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10 best books like The Haunting Of Freddy (Dietlof Reiche): The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues, The Wall and the Wing, The Lightning Key, Wild Robert, The Empty Mirror, Applewhites at Wit's End, Stickman Odyssey, Book 2: The Wrath of Zozimos, The Trojan War, Return to Atlantis, The Witch Next Door

The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues
AuthorEllen Raskin
ISBN0140329803
This is a sophisticated mystery that takes little readers seriously. I read about a trillion Agatha Christies when I was a child, and those are written for grownups but I remember this kids' book being way more emotionally compelling and intellectually layered... though you know, Agatha Christie...
The Wall and the Wing
AuthorLaura Ruby
ISBN0060752572
A few, nicknamed leadfeet, are forced to forever spend their lives closer to the ground. But one night, a girl named Gurl--a leadfoot, an orphan, a nobody--discovers that she can do something much better than fly.

She can become invisible.

Along with a new friend, a boy named Bug, Gurl...
The Lightning Key
AuthorJon Berkeley
Now that Miles Wednesday has discovered his link to a magical Tiger's Egg, he's suddenly at the wheel of a great voyage. Determined to recover the stolen stone and free the trapped soul within, Miles sets off with Little, a Song Angel, and the wisecracking blind explorer Baltinglass of Araby. Their destination...
Wild Robert
AuthorDiana Wynne Jones
ISBN0006755240
Heather finds the mound when she tries to escape the hordes of tourists who invade the stately home where she lives. 'Wild Robert, I wish you were really under there!' she cries. 'You could come out and deal with the tourists!' All of a sudden, there is a smell like earth and strange spices. A voice says,...
The Empty Mirror
AuthorJames Lincoln Collier
ISBN1582349045
Nick is an orphan who has grown up in his uncle Jack's care on the wild, wooded coast of New England. His parents died when he was a baby during a terrible influenza epidemic that swept the region not long after World War I.

Nick first realizes something is wrong when he notices he no longer has a reflection....
Applewhites at Wit's End
AuthorStephanie S. Tolan
ISBN0060579382
Jack Semple and E.D. Applewhite are back, in this middle-grade sequel to Stephanie S. Tolan’s Newbery Honor Book Surviving the Applewhites.

Teenager E.D., the not so artistic, not at all eccentric member of the unconventional Applewhite clan, can't believe the plan her father has hatched...
Stickman Odyssey, Book 2: The Wrath of Zozimos
AuthorChristopher Ford
ISBN0399254277
Greek tragedy has never been so funny

Zozimos' journey to the kingdom of Sticatha has been anything but smooth. He's survived enslavement, battled golems and a ravenous Cyclops, and generally served as plaything to gods and goddesses looking for a good laugh. All for the sake of reclaiming...
The Trojan War
AuthorBernard Evslin
A cinematic tale of passion, war, loyalty, betrayal, and retribution

“These events I relate are the living seeds, and they will bear bloody fruit, I promise.” So says Ulysses, King of Ithaca, as he recounts the origins of the Trojan War. Renowned Greek mythologist Bernard Evslin masterfully...
Return to Atlantis
AuthorR.A. Montgomery
ISBN1933390182
CAN YOU FIND THE LOST KINGDOM OF ATLANTIS AGAIN? OR IS IT A WORLD YOU NO LONGER RECOGNIZE? On your first solo journey to find the Lost Continent of Atlantis, you failed to bring back proof of your success. Many people think that you imagined the whole thing?or worse. Now you and your colleague Horton James...
The Witch Next Door
AuthorNorman Bridwell
ISBN0590003429
Norman Bridwell, creator of the popular Clifford the Big Red Dog series, also wrote and illustrated a number of picture-books featuring a friendly neighborhood witch, beginning with this 1969 title. With simple text, The Witch Next Door unfolds the tale of two (unnamed) children, who come to be...
Apple Island, Or The Truth About Teachers
AuthorDouglas Evans
ISBN0439431344
why i choose this book because i wonted to read it because i had never read this book in my life.So i wonted to read it,the book looked interesting to read because it looked funny.And the teachers in the book now they made the kids do a lot of homework.But then they are nice to them when the kids are nice to the...
Dead Guy Spy
AuthorDavid Lubar
ISBN0765316358
Nathan Abercrombie is getting used to his rotten life as a half-dead zombie. The good thing is he doesn't feel any pain. The bad thing is his body can't heal, so he has to be really careful not to break anything. But that's hard to do when his wrestling-obsessed gym teacher, Mr. Lomux, matches him up with...
Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence
AuthorJeremy Brown
ISBN0439769345
An updated version of Donold Sobol's TWO-MINUTE MYSTERIES, investigated by a CSI using modern forensic techniques rather than old-fashioned sleuthing.

Four-minute forensic mysteries are solved by a cast of quirky but lovable characters. Their wisecracking leader is CSI Wes Burton who...
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk
AuthorSid Fleischman
ISBN0061344451
Avrom Amos likes to crack jokes. He loves the spotlight. And if he wants something, he knows how to get it. He's just like any other boy, except for one thing: He's a ghost—a dybbuk. During World War Two he'd been murdered by the Nazis, right after he saved the life of a young ventriloquist named Freddie.

Freddie...
Fearless
AuthorElvira Woodruff
ISBN0439677033
Award-winning author Elvira Woodruff has written a harrowing novel about an eleven-year-old orphan boy on a stormy sea -- and the charming daredevil who befriends him in England in 1695.

When a storm brings down his father's boat, Digory Beale is forced to leave home to discover his fate. For...
Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer
AuthorJ.T. Petty
ISBN0689872364
Synopsis

In order to save herself from the Fairy of Frequent and Painful Pointless Antagonism, the quick thinking Clem shouts "I don't believe in fairies," several times killing her tormenter and several other fairies in the process--some bad, but mostly good. Now, with the help of a hobgoblin...
Blimpo: The Third Circle of Heck
AuthorDale E. Basye
ISBN0375856765
With more clever, dark humor and zany silliness, Dale E. Basye sends Milton and Marlo Fauster back for thirds in another laugh-out-loud installment of the popular series Heck.

After his second escape from Bea "Elsa" Bubb, the Principal of Darkness, Milton Fauster makes his way to Blimpo—the...
Pish Posh
AuthorEllen Potter
ISBN0399239952
Ultra-snobby Clara Frankofile has everything an eleven-year-old girl could want. She’s fabulously wealthy, she lives alone in a penthouse apartment with its own roller coaster, and all of New York City is afraid of her! Each night at the Pish Posh restaurant, she watches the glittery movie actresses...
Smart Dog
AuthorVivian Vande Velde
ISBN0440416108
Amy Prochenko has spent most of fifth grade avoiding both the bully Katilyn Walker, whose bark is as bad as her bite, and Sean Gorman, the only kid less popular than Amy. As if life isn't hard enough, along comes Sherlock.

After escaping from a research laboratory, all Sherlock wants is to be an...
It's a Dog's Life
AuthorBob Balaban
ISBN0439434556
Thomas and his courageous canine companion are back in this exciting new McGrowl adventure. This time, they're out to solve a mystery involving a series of robberies and a new mayoral candidate.


It's election time in Cedar Springs, and the sleepy town is in an uproar. All the fuss isn't...
What was Mine
AuthorAnn Beattie
ISBN0679739033
I don't remember most of this being especially great, except "The Working Girl," which is one of my favorite short stories. It's not a big deal, and I don't know that it'd do much for most people, but I have a large amount of affection for it. If you're in the bookstore, maybe check it out: that is Jessica's...
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0396065988
Miss D. Awdrey-Gore, renowned 97-year-old writer of detective stories, is found murdered; then a mysterious hidden packet is discovered. Addressed to her publisher, it contains what appear to be notes and drawings related to a literary work in progress. The contents "in their entirety--though...
Lily B. on the Brink of Cool
AuthorElizabeth Cody Kimmel
ISBN0060005882
Note to future biographers: I am Lily B.

Likes: Recording events in my journal which will be widely praised when I am famous

Dislikes: Family outings, people who make own bed in hotels (read: MY MOTHER), and the many uncool items in my closet.

Summer Plans: I figured I was doomed...
The Mopwater Files
AuthorJohn R. Erickson
ISBN0141304049
John R. Erickson, a former cowboy and ranch manager, is gifted with a storyteller's knack for spinning a yarn. Through the eyes of Hank the Cowdog, a smelly, smart-aleck Head of Ranch Security, Erickson gives readers a glimpse of daily life on a ranch in the West Texas Panhandle. This series of books and...
Cinderella: The Graphic Novel
AuthorBeth Bracken
ISBN1434208605
Upon reading this book, you will want to ponder the front cover. The illustrations, drawn by Jeffrey Steward Timmins are very dark and immediately reminded me of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas. You can infer that the front character is Cinderella, although she does not portray any similarities...
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