Connecticut. There is a well in the yard, and Laura is the kind of girl who believes in making wishes.

Her first wish comes true, and this sets off a round of adventures for Laura,...

Author	Nikolai Popov
ISBN	1558589961

Why?
A violent war breaks out between frogs and mice over precious resources.

Implied reader

To gain the most from the text the read needs basic understanding and prior knowledge of warfare and how disagreements can begin and escalate quickly into some that was never intended....

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Eleanor Estes

This book is sheer perfection. It has many of the same qualities as Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner -- young children who live out tremendous adventures in their imagination with characters who are typically treated by the author as though they are also real, though every once in a while perspective...

Author	Lloyd Alexander
ISBN	0440405807

Ladies and gentlemen of the Goodreads jury. Don't let the fact that this book is cutesy-covered, middle-size fonted, and 100 pages thin fool you: This is NOT A BOOK FOR (JUST) KIDS. How do I know that? I submit as evidence: me. I read this randomly when I was a youngun and loved it. Years later, as a less-youngun,...

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John Bellairs

When Anthony Monday stumbles upon the diary of J.K. Borkman, he thinks he's unearthed a worthless piece of junk. But Borkman's mysterious writings turn out to be much more--plans to turn the world into an icy wasteland. By the time ghastly weather sets in and Anthony realizes it's Borkman's fanatical...

Author	Charlotte Kerner
ISBN	3407808372

Charlotte Kerner hat das heiß umstrittene Thema "Klonen -- ja oder nein?" in den Mittelpunkt ihres neuen Jugendromans Blueprint gestellt. Professor Fisher in Montreal ist Spezialist für das Klonen von Mäusen und Kühen. An Menschen hat er sich bisher noch nicht gewagt. Bis er bei einem Konzert...

Author	Alan Temperley
ISBN	0439978378

Harry yang ini bukan Harry Potter tapi Harry Barton, meskipun mereka sama-sama bocah lelaki yatim piatu pada usia yang masih sangat muda. Mereka sama-sama orang Inggris. Mereka kemudian juga sama-sama dititipkan di rumah bibi mereka. Bedanya, Harry Barton bukanlah penyihir seperti halnya Harry...

Author	Bianca Pitzorno
ISBN	8870680983

La vigilia di Natale, mentre tutti fanno festa, una piccola fiammiferaia sta per morire di fame e di freddo. Preparate i fazzoletti. Anzi, no, preparatevi a ridere come non vi è mai capitato leggendo un libro. Perché la storia non va a finire come pensate. La povera bambina è un tipetto molto intraprendente...

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Cassandra Golds

Clair-de-Lune lives with her grandmother in the tippy-top of a peculiar old building. Every day she practices ballet, just like her mother before her—the famous ballerina who died when Clair-de-Lune was just a baby. Since that day, Clair-de-Lune hasn’t uttered a word.
Then one day the girl...

Author	Kevin Henkes
ISBN	0064438287

"Two of the things Benjamin Hunter received for his twelfth birthday took him completely by surprise: A room and a letter. The room was from his parents. The letter was from his uncle."

Ben was just two years old when he and his uncle, Ian, were last together, so Ben didn't remember him. And no one...

Author	Philip Pullman
ISBN	0440416612

“I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion...

Author	Angie Sage
ISBN	0061449229

When Aunt Tabby and Uncle Drac head off to Transylvania, Araminta is upset -- they're going to be away on her birthday. However, when it turns out that her almost-grown-up cousin, Mathilda, will be babysitting, it seems things couldn't get any better.

But Mathilda's brought along trouble:...

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0590461605

This is the first book that I've bought using my own money. Well, of course my parents gave me those money. I was still in grade school then. This is also the first book that I've finished reading (excluding short children's books). I enjoyed reading this book. The scare level is high. The narration makes...

Author	Cornelia Funke
ISBN	0439862671

Book 3 in the ghastly fantastic GHOSTHUNTERS series of illustrated paperback originals by bestselling author Cornelia Funke. Get scared silly!

Strange and stinky things are happening at Gloomsburg Castle. To begin with, the creepy place is crawling with TIBIGs (Tiny Biting Ghosts, per...

Author	Patricia MacLachlan
ISBN	0385311338

3.5 stars

Note to self: be careful which books you read before needing to see people; particularly right before teaching a piano lesson. Trying to keep back any tears from spilling out and landing all over your flushed face is difficult. Quick recovered composures, though desired, are not...

Author	Valerio Massimo Manfredi
ISBN	8804537779

Questo racconto prende ispirazione dal rinvenimento del relitto di una nave risalente al XIV secolo presso San Marco in Boccalama, un'isola della laguna veneta oggi sommersa, usata come luogo di sepoltura (o forse come semplice discarica) dei morti di peste del 1348. Tra quelle migliaia di scheletri...

Author	Vivian Vande Velde
ISBN	0141312815

When Ted's five-year-old sister Vicki invents an imaginary friend, no one is too concerned...until they realize that her friend can move things. Ted is sure that Vicki's "friend" Marella is a ghost. But why would a ghost haunt Vicki? And why does Marella seem to be terrified of another ghost-a dark figure...

Author	Dan Poblocki
ISBN	0545299802

Can you crack the case with six clues or less?
Welcome to Moon Hollow, where mystery lurks around every corner--and four kids have come together to solve crimes and puzzles big and small.
Whether they're debunking sea monsters, thwarting bullies, or revealing who threw out mom's asparagus,...

Author	Gwyneth Rees
ISBN	0330437291

A funny feline adventure starring Cosmo—the kitten whose sneeze gets him into a whole lot of trouble!

Cosmo is delighted when he passes the special test and becomes a witch-cat, just like his father Mephisto. Now he will be able to ride on broomsticks and help Sybil the witch with her spells—and...