Johnny Heller
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When feared Yankees slugger Cliff Bullard goes barnstorming around the northeast, offering $10,000 to any local pitcher who can strike him out, Professor Childermass and Johnny Dixon get a sneaky idea. There's a local legend about a crackpot inventor who once built a robot capable of throwing a baseball 110 MPH, and the professor thinks that if they find the machine, they can win Bullard's prize. They discover the rusted old monstrosity in an abandoned...
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A flu epidemic ushers in a plague of dark magic in this spooktastic mystery featuring teenage sleuth Johnny Dixon from The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost.
Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that's raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon's grandmother falls ill, he's sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn...
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Life in sixth grade is full of challenges and goofy jokes for Adam "Einstein" Anderson. His friends, family members, and enemies love to test his scientific knowledge. Can anyone outsmart him? Einstein's friend Stanley believes he can raise gigantic ants to help people work, but is it possible? Margaret, Einstein's best friend, wonders if a block of ice can be sliced through without making two pieces. When a professor claims his invention can stop...
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Moving to an old Vermont farmhouse with his mom, his new stepfather and a new baby brother has been a terribly lonely experience for Josh Wilkinson. And to make things even worse, now the school bully and his gang have picked Josh as their main target. Then one day while trying to find his dog, Manch, in the woods behind his house, Josh discovers a secret. Manch and his friends can talk! Not only that, but they're also faced with a bully problem--a...
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Based on true events, this historic unveiling is not a dream, not a hoax, and not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery … one hundred years apart from each other.Set in the lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, and the present-day hell of Hollywood, Cry of Thunder: Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak the Night Stalker follows Holmes' trail of a man who was wrongfully-and willingly-imprisoned;...
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A Chicago lawyer gets swept up in a conspiracy of spies, double-crosses, brainwashing, and murder.
Defense attorney John J. Malone may be a habitué of Windy City dive bars, but he's never lost his balance-until now. Not only is he shaken by the contract killing of his latest client, but one of his best friends, socialite Helene Justus, is turning into a complete stranger.
At the urging of a mysterious old college chum, the job-phobic heiress has...
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Horrible Harry volume 13
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When the kids in Room 3B study their ancestors, they find out something amazing about Ida: her great-great grandmother sailed on the Titanic! Now Harry and his friends wish they could go to sea, too, and a field trip to a real riverboat gives them the perfect chance. An elementary school teacher for 27 years, Suzy Kline uses her classroom experiences to create wonderfully original characters and situations for her engaging books about Horrible Harry,...
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Two men in one body! That's how Lief Langdon had always felt. One part of him was a modern day adventurer, the other was a strange half-memory of another life where he was a High Priest sacrificing living people to Khalk'ru, a demon god from another time and space. Then Langdon stumbled through the mirage into a hidden Arctic valley, where he fell under the spell of Evalie, as beautiful outwardly as she was inwardly, and her friends the Little People,...
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A clever young man and an eccentric professor search for a missing fortune in this spooky adventure full of "marvelous surprises" Publishers Weekly
H. Bagwell Glomus built an empire out of cereal. In the 1920s, his Oaty Crisps were the most popular breakfast in the United States, and Mr. Glomus was the wealthiest man in the little town of Gildersleeve, Massachusetts. But he was not a happy man. In 1936, he took his own life and his will was never...
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Horrible Harry volume 31
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Nearly every kid in Room 3B is trying to get picked for the South School Safety Patrol Squad-- especially Harry. Harry wants a star badge just like his grandpa's, so he works extra hard to be the perfect student: hanging up his jacket neatly, organizing the crayons in rainbow order, and-- his favorite part-- cleaning up sticky noodles off the floor after lunch. But Doug thinks someone is taking the power of Safety Patrol too far, maybe even using...
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Horrible Harry volume 3
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For Harry, his second grade classroom, Room 2B, is the best place in the world. His teacher, Miss Mackle, is setting up an ant farm. And Harry is sure he will be chosen to take care of the creepy, crawly critters. After all, no one loves horrible things, like ants, more than Harry. When Horrible Harry and his classmates send ants climbing up the stairs of the school, no one is shocked. Find out why, and join Harry in three more adventures (including...
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Horrible Harry volume 15
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Best-selling children's author Suzy Kline delights listeners of all ages with this fun addition to the acclaimed Horrible Harry series. The kids in Room 3B are in an uproar. That rascal Harry is at it again-and this time, he might have gone too far! It all starts when Harry comes to school with a mini-microscope that everyone wants to try. Harry agrees to put on a show with it at recess, but he wants to look at mushrooms on the other side of the school...
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Horrible Harry volume 16
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Suzy Kline, popular children's book author, adds another fun-filled classroom episode to her Horrible Harry series. The holidays are swiftly approaching, and this year in Room 3B the children discover that Christmas is not the only celebration that occurs at this magical time of year. Everyone is excited, except for Harry, who not only seems uninterested in the holidays, but has just plain stopped being horrible! Can Doug find out what is causing...
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ACTION FIGURES ON THE LOOSE!
It's 1974, and Adventure Command International is still on the job in hotspots - and cold! - at the four corners of the wide world! After a harrowing year, Adventure Command's members have taken their knocks and licked their wounds, and now stand ready to plunge into a new set of three amazing adventures designed to thrill boys and girls of all ages!
Rev up the Mobile Command Vehicle and set up the Flying Recon! Give...
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Will Rogers-pithy, political, and plainspoken-was one of the finest entertainers of his generation. As a great American humorist, it was considered an honor to be made fun of by him. By the time of his death in 1935, he had traveled the globe three times, written some four thousand articles, and was one of America's highest-paid film stars.
He began his act in Vaudeville by saying, "All I know is what I read in the papers," while idly swinging a lasso...
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Horrible Harry volume 5
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All the students in Room 2B are getting ready for Christmas. They are excited and filled with holiday spirit. But when their teacher, Miss Mackle, sits down in her chair, it breaks, and she gets hurt! Now Miss Mackle has to spend Christmas in the hospital. The students don't feel like celebrating any more. It's up to Harry to think of a present that will cheer her up and bring the holiday mood back. Will Harry find a gift that is wonderful--and horrible--enough?...
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Horrible Harry volume 8
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Horrible Harry is acting stranger than ever. He keeps talking about purple people, even though he's the only one who can see them. It is the last week of school, and everyone is restless, but Harry has finally gone too far. When a classmate makes some purple figures with paper and glue, Harry knows she is making fun of him. With fists clenched, Harry promises to show her one of the real purple people. But his best friend, Doug, thinks Harry is heading...
98) One Small Dog
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It stinks that Curtis' parents have gotten divorced and he has to share a room in his new apartment with his little brother. The only good thing to come from all the changes in Curtis' life is that his mom feels so guilty that she's agreed to get him the dog he's always wanted. Sammy is a friendly puppy with perfect white teeth. Curtis promises he'll do all the work, but taking care of a puppy is hard. Sammy likes to chew on Curtis' sneakers. Even...
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Joe Archibald's pulp detective series features Willie Klump-a hapless private investigator who formerly worked for the prestigious Hawkeye Detective Agency-and his many misadventures. Here in "Skip Tracer Bullets," Willie is once again down on his luck. His fortunes change when a new case leads him to stolen diamonds … but Willie soon finds himself in over his head. One of Archibald's later stories, "Skip Tracer Bullets" was originally published...
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Horrible Harry volume 7
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The school year is almost over, and the students at South School are wild. Those who misbehave are sent to the Suspension Room. There, a big, hairy guy with a bulky bag full of heavy things guards them all day. What does he do to them, and what's in his bag? Horrible Harry's curiosity is growing. He is determined to see what happens in the Suspension Room-even if it means going there himself. But going to the Suspension Room means Harry has to get...