The Loch Ness Punster

Author

N.H. Senzai

In the summer of 2001, twelve-year-old Fadi's parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their underground transport arrives at the rendezvous point, chaos ensues, and Fadi is left dragging his younger sister Mariam through...

Author	Deborah Wiles
ISBN	0152056572

Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead--just like that--six months later, Comfort...

Author	Tony DiTerlizzi
ISBN	0689859376

I read this with my daughter for a school book report. We read the first book together and decided to give this one a try too. The rating is from my daughter who I asked, "If five means you loved it and one you hated it, how many stars?"

I think the plot in this one was more complex and meaty. They are still...

Author	Tony DiTerlizzi
ISBN	0689859384

Lucinda’s Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #3), Tony DiTerlizzi
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into...

Author

Tracy Holczer

Twelve-year-old Grace and her mother have always been their own family, traveling from place to place like gypsies. But Grace wants to finally have a home all their own. Just when she thinks she's found it her mother says it's time to move again. Grace summons the courage to tell her mother how she...

Author	Doug TenNapel
ISBN	0545210283

Imagine Garth Hale's surprise when he's accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don't have, and he's stuck in a world run by the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, who would use Garth's newfound abilities to rule the...

Author	Priscilla Cummings
ISBN	0142405736

Brady loves life on the Chesapeake Bay with his friends J.T. and Digger. But developers and rich families are moving into the area, and while Brady befriends some of them, like the DiAngelos, his parents and friends are bitter about the changes. Tragedy strikes when the DiAngelos’ kayak overturns...

Author	Doug TenNapel
ISBN	0545314798

Something on this island is up to no good . . .

When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island-especially one teeming with weird plants and animals. But what starts out as simply a bad vacation turns into a terrible one, as the...

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0385392478

Told in diary entries and other “documents,” this magical, modern-day comedy by the master of funny fantasy, Bruce Coville is a story filled with laugh-out-loud humor and heart.
 
Angus is a brownie. No, not the kind you eat! He’s a tiny magical creature that loves to do chores. Angus...

Author	Denise Lewis Patrick
ISBN	0805047166

Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet—this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her Ma Maw's sewing machine. She'll skip down the streets of New Orleans with her best friends, Ayanna and Orlando, and everyone will look at her in admiration.

But...

Author	Andrew Clements
ISBN	1416938869

Benjamin Pratt’s school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But lately, Ben has been wonder if he’s going to like an amusement park in the middle of his town—with all the buses and traffic and eight dollar slices of pizza. It’s going to change everything....

Author	Sarah Mlynowski
ISBN	0545415713

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the magic mirror bite....

It was supposed to be the best sleepover ever. Just me, my best friend, Robin, and an awesome night of s'mores, secrets, and staying up late. No pesky little brothers allowed. And DEFINITELY no magic mirrors.

Everything...

Author	Sarah Mlynowski
ISBN	0545415691

Once again my brother and I are in hot water...

We weren't planning to mess up the fairy tales. The first two times, we did it by accident.

But when our magic mirror pulls us into the story of the Little Mermaid, we have no choice but to try and rewrite it. Let's just say the original story...