Following the Mystery Man

8 best books like Following the Mystery Man (Mary Downing Hahn): The Phantom Tollbooth, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Twelfth Night, Anthem, The View from Saturday, Serendipity and Me, I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President, Night of the Twisters

The Phantom Tollbooth
AuthorNorton Juster
ISBN0394820371
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Hailed as “a classic. . . . humorous, full of warmth and real invention” (The New Yorker), this beloved story -first published more than fifty years ago- introduces readers to Milo and his adventures in the Lands...
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
AuthorBrian Selznick
ISBN0439813786
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most...
Twelfth Night
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
ISBN0743482778
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays with love and power. The Countess Olivia, a woman with her own household, attracts Duke (or Count) Orsino. Two other would-be suitors are her pretentious steward, Malvolio, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.

Onto...
Anthem
AuthorAyn Rand
ISBN0452281253
Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark...
The View from Saturday
AuthorE.L. Konigsburg
ISBN0689862210
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski's team won the sixth-grade Academic...
AuthorJudith L. Roth
ISBN0670014400
Sara has always loved cats. She surrounds herself with pictures of cats, stuffed cats, even cat-headed slippers. But she’s never been allowed to have a real cat of her own. Her father has always told her no, for reasons he won’t explain.

So when a fluffy snowball of a kitten darts through...
AuthorJosh Lieb
ISBN1595142401
Family Guy meets Election in this hilarious young adult debut! Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson’s got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver’s a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he’s used his great brain to make himself the third-richest...
Night of the Twisters
AuthorIvy Ruckman
ISBN0064401766
Storm Chasers meets Stranger Things! An action-packed coming-of-age story of both natural disaster and the bravery it takes to face it.

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado...
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