Return of the Emerald Skull

Return of the Emerald Skull

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Yearling Books

Published: 2012-08-14

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0385736983

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Weird and evil events at a London boarding school provide messenger Barnaby Grimes an opportunity to test his budding knowledge of the ancient Chinese art of yinchido, in which one focuses on silences and empty spaces.


Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull

Barnaby Grimes: Return of the Emerald Skull

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: David Fickling Books

Published: 2009-02-10

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0375891692

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Barnaby Grimes isa tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and high-stacking around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. This is a fantastic romp through a Dickensian-style city, with a wonderful new hero in the guise of Barnaby. After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby thinks he’s earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favorite pastry. But soon he realizes that all is not well at the school—but is the problem quite as he expects it? A gruesome tale of a school overrun by a terrible curse—who will survive? Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are the creators of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series and the Far-Flung Adventures.


The Lost Barkscrolls

The Lost Barkscrolls

Author: Chris Riddell

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-01-31

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1446498301

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These exciting tales are ideal for those new to the Edge or as an addition to the collection of any fan. They feature stories from each of the Edge trilogies: one from the time of Twig, one from the time of Quint, Twig's father, and one from the time of Rook, Twig's grandson. Meet well-known characters from the Edgeworld and get a tantalising glimpse into the last Edge novel ever - released in 2009. The collection also includes a beautiful fold-out timeline of the Edgeworld and CLOUD WOLF and THE STONE PILOT, World Book Day stories that fans have repeatedly asked to see again.


Get Those Guys Reading!

Get Those Guys Reading!

Author: Kathleen A. Baxter

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-05-07

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 159884847X

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Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books. In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys—information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for. Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3–6) and titles for older boys in grades 5–8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3–9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.


Legion of the Dead

Legion of the Dead

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Yearling Books

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0385736991

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Messenger Barnaby Grimes is delivering packages when a local gang "encourages" him to attend a funeral where he begins to face his deadliest challenges.


Barnaby Grimes

Barnaby Grimes

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 055255622X

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After collecting a strange parcel from a deserted ship in the fog of the docks, and delivering it to the local schoolmaster, Barnaby Grimes thinks he's earned a moment to sit on the rooftops and eat his favourite pasty. But soon he realises that all is not well at the school - but is the problem quite as he expects it?


Muddle Earth

Muddle Earth

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2008-12-24

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0307496945

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Joe Jefferson is an ordinary schoolboy from ordinary Earth. At least, he was. But something strange happened when he was walking his dog, and now he's Joe the Barbarian—fearless warrior-hero, summoned by Muddle Earth's leading wizard* to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and bravely confront villains. Joe doesn't feel much like a warrior-hero.** But evil is stirring in the heart of Elfwood, and the people of Muddle Earth need help (although most of them don't know it yet). Perhaps Joe Jefferson really is a hero after all. . . . * Actually, Muddle Earth's only wizard. And he's not very good. ** He doesn't really look much like one either.


Serving Boys Through Readers' Advisory

Serving Boys Through Readers' Advisory

Author: Michael Sullivan

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 083891022X

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" ... With an emphasis on non-fiction and the boy-friendly categories of genre fiction, this book offers a wealth of material including tips for how to booktalk one-on-one as well as in large groups, methods of performing indirect readers' advisory with parents or teachers, and suggested read-alikes as well as titles to offer a boy in place of a book he did not like or would not read ..."--Page 4 of cover.


Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Author: Paul Stewart

Publisher: Yearling Books

Published: 2012-04-10

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0385736975

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Soon after Victorian messenger Barnaby Grimes is attacked by a huge beast while crossing London's rooftops, he becomes entangled in a mystery involving patent medicine, impoverished patients, and very expensive furs.


Fantasy Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

Author: Frances Sinclair

Publisher: School Library Association

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1903446465

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Handbook of fantasy fiction for teachers, librarians, parents and guardians and children themselves in which to find many titles of fantasy fiction that they like, or may be tempted, to read. Includes groups such as classic fantasy, comic fantasy, Arthurian, dark fantasy, animals and dragons.