The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story

Author	Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN	0618755020

For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist extraordinaire!). Even though Mama hints that his little sister, Trudy, would love to go, Calvin doesn’t hesitate to invite his friend Rodney instead.

The boys return home greatly...

Author

Jamie McKelvie

Life's tough when you're a teenager - homework, boy trouble, and meddling parents. So when you throw in imaginary friends turned real, monster attacks, and faerie magic - well, that's just not fair, is it? "Suburban Glamour" follows Astrid Johnson as she and her best friend Dave get caught in a faerie...

Author	Anne Lindbergh
ISBN	0316526282

I FOUND IT!

For years, I have thought about this book from time to time. I vividly recalled reading a really good book, narrated by a girl living with her grandmother and involving time travel down a laundry chute. I had no idea what the title was or who the author was, so I despaired of ever finding...

Author	Lester del Rey
ISBN	0590025341

This is a science fiction story about what it would be like to go back 80 million years in time and see what the Earth was like then.

A scientist has created a device that tunnels through time. The protagonist is his son, 17 year old Bob Miller. Bob and his father's friend, Doc Tom, and Doc Tom's son...

Author	Jean Fritz
ISBN	0698119371

BRADY by JEAN FRITZ -254pages.i answer to the question 2 and 11.

Does this story or its characters remind you of another story you have read? Does it remind you of a movie? how are they alike? and how are they different?

this story remember me another story that i read several years ago:...

Author	Sheri Cooper Sinykin
ISBN	1575130017

Alison, Heather, Keisha, and Megan find a golden key that turns out to unlock the attic in a neighbor's old Victorian house. Once inside, Keisha spots a trunk filled with wonderful costumes--ball gowns, a ballet tutu, and many, many more.

It's not long before the best friends find beautiful...

Author

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	Lynne Reid Banks
ISBN	0380715643

The Kings Foolish WishKing Midas loved gold so much he wished everything he touched would turn to gold. But what a terrible curse it became when his wish was granted and everything he touched -- his food, his dog. . . and his beloved daughter -- instantly changed into cold and lifeless matallic objects.

Lynne...

Author	Cynthia Voigt
ISBN	0689851057

What would it be like to be older than your father? Brann Connell is sick of hearing his parents argue all the time. Seems to Brann his dad could stand up for himself more, instead of building a wall of excuses to hide behind. But some things never change -- after all, his dad has "always" been this way. Or has...

Author	Todd Strasser
ISBN	0823420612

This book was okay. I thought the way it was written was interesting, as if you were experiencing all the events, although you know you're really looking through Lauren's eyes. Is was a pretty good book, but it just bothered me how obvious it would have been to me that Celeste was manipulating me. Also,...

Author	Pamela F. Service
ISBN	0449703398

Lorna Padgett, an archeologist's daughter, has inherited her father's love for ancient Egypt. Ameni lived over four thousand years ago. The son of a Pharoah, he loved adventure but had no idea what destiny the gods were holding for him. These two should never have met. But a walk in the hills near her father's...

Author	Mary Amato
ISBN	0823419401

I LOVED this book!

I actually made a goodreads account just so I could come in here and review this book!

I read this book when I was maybe 8 to 10? That's when it came out and I got it at a scholastic book fair! And it has stuck with me all these years. It's such an amazing concept: A worm who eats...

Author	Nancy Etchemendy
ISBN	0439313317

This fascinating, approachable, and critically-acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy story is blessed with an intelligent and likeable character. The Power of Un was the winnter of the 2000 Bram Stoker Award.

Until a week ago, Gib Finney was just a regular guy, shooting spitballs and messing up his...

Author	Adam Rex
ISBN	0152062351

No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there’s the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin...

Author	Katherine Paterson
ISBN	0192750852

It is the turn of the twentieth century, and Robbie, son of a preacher, is tired of trying to please God. Moreover, although Robbie's father is kind and gentle, it's not that easy to do what he wants, either. So when a fire-and-brimstone minister suggests that the world may be ending soon, Robbie decides...

Author	Gary Gygax
ISBN	1601250428

Gary Gygax, father of fantasy roleplaying and the co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, weaves a fantastic tale of warring wizards that spans the world from the pyramids of ancient Egypt to the mist-shrouded towns of medieval England. Someone is murdering the world's most powerful...

Author	Alice Mead
ISBN	0440412455

Reeve McLain, Jr.--Junebug--has a big dream that keeps him going. He dreams that someday he and his younger sister and mother will move from the awful housing project where drugs, gangs, and guns are part of everyday life. Junebug's 10th birthday is coming up, and he knows the gangs and drug dealers will...

Author	Maiya Williams
ISBN	0810992167

I picked up a copy of this book a couple of years ago at my local re-use it center as the synopsis on the dust cover captured my attention. However, what really piqued my interest was an inscription to a young girl named McKinlee on her 12th birthday which was March 31, 2005 according to the date her Grandma...

Author	Brad Strickland
ISBN	0613243285

In The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder, Johnny Dixon's best friend Fergie steals an enchanted book from the library, and slowly falls under the spell of evil sorcerer Jarmyn Thanatos. In The Chessmen of Doom, Johnny and his friends must unravel the baffling riddle in Peregrine Childermass's will...

Author	Betsy Byars
ISBN	0140342435

Safety is downriver--but first there's trouble ahead.

As soon as Dewey Martin sees the Indian creeping toward the cabin--and toward his unsuspecting grandmother--he knows what to do: knock him down and take off before the rest of the raiding party arrives. The only means of escape is Dewey's...

Author	Howard Pyle
ISBN	0486413047

Howard Pyle's The Book of Pirates starts off like a non-fiction history of pirates, mainly of the Caribbean variety. It's not an absolutely enthralling history, but it does try to enliven the old stories, almost in the way that modern writers of history have managed.

After the introductory...

Author

Martin Hallett

This anthology of folk and fairy tales brings together 52 stories from a range of historical and geographic traditions. Sections group tales together by theme or juxtapose variations of individual tales, inviting comparison and analysis across cultures and genres. An accessible section of critical...

Author	Monalisa DeGross
ISBN	0064420892

The classic story about the power of words

Donavan Allen doesn’t collect coins, comics, or trading cards like most kids. He collects words—big words, little words, soft words, and silly words. Whenever Donavan finds a new word, he writes it on a slip of paper and puts it in his word jar.

But...

Author	W.H. Horner
ISBN	0971360898

Mermaids. Pirates. Flying ships. Creatures from the deep. Magic beyond your wildest dreams. The sea is a dangerous and wonderful realm. It calls to many, promising riches, adventure, or freedom. But just as there are beautiful and remarkable treasures to be found upon and below the waves, do not underestimate...

Author	Cynthia C. DeFelice
ISBN	0374400040

The third book about Allie Nichols, "ghost magnet"

Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she's sure that another one is trying to reach her. But how can Allie help a ghost who won't speak? All she has to go on is a sound -- a sort of whine -- and a smell. At the same time, a strange...