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Clockwork, or, All wound up
Par Philip Pullman. 1998
Long ago in a German tavern, Fritz begins telling a story about a clockmaker. This master craftsman makes mechanical figures…
so lifelike, they appear to breathe. Then Fritz's story comes to life as the clockmaker enters the tavern. And Karl, an apprentice clockmaker, is desperate enough to accept this stranger's dangerous mechanical gift. For grades 5-8Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
Par Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6Attack of the graveyard ghouls (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 11)
Par R. L Stine. 1998
When Spencer Kassimir reads his essay about the graveyard ghouls in the town's cemetery, it gives his teacher an idea.…
The next day the class takes a trip up to the graveyard. Spencer forgets his backpack and returns that night to get it. But it is not Spencer who comes home. For grades 4-7Otherwise known as Sheila the Great
Par Judy Blume. 1972
Although Sheila pretends to be knowledgeable, witty, and afraid of nothing, she secretly fears dogs, spiders, pools, thunder, ghosts, and…
the dark. A summer away from home brings out all her fears. For grades 4-7Falling up: poems and drawings
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerBeetles, lightly toasted
Par Phyllis Naylor. 1987
Andy really wants to win a fifth-grade essay contest on conservation, and he especially wants to beat his cousin Jack.…
Andy's idea involves testing recipes using handy critters--like beetles and worms--on unsuspecting eaters. The results surprise him. For grades 3-6The exorcist
Par William Blatty. 1971
Actress Chris MacNeil is filming a new movie in Washington, D.C. After playing with a Ouija board, her twelve-year-old daughter,…
Regan, begins exhibiting bizarre and macabre behaviors. Medical science doesn't help, so Chris appeals to the Catholic Church. A priest, Damien Karras, conducts an exorcism to try to rid Regan of the demon. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexSyrup: a novel
Par Max Barry. 1999
Scat has a new marketing degree and a wonderful idea for a new cola. Coke offers him three million, but…
Scat's roommate, Sneaky Pete, beats him to the trademark office. Scat scrambles to come up with another winning idea to impress an appealing Coke marketing employee named 6. Strong languageCome back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Level 2 Ser.)
Par Peggy Parish. 1995
Amelia Bedelia cannot keep a job because she does exactly as she is instructed. For example, as an office clerk…
Amelia jumps up and down on letters that she is asked to stamp. For K-3Sammy the seal (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
Par Syd Hoff. 1959
Eager to try life outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the…
children but decides that, after all, home is best. For grades K-3. 1959The great brain is back (The Great Brain #8.)
Par John Fitzgerald, Diane DeGroat. 1995
In this final book about the Great Brain (the manuscript was found after the author's death), J.D. narrates eight more…
tales about how his big brother, Tom, now thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, he almost outwits Polly Reagan in the spelling bee, and he helps rescue a gang of outlaws. For grades 4-7Visitors
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Ben Shipley is obsessed with meeting an alien. He spends most of his time searching strange web sites and chatrooms…
for signs of life from outer space. But what will happen when he does encounter actual aliens? For grades 5-8. 2001Zelda and Ivy (Zelda And Ivy Ser.)
Par Laura Kvasnosky. 1998
Little foxes Zelda and Ivy are sisters. Zelda, the older, is usually in charge. When they play circus, Zelda announces…
while Ivy swings on the flying trapeze. And when they decide to try out the latest style--a blue striped tail with scallops, it is Zelda who does the work and Ivy who ends up with a funny-looking tail. For grades 2-4Italian fever: a novel
Par Valerie Martin. 1999
Lucy Stark is an assistant to novelist DV, who dies suddenly while writing a book in Italy. Lucy travels to…
Italy for his funeral, to retrieve his things, and to discover why he died. She is met by Massimo, an interpreter, who comes to care for her in many ways. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerRebecca
Par Daphne Maurier. 1938
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's deathChristine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerBrain juice (Goosebumps Series 2000 #No. 12)
Par R. L Stine. 1998
Aliens, hoping to find two smart humans, are camped out at the house of scientist Dr. Frank King. When King's…
niece and nephew, who think they are stupid, beg him for something to make them smart, the aliens substitute their Brain Energizer Fluid for the juice their uncle plans to give them. For grades 4-7Snake dreamer
Par Priscilla Galloway. 1998
Recurring nightmares about snakes so disturb Dusa that she becomes a research subject for two psychologists. Dusa is admitted to…
their clinic on a Greek island hoping to be cured, but mysterious happenings fill her with foreboding as she recalls the myth of Medusa. For senior high readersAwake and dreaming (Guests of War Trilogy, The)
Par Kit Pearson. 1996
Theo, who lives in near poverty with her irresponsible waitress mother in Vancouver, escapes into books and fantasies about the…
perfect family. Just as things get really bad, Theo receives magical help from a ghost and, for a while, becomes part of just such a family. For grades 4-7Finding Laura
Par Kay Hooper. 1997
Ever since childhood, Laura Sutherland has had a fascination with mirrors--she is searching for something in their reflections, although she…
isn't sure what it is. After she finds the right mirror at the Kilbourne family estate sale in Atlanta, she becomes a pawn in a struggle between the family matriarch, Amelia, and grandson Daniel. Some descriptions of sex