Adam Rex
2) Why?
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Language
English
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Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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After being bitten by a vampire, not only is fifteen-year-old Doug doomed eternally to be fat, but now he must also save himself from the desperate host of a public-access-cable vampire-hunting television show that is on the verge of cancellation.
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Series
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
The hilarious, genre-bending novel from bestselling author Adam rex that inspired the blockbuster feature film Home ā fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences.
When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin; when her...
When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin; when her...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
Meet Gumluck the Wizard, the star of a new chapter book series by the inimitable Adam Rex!
This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful little town, and an extremely wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty talented storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really,...
This is a story about magic, if you like that kind of thing. It is also a story about a ghost with amnesia, an unpopular fairy, an ungrateful little town, and an extremely wise and helpful raven (who happens to be a pretty talented storyteller). But mostly, it is about a friendly little wizard who lives inside a big hill and really, really,...
14) Cold cereal
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A boy who may be part changeling, twins involved in a bizarre secret experiment, and a clurichaun in a red tracksuit try to save the world from an evil cereal company whose ultimate goal is world domination.
15) Unstoppable!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Author
Series
Gumluck the wizard volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Gumluck, a young, naĆve wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster.
19) Pssst!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The animals at the zoo have some unusual requests for a little girl who goes to visit.
20) Moonday
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When the Moon disrupts a town by lowering itself into someone's backyard, a child finds a way to return the Moon to its proper place in the sky.