Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Storms
10 best books like Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Storms (Marion Roberts): The Circus of Adventure, Return to Sender, The Wind in the Willows, Sophie's Secret, Winter Door, The Basilisk’s Lair, A Wild Life: The Authorized Biography, The Dragon in the Driveway, City of Time, Fiendish Deeds
Another fine entry in the series, this adventure is rather original in Enid Blyton's work because it belongs to the genre called Ruritanian romance (in reference to the Ruritania of the novel The Prisoner of Zenda), It is a very good adventure too, with memorable scenes like Jack following the kidnappers...
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest,...
| Author | Martin Woodside |
| ISBN | 1402736967 |
First of all, i'd like to say that it's my first experience reading english book. And whoa, because i'm not used to read in english, it was like 'trouble' for me to read english book. But honestly i'm not dissapointed at all!
I start to read in english because yeah, can i say that it's interesting...
| Author | Nancy N. Rue |
| ISBN | 0310707579 |
About this book:
“Sophie and her friends launch an “archaeological expedition” and make a disturbing discovery. Sophie keeps digging to uncover a shocking family secret. In light of this new revelation, will she ever be able to trust her parents again?”
Series: Book...
| Author | Isobelle Carmody |
| ISBN | 0375830189 |
In the midst of the worst winter on record, Rage is beset with worry. Her mother still hasn’t fully recovered from her car accident despite Rage’s successful quest for healing magic. Her stoic uncle seems to be having second thoughts about looking after her. The school bully, Logan, is increasingly...
| Author | R.L. LaFevers |
| ISBN | 0547238673 |
Nate Fludd, Beastologist, is back in the camel saddle in hot pursuit of a missing, deadly Basilisk--the King of Serpents. As if saving an entire Dhughani village from the Basilisk's poisonous gaze isn't difficult enough, Nate and Aunt Phil must begin to piece together the mystery of his parents' disappearance...
| Author | Jeff Corwin |
| ISBN | 0142414034 |
A fascinating look at the real Jeff Corwin!
From growing up in an urban community near Boston, to falling in love with snakes, to traveling to exotic places, to becoming a beloved Emmy Award-winning television host of Animal Planet, this authorized biography will give readers a first-hand...
| Author | Kate Klimo |
| ISBN | 0375855890 |
The Dragon Keepers have a new mission!
It's been raining for days, and dragon keepers Jesse and Daisy have been stuck inside with their dragon, Emmy. As soon as the rain stops, they are out of the house in a flash. First on their list of things to do? To find out what the villainous Dr. St. George—a...
| Author | Eoin McNamee |
| ISBN | 0375839127 |
CATI, THE BOLD Watcher readers met in The Navigator, returns from the shadows of time to summon Owen and Dr. Diamond, for time is literally running out. The moon is coming closer to the earth, causing havoc with weather, tides, and other natural cycles; people fear the world will end. To discover what’s...
| Author | P.J. Bracegirdle |
| ISBN | 1416934162 |
It's the terrible town on the hideous hill -- and Joy Wells is a proud resident. A fan of classic horror stories, Joy is convinced that famous author E. A. Peugeot based his spine-tingling tales on Spooking. Take the eerie similarities between the nearby swamp and the setting of his masterpiece, "The...
| Author | Henning Mankell |
| ISBN | 0385734964 |
Reviewed by Christina Tsichlis for TeensReadToo.com
SHADOWS IN THE TWILIGHT by Henning Mankell is written using the distinctive voice of the main character, Joel. This is a companion book to A BRIDGE TO THE STARS.
This is a story that asks philosophical questions and does it in a way...
| Author | Sabine Durrant |
| ISBN | 0060854790 |
Love, money, friendship . . . and incredibly uncomfortable underwear ? All these eternal mysteries are small challenges to Constance de Bellechasse. Too bad the glamorous inner persona of Constance comes through only as plain old Connie Pickles in everyday life.
Connie's first order of...
| Author | Catherine Banner |
| ISBN | 0375838775 |
Asking for the truth can be as painful as telling it. . . .
Anselm Andros has clearly defined roles in his family and they are roles he plays very well—he is confidante to his mother, Maria. He is the confessor to his stepfather, Leo, a man haunted by the secrets of his past. And Anselm is also the...
| Author | Victoria Laurie |
| ISBN | 0385735731 |
Since Ian Wigby and his sister, Theodosia, found the silver treasure box and the prophecy within it, their world has changed. There's no denying what they discovered in Morocco: a powerful evil is budding, and to defeat it, and save the world from darkness, six uniquely gifted children must be gathered.
According...
| Author | Douglas Anthony Cooper |
| ISBN | 0385660804 |
No one except Milrose Munce knows that ghosts of former students live in his school. Not only is Milrose aware of these ghouls – he’s on a first-name basis with all of them. Of course, some are more likeable than others: the third floor is the home to nearly all of his good friends. Most of them – like...
| Author | Jason Hightman |
| ISBN | 0060540168 |
Dragons. They masquerade as their victims, unrecognizable to all but a select few. In the West, Simon St. George and his father are the last living descendants of a legendary clan of dragon hunters. In the Far East, fierce Samurai warriors are bound by an oath to defeat the dragons. Now, faced with an apocalyptic...
The Baboons Who Went This Way and That
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
| ISBN | 1841957720 |
It was a really nice book full of great tales from South Africa, this book is quite like Aesop’s fables. It mainly includes all the tapes related to animals.
They are the same stories that are being told by our grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
A complete fun-read. It invokes...
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
| Author | Emma Thompson |
| ISBN | 1408805014 |
I really liked the story. I was aware of who Emma Thompson is, of course. I’ve seen the Nanny McPhee movies. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the book. The book is divided into chapters that alternate between being the story and being a diary that Emma keeps while on set. Emma is utterly honest. Grumpy...
| Author | Derek Benz |
| ISBN | 0316045225 |
A brand new adventure starring The Grey Griffins!
Max---the leader
Natalia---the brains
Ernie---the changeling
Harley---the muscle
A year ago, the Grey Griffins were just regular kids from Avalon, Minnesota. That was before they learned about the existence of evil fairies,...
A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
| Author | Henry Cole |
| ISBN | 0061704105 |
Celeste is not your average mouse. She lives alone, quietly weaving baskets with creative flair under the floor boards of the Oakley Plantation. However, Celeste’s world turns upside down with the arrival of the great naturalist John James Audubon and his assistant Joseph, who have come to study...
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
| Author | David Benedictus |
| ISBN | 0525421602 |
It was eighty years ago, on the publication of The House at Pooh Corner, when Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now they are all back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties. This is a companion volume...
| Author | Cathy Cassidy |
| ISBN | 0142404748 |
What would it be like to walk into your living room and see a complete stranger who says she's your mother? Dizzy hasn't seen Storm since she walked out on her and her dad eight years ago, but here she is, a hippie-crunchy earth mother, come to celebrate Dizzy's twelfth birthday and to convince Dizzy's dad...
