Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
10 best books like Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub (Jamie Gilson): Brighton Rock, Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, Superfudge, The Power and the Glory, Mrs. Pollifax on Safari, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, Two Minus One: A Memoir, Mrs. Cooney Is Loony!, Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!, A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
| Author | Graham Greene |
| ISBN | 0099478471 |
A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous, life-embracing Ida Arnold. Greene's gripping thriller, exposes a world of loneliness and fear,...
Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
| Author | Matt Ridley |
| ISBN | 0060894083 |
I wish I could give this book 6 stars! It's really fantastic, and I want to recommend it to EVERYONE, but in my heart I know the tone would bore some of my friends... I suggest thinking of the author/narrator as a cool guy you'd be friends with telling you all this information, instead of a nerdy/haughty *scientist*...
| Author | Judy Blume |
| ISBN | 0142408808 |
From Judy Blume, bestselling author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!
Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of Peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all Sheila Tubman in Judy Blume’s five Fudge...
| Author | Graham Greene |
| ISBN | 0142437301 |
In a poor, remote section of Southern Mexico, the paramilitary group, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest is on the run. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the nameless little worldly...
| Author | Dorothy Gilman |
| ISBN | 0449215245 |
Now the incredible Mrs. Pollifax has been sent on a safari to smoke out a very clever international assassin whose next target is the president of Zambia.
“Just take a lot of pictures of everyone on that safari,” the CIA man told her. “One of them has to be our man.”
It sounded simple enough....
| Author | Nancy McArthur |
| ISBN | 0380754932 |
Yummie, Yummie...Dirty Socks!
Michael's room was always a disaster area, strewn with all kinds of litter -- heaps of papers, piles of crumpled clothes, and dirty socks everywhere. And that was just the top layer! The trouble was, half the room belonged to Michael's brother Norman the neatness...
| Author | Kathryn Taylor |
| ISBN | 1631524542 |
“You can quit waiting for the other shoe to drop: I’m in it for life.” Those are the fateful, repeated words that help convince Kathryn Taylor to remarry, retire from her thirty-year profession, sell her home, and relocate in support of her new husband’s career. But five years later, in a car...
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0060745223 |
We started reading the books in the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot together during storytime, but our oldest started reading ahead into the series on her own and our youngest seemed to lose interest. So now, I am just reading to catch up with our oldest.
This story focuses...
Mrs. Kormel Is Not Normal!
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0060822295 |
We started reading the books in the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot together during storytime, but our oldest started reading ahead into the series on her own and our youngest seemed to lose interest. Occasionally, like with this book, our youngest will express interest and we'll...
| Author | Dorothy Gilman |
| ISBN | 0449208648 |
A secret agent like no other, Mrs. Pollifax was leading a very full life: Garden Club, karate, yoga--and a little spying now and then. This time the mysterious Mr. Carstairs sent her to Switzerland--to a famous health resort where the world's intelligence agents had gathered. Her mission: to track...
Dr. Carbles Is Losing His Marbles!
Mr. Klutz gets fired as the principal because he was dressed in a costume and was about to marry a turkey. Dr. Carbles came in at that moment and fired him. Then the Superintendent hired Dr. Carbles to be the principal. Dr. Carbles had never been a principal, so he called AJ to his office and asked what made...
Mr. Docker Is Off His Rocker!
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0060822279 |
We started reading the books in the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot together during storytime, but our oldest started reading ahead into the series on her own and our youngest seemed to lose interest. Occasionally, like with this book, our youngest will express interest and we'll...
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 1417774290 |
Mr. Macky was Wacky because he would read any and everything,reading is something everyone has to learn to do, but who walks around holding a can of soup reading the lable. When AJ ask Mr. Macky what was his favorite move he said Star Wars, he liked the beginning of the movie when the words scroll up the screen,...
Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0060745207 |
We started reading the books in the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot together during storytime, but our oldest started reading ahead into the series on her own and our youngest seemed to lose interest. So now, I am just reading to catch up with our oldest.
This is a fun story about...
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0061234737 |
We started reading the books in the My Weird School series by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot together during storytime, but our girls have been reading them independently, which is fine with me. The books are silly and somewhat redundant, but have a clever theme that is similar to the books in the Black Lagoon...
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0061234796 |
Mr. Louie Is Screwy! by Dan Gutman (2007)
Genre: Chapter book
Format: eBook
Plot summary:When the hippie crossing guard, Mr. Louie, puts a love potion in the water fountain before Valentine's Day, everyone at Ella Mentry School falls in love.
Considerations or precautions for readers...
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
| Author | Dorothy Gilman |
| ISBN | 0449208400 |
Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 0449204170.
Once again, Mrs. Pollifax, the cheerful cozy little woman with the flyaway white hair and a penchant for old hats is plunged headfirst into another hair-raising CIA mission.
Posing as a tourist in China, Emily Pollifax meets...
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping...
