The Great Brain at the Academy

Author	Sydney Taylor
ISBN	0929093216

Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World War I and wrote the All-of-a-Kind Family series for her daughter. This sequel finds talented Ella, mischievous Henny, studious Sarah, dreamy Charlotte, and little Gertie helping Mama with their new baby...

Author	Brian K. Vaughan
ISBN	1534313249

THE END IS HERE!

After surviving adventures in their past, present and future, the Paper Girls of 1988 embark on one last journey, a five-part epic that includes the emotional double-sized series finale. Featuring a new wraparound cover from Eisner Award-winning co-creator CLIFF CHIANG,...

Author	Robert McCloskey
ISBN	0140309276

I read this in the car today on the way back from a family reunion and I didn't have to drive. This is about Centerburg and Homer Price who makes his residence there. The town is rather funny and Homer is dependable and a fix-it kind of guy.

He has a pet skunk he has tamed that became famous when it helped...

Author	Gordon Korman
ISBN	0439164524

Ben Simon

The book I read is "Island" Book Three: Escape, by Gordon Korman. This book is the last one in Korman's Island series where six kids are shipwrecked on a deserted island and must survive. This is personally my favorite book in the series because of it's genius plot, writing, danger,...

Author	Lynne Reid Banks
ISBN	0380710404

The adventure deepens . . . In The Return of the Indian, Omri found he could transport himself and his friend Patrick back in history to the dangerous days of his miniature companions. Now, in the secret of the indian, Patrick time-travels back to the rough-and-tumble frontier age of his cowboy friend,...

Author	James Ramsey Ullman
ISBN	0064470482

The Citadel

It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father.

At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that...

Author	Wilson Rawls
ISBN	0440415802

The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry Lee's grandpa had an explanation, of course--as he did for most things. The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could...

Author	Jean Craighead George
ISBN	0141312416

Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam’s falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly...

Author	Kathleen Karr
ISBN	0374427984

Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys?

Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but he's nobody's fool. When it's time to be done with school and make his way in the world, Simon hatches a plan that could earn him a bundle. He...

Author	Gary Paulsen
ISBN	0385746865

One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify...

Author	Marisa Anne Cummings
ISBN	1440320993

After showing up extremely early for an appointment, I found this in the waiting room, apparently left by another patron. I read it in less than 45 minutes, so that will give you an idea how fast a read it is.

I sort of feel badly for giving this two stars, especially since the author is trying so hard...

Author

Sheri Dew

What kind of life preparation does the Lord give the men He will one day call to be prophet? And what are the lessons to be learned from such a life? From being raised in a home without the foundation of the gospel to the early days of his marriage and the stress of medical school to his last open-heart surgery...

Author

Shea Serrano

A hilarious story about a change in plans—the most harrowing, beautiful, and unforgettable day in the life of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (and Other Things) and his miraculous wife.Two days before Shea and Larami Serrano were to be married, four months into her pregnancy...

Author	Donald J. Sobol
ISBN	0553480804

A clown accused of robbery... A mutt maimed by an armed gardener... A pig-shaped teapot... A Cupid who shoots expensive arrows... And a muscle-building tonic that shrinks your pockets!

These are just some of the ten brian-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his...

Author	Wendell Berry
ISBN	1593760140

Award-winner Wendell Berry’s second collection of essays was first published in 1972, and contained eight essays, including the seminal “Think Little,” which was printed in The Last Whole Earth Catalogue and reprinted around the globe. The splendid centerpiece of A Continuous Harmony,...

Author

James Ronald

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Author	Roald Dahl
ISBN	1405933194

In war, are we at our heroic best or our cowardly worst?

Featuring the autobiographical stories from Roald Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War as well as seven other tales of conflict and strife, Dahl reveals the human side of our most inhumane activity.

Among other...

Author	Mac Barnett
ISBN	1419716808

New York Times Bestseller

On their own, pranksters Miles and Niles were pretty devious. Now that they’ve formed a pranking duo, they’re terrible! But their powers will be tested when their favorite nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern and cunning father, Former Principal...