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10 best books like Trixie and Jinx (Dean Koontz): Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Surrounded, Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery, Christmas Is Good!: Trixie Treats & Holiday Wisdom, Children of the Storm, Dragonfly, Don't Slam the Door!, One Giant Leap, Regards to the Man in the Moon, Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
AuthorBrian Floca
Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, clicking themselves into gloves and helmets, strapping themselves into sideways seats. Here are their great machines in all their detail and monumentality, the...
Surrounded
AuthorBrian Coffey
ISBN0672518597
In Surrounded Felton puts Tucker in touch with Frank Meyers. Meyers is looking to assemble a crew to rob a bank located in an exclusive shopping mall near Santa Monica, California. Along with safecracker Edgar Bates they plan to knock off the bank and a jewelry store while the mall is closed. After subduing...
Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery
AuthorDavid Robinson
In the spirit of Halloween comes a compelling meditation on mortality by an evocative world-class photographer and by the bestselling master of the mystery thriller. From the history of the 19th century European municipal cemetery to the grave of an Italian couple whom "death shall not divide", Beautiful...
Christmas Is Good!: Trixie Treats & Holiday Wisdom
AuthorTrixie Koontz
ISBN0976744236
Sit! Stay! Eat! Celebrate!


Trixie has plenty of advice for sniffng out the true spirit of Christmas, keeping the holidays stress free, and finding that perfect gift - you can never go wrong with hot dogs!


CHRISTMAS IS GOOD! is an irresistible stocking stuffer full of furry...
Children of the Storm
AuthorDeanna Dwyer
It is so fun to read Dean Koontz's early books. This one was written in the 70's and reflects the time it was written. It is a fast paced thriller about attempted murder of 2 children with the young nanny digging deep and finding strength to rescue them. It is set on a small island in the Caribbean and of course...
Dragonfly
AuthorK.R. Dwyer
ISBN0394492145
The Committee, a group of powerful CIA fanatics, has friends in the Mafia, the Congress, in every important department of the government up to and including the President's Oval Office. They are funded by a reclusive billionaire, and they have always gotten what they wanted. Now they want everything.

Enraged...
Don't Slam the Door!
AuthorDori Chaconas
ISBN0763637092
Slamming the screen door sets off a comical chain of cause-and-effect in this rollicking tale of a rambunctious family.

A slamming door may not seem like a big deal, but in this escalating tale, it can have far-reaching (and very funny) consequences — including a limping, yelping Pa; a scared,...
One Giant Leap
AuthorRobert Burleigh
ISBN0399238832
The words are instantly recognizable: ?That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.? Spoken by Neil Armstrong moments after he became the fi rst human being to set foot on the moon, they have come to represent all that is possible when man's determination to achieve the seemingly impossible...
Regards to the Man in the Moon
AuthorEzra Jack Keats
ISBN0689711603
Louie's unhappy because the other kids call his father "the junkman." But his father knows that it's not just junk: "All a person needs is some imagination! And a little of that stuff can take you right out of this world!" So Louie builds the "Imagination I," A spaceship fueled entirely by imagination...
Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero
AuthorAnne Cottringer
ISBN1589250834
By day, Eliot is quiet. He reads his books, feeds his goldfish, and watches Mr. Smith wash his car. Eliot is such a quiet little thing, say all the grown-ups. But the grown-ups don't know that when the clock strikes midnight Eliot is a SUPERHERO! Eliot's midnight adventures include saving a crowd from...
Dracula vs. Grampa at the Monster Truck Spectacular
AuthorKirk Scroggs
ISBN0316059412
Excellent!
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"Wiley," said Grampa, "if we wanna make it to the truck show in time, we're gonna have to cut through those woods."

"You mean those dark, scary, wild animal-infested woods?" I asked nervously.

"Why, that's the best kind, my boy!"
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Inside,...
Dark of the Woods/Soft Comes the Dragons
AuthorDean R. Koontz
SOFT COME THE DRAGONS

Mutilated, mutant by-products of America's "Artificial Wombs" created by attempts at producing human weapons...

An American team of doctors sent to China to combat the runaway ultimate in biological warfare...

The genetically mutated daughter...
Invasion
AuthorAaron Wolfe
ISBN0373720092
Having just about concluded that it was nothing more than the wind and the storm that was upsetting the horses -- and now they were all leaping and snorting more furiously than ever, as if they were not three ordinary nags but a trio of high-strung thoroughbreds -- I turned toward the door and quite accidentally...
Nevermore
AuthorKeith Champagne
ISBN0345516184
Bobby Godric quit school, built a tech empire from scratch, and became a multibillionaire by the age of thirty-two. Tireless, inventive, and skilled at surrounding himself with brilliant minds, it seems there is nothing he can’t do–except save his beloved wife, Nora, from brain cancer. But Bobby...
The Retired Kid
AuthorJon Agee
ISBN1423103149
The Retired Kid is a great book! However, I feel that I would choose it for an older audience. Maybe 3rd or 4th grade, where students can really understand what Brian goes through at his age. I love this book because it picks at the little issues of being a kid, like going to school or other lessons. Most kids...
The Best Story
AuthorEileen Spinelli
ISBN0803730551
The best story is one that comes from the heart The library is having a contest for the best story, and the quirky narrator of this story just has to win that rollercoaster ride with her favorite author! But what makes a story the best? Her brother Tim says the best stories have lots of action. Her father thinks...
Always Daddy's Princess
AuthorKaren Kingsbury
ISBN0310716470
Blow the trumpet, sound the horn,

Daddy’s princess has been born!

 The timeless journey of a daughter and father is poignantly captured in the story of a girl’s growth from childhood to motherhood. Playful, emotive prose, enriched by the whisper of God’s scripture on each...
Born to Read
AuthorJudy Sierra
ISBN0375846875
THE AWARD-WINNING COLLABORATORS of the New York Times #1 picture book bestseller Wild About Books are back with a new story that promotes books and reading. Told in Judy Sierra's inimitable read-aloud rhyme, the narrative chronicles the amazing successes of Sam--thanks to his early love of books....
Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash
AuthorSarah Weeks
ISBN0694012025
This fun rhyming and verse book is about a squash Mrs. McNosh plants, but then things get out of hand. The squash grows too quickly which causes problems for Mrs. McNosh and the whole neighborhood. At first, it looks just the newspaper boy, then it gets too big and squishes the cat, then it keeps on growing...
Emily's First 100 Days of School
AuthorRosemary Wells
ISBN0786813547
Emily is ready for her first day of school. There's so much to do: learning the alphabet, singing, reading books, dancing, and counting, starting with the very first day. One hundred days feels very far away, but day by day, Emily and her classmates see they're getting closer. And as the lessons they learn...
If I Were a Jungle Animal
AuthorAmanda Ellery
ISBN1416937781
The team behind If I Had a Dragon bring us a bold, colorful look at Morton’s latest daydream—a safari! Morton is bored playing baseball all the way in the outfield. But if he were in the jungle, he could be a lion or a zebra or a hippopotamus! Yeah, if he were a jungle animal, then things would be exciting....
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