Mean Old Uncle Jack
Mean Old Uncle Jack

Author: Anna Grossnickle Hines

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780395521373

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Uncle Jack loves to tease the kids with scary mean faces and growly mean noises, but one day his nieces and nephews turn the tables on him.

Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt

Author: Jack Gantos

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 142996250X

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Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels . . . and possibly murder. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.

Headway (World's Longest Solo-book)
Headway (World's Longest Solo-book)

Author: Yumna Gulvez

Publisher: Serving You Publication

Published:

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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Yumna Gulvez (16 years old as in 2023) is a multiple world records holder Author and Entrepreneur. Her records count; World's Fastest Solo-book, World's Fastest Manuscript, World's Fastest Biography, (at the age of 13), World's Youngest Publisher (at the age of 14) and World's Longest Solo-book (at the age of 15). She has been covered and reported by Times of India, Zee News, ETV News, Daily Hunt and several other national as well as international news coverages. At over 70 sites, she has been featured at Google for her extraordinary feats so far. After 'The Dead End' , 'Headway' is yet an another solo-book by Yumna Gulvez which sets record for being the world's longest solo-book with over 493126 characters.

The Worthy
The Worthy

Author: Will Clarke

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-07-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780743293549

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Conrad had it pretty good in life -- a Porsche, pretty girls, and a trust fund full of oil money. But now, thanks to a brutal hazing incident at Louisiana State University's Gamma Chi fraternity, Conrad is dead -- a nineteen-year-old spirit suddenly without an earthly body. Make no mistake, the newly deceased Conrad is one angry ghost, and the object of his wrath is chapter president Ryan Hutchins, a "big, bright, rising star" who, in Conrad's view, is really "the darkest black hole you'll ever meet -- and I'm not just saying that because he killed me." Conrad's ghostly ability to see all but be seen by no one (except Miss Etta, Gamma Chi's elderly cook, who is gifted with paranormal powers) confirms his suspicion that Ryan's dark hand has a wide reach, from beating his girlfriend, Maggie Meadows, to terrorizing Sarah Jane Bradford, a religious student who senses that Ryan must be stopped. Out for revenge, Conrad possesses an unsuspecting pledge's body so he can finish what Ryan started, steering them toward a depraved confrontation with a surprising outcome that will leave readers gasping.

Keeping Secrets
Keeping Secrets

Author: June Kelley Pierce

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-04-29

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1462012973

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Two young cousins, Jenny OShea and Jade Ritchie, share a special bond that goes beyond family and friendship. When that bond is tested by abuse, the two girls come to learn the value of their friendship. They share a powerful, empowering, and emotional journey as they both fight to protect their childhood and their innocence. When an older cousin arrives, the darkness of his intentions quickly becomes clear, but only to the girls. To the outside world, he is a loving big brother and a protector, but the girls quickly learn that appearances can be deceiving. They know that, unless they can outwit him, they run the risk of becoming prisoners to his sinister plans. His cunning and perverse intentions are a constant threat that they are determined to fight off together. But just as they are about to launch their own defensive against him, they are separated. Once alone, each girls life becomes indescribably more complicated and dangerous. And just when freedom is within sight, an even darker secret is revealedone that will change their lives forever. Theirs is a story of resilience and the power of the human spirit.