Author: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 151071524X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Devin Dexter has a problem. Well, actually, many of them. His cousin, Tommy, sees conspiracies behind every corner. And Tommy thinks Devin’s new neighbor, Herb, is a warlock . . . but nobody believes him. Even Devin’s skeptical. But soon strange things start happening. Things like the hot new Christmas toy, the Cuddle Bunny, coming to life. That would be great, because, after all, who doesn’t love a cute bunny? But these aren’t the kind of bunnies you can cuddle with. These bunnies are dangerous. Devin and Tommy set out to prove Herb is a warlock and to stop the mob of bunnies, but will they have enough time before the whole town of Gravesend is overrun by the cutest little monsters ever? This is a very funny “scary” book for kids, in the same vein as the My Teacher books or Goosebumps.
Night of the Living Cuddle Bunnies
Author: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 151071524X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Devin Dexter has a problem. Well, actually, many of them. His cousin, Tommy, sees conspiracies behind every corner. And Tommy thinks Devin’s new neighbor, Herb, is a warlock . . . but nobody believes him. Even Devin’s skeptical. But soon strange things start happening. Things like the hot new Christmas toy, the Cuddle Bunny, coming to life. That would be great, because, after all, who doesn’t love a cute bunny? But these aren’t the kind of bunnies you can cuddle with. These bunnies are dangerous. Devin and Tommy set out to prove Herb is a warlock and to stop the mob of bunnies, but will they have enough time before the whole town of Gravesend is overrun by the cutest little monsters ever? This is a very funny “scary” book for kids, in the same vein as the My Teacher books or Goosebumps.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 151071524X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Devin Dexter has a problem. Well, actually, many of them. His cousin, Tommy, sees conspiracies behind every corner. And Tommy thinks Devin’s new neighbor, Herb, is a warlock . . . but nobody believes him. Even Devin’s skeptical. But soon strange things start happening. Things like the hot new Christmas toy, the Cuddle Bunny, coming to life. That would be great, because, after all, who doesn’t love a cute bunny? But these aren’t the kind of bunnies you can cuddle with. These bunnies are dangerous. Devin and Tommy set out to prove Herb is a warlock and to stop the mob of bunnies, but will they have enough time before the whole town of Gravesend is overrun by the cutest little monsters ever? This is a very funny “scary” book for kids, in the same vein as the My Teacher books or Goosebumps.
From Sunset Till Sunrise
Author: Jonathan Rosen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510734104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Devin Dexter and his cousin Tommy just saved the city of Gravesend from the menace of magical, malicious Cuddle Bunnies brought to life by the warlock, Herb. But there’s no rest for the wicked, as a new mysterious neighbor moves in across the street. At night. With a coffin. Tommy immediately jumps to conclusions as he thinks this can only mean one thing: Vampires. Devin isn’t so quick to believe, as he is struck by the neighbor’s daughter, a girl his age. Even though Tommy points out that they have never seen her during the day. Yet when she invites him to a dance at her school—the Nosfer Academy of Talented Understudies—how can Devin say no? Tommy, though, realizes that this is an opportunity. After tackling a wizard last winter, surely they can protect Gravesend from some measly vampires, right?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510734104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Devin Dexter and his cousin Tommy just saved the city of Gravesend from the menace of magical, malicious Cuddle Bunnies brought to life by the warlock, Herb. But there’s no rest for the wicked, as a new mysterious neighbor moves in across the street. At night. With a coffin. Tommy immediately jumps to conclusions as he thinks this can only mean one thing: Vampires. Devin isn’t so quick to believe, as he is struck by the neighbor’s daughter, a girl his age. Even though Tommy points out that they have never seen her during the day. Yet when she invites him to a dance at her school—the Nosfer Academy of Talented Understudies—how can Devin say no? Tommy, though, realizes that this is an opportunity. After tackling a wizard last winter, surely they can protect Gravesend from some measly vampires, right?
Ollie Oxley and the Ghost
Author: Lisa Schmid
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1631632906
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Ollie Oxley isn’t expecting his first friend in town to be a ghost, but together they team up to save his mom’s theater and take down the school bully.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1631632906
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Ollie Oxley isn’t expecting his first friend in town to be a ghost, but together they team up to save his mom’s theater and take down the school bully.
Night of the Living Dad
Author: Sam Delaney
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848543956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A mop of black hair, wrinkled skin, a blueish-grey complexion and pretty, open eyes that dart around the room. You could call her scary and weird-looking I suppose but I quite like her. Sam Delaney is happy: he is a new dad. He plans to be a caring, wise and reliable father. Except he worries he might be none of those things. He worries that he might be an idiot. His nieces and nephews see him as a lovable buffoon. He is a clumsy oaf and sporadic binge-drinker who doesn't have a proper job and cites 'Teen Wolf's dad' as his biggest role model. Is he really fit for this new position of responsibility? There's only one way he'll be able to find out. Follow Sam in his first year of fatherhood as he tries to figure out what a good dad should be, and, even more importantly, what sort of dad he should be.
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848543956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A mop of black hair, wrinkled skin, a blueish-grey complexion and pretty, open eyes that dart around the room. You could call her scary and weird-looking I suppose but I quite like her. Sam Delaney is happy: he is a new dad. He plans to be a caring, wise and reliable father. Except he worries he might be none of those things. He worries that he might be an idiot. His nieces and nephews see him as a lovable buffoon. He is a clumsy oaf and sporadic binge-drinker who doesn't have a proper job and cites 'Teen Wolf's dad' as his biggest role model. Is he really fit for this new position of responsibility? There's only one way he'll be able to find out. Follow Sam in his first year of fatherhood as he tries to figure out what a good dad should be, and, even more importantly, what sort of dad he should be.
Hello, Future Me
Author: Kim Ventrella
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338633767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
A heart-expanding story of hope, friendship, and the power that comes with realizing that magic, like family, doesn't always look the way you expect it to. Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for life at their cafe.)However, when June learns that her parents are getting divorced, she has to face the fact that there are some problems too big even for her. At least, that's what the adults in her life keep saying.But June's convinced there's a way to make her parents fall back in love. While brainstorming ideas on her new secondhand laptop -- purchased from a mysterious store in town called The Shop of Last Resort -- June gets a strange IM from someone named JuniePie28 . . . someone who claims to be an older version of June messaging her from the future.At first, she assumes it's a prank. But JuniePie28 knows too much about June's life to be a fraud, and future June warns her against interfering with her parents' marriage. But June can't just sit around and watch her parents' marriage dissolve, not when there's a magical shop in town that could be the answer to all her problems! Will June prove her older self wrong and stop the divorce? Or will she have to accept that there are some things she can't control?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338633767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
A heart-expanding story of hope, friendship, and the power that comes with realizing that magic, like family, doesn't always look the way you expect it to. Eleven-year-old June is a problem-solver. Some people might call her a busybody, but that's okay. Just look at all the couples she helped find love! (Grateful newlyweds Marlene and Big Vic have even promised June free hot chocolate for life at their cafe.)However, when June learns that her parents are getting divorced, she has to face the fact that there are some problems too big even for her. At least, that's what the adults in her life keep saying.But June's convinced there's a way to make her parents fall back in love. While brainstorming ideas on her new secondhand laptop -- purchased from a mysterious store in town called The Shop of Last Resort -- June gets a strange IM from someone named JuniePie28 . . . someone who claims to be an older version of June messaging her from the future.At first, she assumes it's a prank. But JuniePie28 knows too much about June's life to be a fraud, and future June warns her against interfering with her parents' marriage. But June can't just sit around and watch her parents' marriage dissolve, not when there's a magical shop in town that could be the answer to all her problems! Will June prove her older self wrong and stop the divorce? Or will she have to accept that there are some things she can't control?
Valentino the Love Bunny and How He Came to Be
Author: Margarita Fairbanks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942194002
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this introductory tale, Valentino learns the meaning of his name and his purpose in life, which is to spread love, comfort, joy and wisdom to people and animals alike. This is the first volume of a ten- book Valentino The Love Bunny series. The stories are designed to create an oasis for children where they can learn essential, universal messages about love, kindness, tolerance, charity, hope, learning ones purpose in life, confidence, good manners, accountability and respect for the Earth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942194002
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this introductory tale, Valentino learns the meaning of his name and his purpose in life, which is to spread love, comfort, joy and wisdom to people and animals alike. This is the first volume of a ten- book Valentino The Love Bunny series. The stories are designed to create an oasis for children where they can learn essential, universal messages about love, kindness, tolerance, charity, hope, learning ones purpose in life, confidence, good manners, accountability and respect for the Earth.
Medicine and the Management of Living
Author: William Ray Arney
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226027920
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In recent years, relations between patients and physicians in America have undergone a dramatic change. The growing acceptance of natural childbirth, support groups for patients with serious illnesses, health maintenance organizations, and hospices for a "happy death" among family and friends is part of a redefinition of medical practice and reformulation of the field of medical power. No longer is medical practice confined to "taming the beast" of death and fighting the diseases observable in the human body. The modern practitioner is now a manager of the living, taking an ecological view of the patient as a "whole person" in a network of relationships. Medicine and the Management of Living questions how it has been possible for the patient to change from a silenced specimen observed in the clinic to a person whose subjective experience of illness is important to medical practice and discourse. Arney and Bergen ask, What incited the demand that medicine take the whole person, including the patient's presentation of his or her illness, into consideration? And in whose terms are patients speaking about themselves? The authors argue that the inclusion of patients' experiences in medical discourse that has come about since the 1950s is not so much a result of a "patient rebellion" as an activity preciptated by the medical establishment itself. Drawing inspiration from the work of Michel Foucault, Arney and Bergen examine the structure of medical power, contending that new social technologies like support groups make the patient's subjectivity available for medical evaluation, judgment, and manipulation. Throughout this sensitively written discussion, the authors vivify the issues they raise with excerpts from many sources—the writings of a poet dying of cancer, the comments of doctors pondering their own fatal illnesses, and excerpts from popular magazines, medical journals, and sociological studies. They examine the changing role of the medical profession through history, using a modern advertising image and woodcuts from Vesalius's Renaissance anatomy text to show the symbolic portrayal of health and medicine. Their wide-ranging concerns lead the reader through such topics as teenage pregnancy; the historical treatment of medical anomalies like hermaphrodites and the "elephant man" (John Merrick); and literary representations of illness in Sartre, Chekhov, and Brian Clark's recent Broadway drama, "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" In a provocative yet thoughtful way, Medicine and the Management of Living points the way for a radical reassessment of medical power and the medical establishment.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226027920
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In recent years, relations between patients and physicians in America have undergone a dramatic change. The growing acceptance of natural childbirth, support groups for patients with serious illnesses, health maintenance organizations, and hospices for a "happy death" among family and friends is part of a redefinition of medical practice and reformulation of the field of medical power. No longer is medical practice confined to "taming the beast" of death and fighting the diseases observable in the human body. The modern practitioner is now a manager of the living, taking an ecological view of the patient as a "whole person" in a network of relationships. Medicine and the Management of Living questions how it has been possible for the patient to change from a silenced specimen observed in the clinic to a person whose subjective experience of illness is important to medical practice and discourse. Arney and Bergen ask, What incited the demand that medicine take the whole person, including the patient's presentation of his or her illness, into consideration? And in whose terms are patients speaking about themselves? The authors argue that the inclusion of patients' experiences in medical discourse that has come about since the 1950s is not so much a result of a "patient rebellion" as an activity preciptated by the medical establishment itself. Drawing inspiration from the work of Michel Foucault, Arney and Bergen examine the structure of medical power, contending that new social technologies like support groups make the patient's subjectivity available for medical evaluation, judgment, and manipulation. Throughout this sensitively written discussion, the authors vivify the issues they raise with excerpts from many sources—the writings of a poet dying of cancer, the comments of doctors pondering their own fatal illnesses, and excerpts from popular magazines, medical journals, and sociological studies. They examine the changing role of the medical profession through history, using a modern advertising image and woodcuts from Vesalius's Renaissance anatomy text to show the symbolic portrayal of health and medicine. Their wide-ranging concerns lead the reader through such topics as teenage pregnancy; the historical treatment of medical anomalies like hermaphrodites and the "elephant man" (John Merrick); and literary representations of illness in Sartre, Chekhov, and Brian Clark's recent Broadway drama, "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" In a provocative yet thoughtful way, Medicine and the Management of Living points the way for a radical reassessment of medical power and the medical establishment.
How to Live Like a Chipmunk and Other Tips on Living an Awesome Sauce Life
Author: Patty Lowry
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504353692
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Life can be wonderful, amazing and funny and it can also be hard, scary and full of surprisesif only there was a manual! Just a simple guide to show me how to get from point A to point B (in the quickest and least painful way). - Patty If youve ever uttered these words, then this book is for you! Enter Patty Lowry. Shes a little bit edgy, saucy and bold. Shes also super smart, sensible and real. Inspired by the practical and productive panache of a chipmunk and driven by a lust for lists, Patty created this how-to guide for managing the different things that life throws at you. Each scenario simplified to eleven steps to follow; her logic is that ten steps are doable, and throw in one more for good luck! Youll find over eighty instructional and enlightening lists for both celebratory and challenging life scenarios; including everything from how to handle a bad hair day and broken heart to how to be the best you. Filled with sure-fire ways to tap into possibilities and choices, How to Live Like a Chipmunk and Other Tips on Living an Awesome Sauce Life will spark a smile, debunk the ordinary, amp up the extraordinary and offer up options to live your most Awesome Sauce life.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504353692
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Life can be wonderful, amazing and funny and it can also be hard, scary and full of surprisesif only there was a manual! Just a simple guide to show me how to get from point A to point B (in the quickest and least painful way). - Patty If youve ever uttered these words, then this book is for you! Enter Patty Lowry. Shes a little bit edgy, saucy and bold. Shes also super smart, sensible and real. Inspired by the practical and productive panache of a chipmunk and driven by a lust for lists, Patty created this how-to guide for managing the different things that life throws at you. Each scenario simplified to eleven steps to follow; her logic is that ten steps are doable, and throw in one more for good luck! Youll find over eighty instructional and enlightening lists for both celebratory and challenging life scenarios; including everything from how to handle a bad hair day and broken heart to how to be the best you. Filled with sure-fire ways to tap into possibilities and choices, How to Live Like a Chipmunk and Other Tips on Living an Awesome Sauce Life will spark a smile, debunk the ordinary, amp up the extraordinary and offer up options to live your most Awesome Sauce life.
American as Paneer Pie
Author: Supriya Kelkar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534439404
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Indian American girl navigates prejudice in her small town and learns the power of her own voice in this brilliant gem of a middle grade novel full of humor and heart, perfect for fans of Front Desk and Amina’s Voice. As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian. When a girl Lekha’s age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she’s Desi, too! Finally, there will be someone else around who gets it. But as soon as Avantika speaks, Lekha realizes she has an accent. She’s new to this country, and not at all like Lekha. To Lekha’s surprise, Avantika does not feel the same way as Lekha about having two separate lives or about the bullying at school. Avantika doesn’t take the bullying quietly. And she proudly displays her culture no matter where she is: at home or at school. When a racist incident rocks Lekha’s community, Lekha realizes she must make a choice: continue to remain silent or find her voice before it’s too late.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534439404
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Indian American girl navigates prejudice in her small town and learns the power of her own voice in this brilliant gem of a middle grade novel full of humor and heart, perfect for fans of Front Desk and Amina’s Voice. As the only Indian American kid in her small town, Lekha Divekar feels like she has two versions of herself: Home Lekha, who loves watching Bollywood movies and eating Indian food, and School Lekha, who pins her hair over her bindi birthmark and avoids confrontation at all costs, especially when someone teases her for being Indian. When a girl Lekha’s age moves in across the street, Lekha is excited to hear that her name is Avantika and she’s Desi, too! Finally, there will be someone else around who gets it. But as soon as Avantika speaks, Lekha realizes she has an accent. She’s new to this country, and not at all like Lekha. To Lekha’s surprise, Avantika does not feel the same way as Lekha about having two separate lives or about the bullying at school. Avantika doesn’t take the bullying quietly. And she proudly displays her culture no matter where she is: at home or at school. When a racist incident rocks Lekha’s community, Lekha realizes she must make a choice: continue to remain silent or find her voice before it’s too late.
The Nutt House
Author: Joseph Currey
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595150977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Here’s a darn good suspense novel along the lines of The Thin Man - intrigue, romance and humor, but most of all it’s a well-crafted murder mystery painstakingly solved by the story’s protagonist, Sam Wade, P.I. The Nutt House is a fast-paced story providing a chuckle or two along the way to finding our what really happened to Harry Nutt that cold, icy night he went off the Willow Creek bridge. We encounter a dozen well-defined characters including ex-cop Sam now trying to make it as a private investigator, amorous middle-aged librarian Hazel Nutt looking for the kind of adventure that she had only read about, Leroy, a pimple-face lad who seemingly lives on peanut butter sandwiches and stares at pretty ladies through mysterious glasses, Beanie, who wears a propeller-driven beanie that appears to run on magic and the beautiful widow, June Nutt, whose deck seems to be missing a few cards - but then again, maybe not. We’ll find out when Sam & Hazel - the best crime-fighting combo since Nick & Nora - get on the case. If you‘re ready for a good mystery that’s fun to read, has a surprise ending and features dialog as crisp as a December morning in Vermont - then you belong in The Nutt House!
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595150977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Here’s a darn good suspense novel along the lines of The Thin Man - intrigue, romance and humor, but most of all it’s a well-crafted murder mystery painstakingly solved by the story’s protagonist, Sam Wade, P.I. The Nutt House is a fast-paced story providing a chuckle or two along the way to finding our what really happened to Harry Nutt that cold, icy night he went off the Willow Creek bridge. We encounter a dozen well-defined characters including ex-cop Sam now trying to make it as a private investigator, amorous middle-aged librarian Hazel Nutt looking for the kind of adventure that she had only read about, Leroy, a pimple-face lad who seemingly lives on peanut butter sandwiches and stares at pretty ladies through mysterious glasses, Beanie, who wears a propeller-driven beanie that appears to run on magic and the beautiful widow, June Nutt, whose deck seems to be missing a few cards - but then again, maybe not. We’ll find out when Sam & Hazel - the best crime-fighting combo since Nick & Nora - get on the case. If you‘re ready for a good mystery that’s fun to read, has a surprise ending and features dialog as crisp as a December morning in Vermont - then you belong in The Nutt House!