The Case of the Deadly Desperados
10 best books like The Case of the Deadly Desperados (Caroline Lawrence): The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The Law of Finders Keepers, A Tangle of Knots, The Neptune Project, The Odds of Getting Even, Joshua Dread, The Adventures of Nanny Piggins, Beach Party Surf Monkey, Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game, Beach Battle Blowout
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| ISBN | 0330398326 |
Dear Gram and Grampop,
Please do not address yours truly as California anymore, California Morning Whipple being a foolish name for a duck much less a girl. I call myself Lucy now. I cannot hate California and be California. I know you will understand.
California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple...
| Author | Sheila Turnage |
| ISBN | 0803739621 |
Pirates, family, and the truth about Mo's Upstream Mother collide in the conclusion to the Newbery Honor and
New York Times
bestselling
Three Times Lucky
When the Colonel and Miss Lana share the clues about Mo's watery origins that they've been saving, it seems the time is finally...
| Author | Lisa Graff |
| ISBN | 0399255176 |
Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny...
| Author | Polly Holyoke |
| ISBN | 1423157567 |
With her weak eyes and useless lungs that often leave her gasping for air, Nere feels more at home swimming with the dolphins her mother studies than she does hanging out with her classmates. Nere has never understood why she is so much more comfortable and confident in the water than on land until the day...
| 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 | Lee Bacon |
| ISBN | 0375990275 |
For Joshua Dread, middle school is proving to be, well, awkward. Not only do bullies pick on him, but do you see those supervillains over there trying to flood the world? The ones that everyone, including his best friend Milton, are rooting for Captain Justice to take down? They're the Dread Duo, and they...
The Adventures of Nanny Piggins
| Author | R.A. Spratt |
| ISBN | 0316068195 |
Three children and their hilariously subversive nanny pig embark on zany adventures in this award-winning middle grade debut illustrated by Caldecott winnter Dan Santat.
The three Green children are cared for by a nanny pig. Yes, a pig--a fabulously sassy and impeccably dressed pig, as...
| Author | Chris Grabenstein |
| ISBN | 1524774731 |
There's always something wacky happening when you live in a motel, and P.T. (named after P. T. Barnum, of course) has grown up at the world's wackiest! When word gets out that the hottest teen idols in Hollywood (plus current YouTube sensation Kevin the Monkey!) will be filming their next movie Beach...
Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game
| Author | Chris Grabenstein |
| ISBN | 0525646442 |
Mr. Lemoncello is going LIVE ACROSS THE NATION in his brand new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's
New York Times
bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series!
Greetings...
| Author | Chris Grabenstein |
| ISBN | 0525639039 |
Welcome to the Wonderland Motel--the funnest place on earth! Contestants, start your engines! The race to be the best on the beach is on, and this year the Wonderland is FINALLY going to win! The competition is fierce! But who needs ROLLER COASTERS and JET PACKS and PIRATES when you have not one but two...
