Brett Helquist
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Traces the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
This nonfiction picture book takes you behind the scenes of the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. In the 1970s and 1980s they faced off in epic duels and classic showdowns. Since their retirements from tennis, they have remained friends and support each others in their efforts and endeavors.
Author
Series
Strangeville School volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Harvey Hill's first day at Strangeville Middle School doesn't go quite as expected when he discovers it's full of various creatures and odd happenings, including a particularly nefarious supply closet"--
Author
Publisher
Putnam/G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A gang leader called Silvermask is kidnapping skylung and cloudling children in the port of Far Agondy, and it is up to Nadya and her friends to rescue the missing kids and put a stop to Silvermask once and for all"--
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
Author
Series
Strangeville School volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a glowing lost and found box appears and stranger-than-normal things begin to happen at Strangeville School, it is up to Harvey and his friends to solve the mystery of a fifty-year-old curse before it is too late.
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Things go awry when Annabelle, a fragile, timid porcelain doll who lives in a Victorian dollhouse, tries to share some of her Christmas traditions with best friend Tiffany, a sturdy, adventurous plastic doll who lives in a modern dollhouse.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
2. U.S. ed.
Language
Español
Description
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Conde Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetoligist with whom they life happily for an all-too-brief time.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 6
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
2. U.S. ed.
Language
Español
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esme? Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Author
Series
Doll people volume 4
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families journey far from home"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
2. U.S. ed.
Language
Español
Description
Los huérfanos Baudelaire se ven obligados a trabajar en un aserradero en Myserville, donde no encuentran más que calamidades y desventuras acechando tras cada tablón.
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
2. U.S. ed.
Language
Español
Description
Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they're sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 5
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
2. ed.
Language
Español
Description
As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Conde Olaf.
35) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world-and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In this imaginative interpretation of the nursery rhyme “The House That Jack Built,” young Jack builds an amazing fort in the middle of the living room, using the chairs, blankets, and other objects on hand. Unfortunately, those objects belong to his family members, so when they want their things back—there goes the walls and roof! Jack struggles to keep his fortress going as it crumbles piece by piece. Finally, Grandma saves the day with
...37) Thriller
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A body on the tracks. A teenage terrorist. A mysterious wish-granting machine. The world's worst private detective. The second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Thriller is a pulse-pounding collection of brand-new short stories, each one guaranteed to keep you riveted until the...
38) The Grim Grotto
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 11
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Warning: Your day will become very dark-and possibly damp-if you read this book.
Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Lemony Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to provoke suspicion and despair in readers the world over. In the eleventh and most...
Author
Language
English
Description
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...