Brain Freeze: World Book Day 2018

Brain Freeze: World Book Day 2018
Author: Tom Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241334225

A little girl discovers that eating ice cream from her grandfather's old ice-cream truck gives her the power to travel through time, in this brilliant, funny and heartwarming story from bestselling author Tom Fletcher.

Milo

Milo
Author: Alan Silberberg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442409428

Loveable thirteen-year-old geek Milo Cruikshank finds reasons for frustration at every turn, from the annoying habits of his neighbors to his futile efforts to get Summer Goodman to realize his existence. The truth is, ever since Milo’s mother died, nothing has gone right. Now instead of the kitchen being full of music, his whole house has been filled with Fog. Nothing’s the same. Not his Dad. Not his sister. And definitely not him. Milo achieves a rare and easy balance of poignancy and awkward, natural humor, making it deeply accessible—this is the kind of book that can change lives.

The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!

The Ice Cream Kid: Brain Freeze!
Author: Todd Clark
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1449458491

When Irwin Snackcracker leaves for school in the morning all he can think about is pizza, tater-tots, and winning first place in the booger contest. He leaps down the bannister, quickly eats breakfast before brushing his teeth and dashing out the door. Little does Irwin know, this day will change his life. He is just one brain freeze away from superpowers! When Irwin unexpectedly scores the last Fudgsicle left in the ice cream cart at school, he finds out that he is no longer an ordinary fourth grader. Taking a big bite of the delicious frozen treat transforms Irwin into "The Ice Cream Kid" who, with a steady supply of ice cream, has the ability to run at lightning speed and talk to animals along the way! Even though Irwin isn't sure if he wants to fight crime, he puts riding bikes with his friends on hold to learn how his new powers work. With his superhero Grandpa and sarcastic side-kick, Bert the pigeon, Irwin learns to control his powers, culminating in the ultimate showdown with Sweaty Crocker, the villainous evil lunch lady, poisoner of children.

Brain Freeze

Brain Freeze
Author: Oliver Phommavanh
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1760897159

From a dog who accidentally becomes the first animal on Mars, a hopeless chess player dealing with his sports-mad dad, and a girl whose dreams are getting too big for her bed, to a boy who has had 1000 names – so far. Not to mention, the strange boy who never seems to get brain freeze (until...), these short stories will blow your mind.

Brain Freeze - 321 °f

Brain Freeze - 321 °f
Author: J. P. Polidoro
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1413497683

Reginald 'Lefty" Sanford, a famed Negro Leagues baseball player and pitcher from yesteryear, dies and his remains are questionably frozen in a cryonics facility in Arizona, potentially against his 'last wishes." An employee/ medical technician, Jonathan Bishop of the cryonics company, Mizaronics, is fired unexpectedly after revealing a catastrophic event that occurred during the preservation of Sanford - a breach of protocol for whole body internment. Amongst public outrage, Rachel Geary, a young newspaper reporter in Phoenix, and a well-known Black baseball biographer from Detroit, Wesley Thomas Washington, champion the effort of 'freeing" Reggie Sanford from his 'frozen casket of absurdity." Ironically, Wesley Washington also elicits the advocacy of a now elderly, former Red Sox icon, Ted Williams, a national hero and friend of Sanford. Williams, is retired in Florida, but willing to assist. The unscrupulous plot involves questionable medical vivisection and desecration of cadavers - science fiction that breaches bioethical standards and state-regulated mortuary practices. Futuristic cryonicists that entice the sick and elderly into submitting their bodies to an unproven technology of internment demean traditional funeral arrangements. Their belief is a future return to life in another millennium - a world where cloning and nanotechnology will cure all diseases that killed them. Industrial terrorism leads to sabotage and the theft of a critical biological sample. Jonathan Bishop goes public, having stolen confidential records and photos related to Sanford. The abduction of a key character in the book elicits a love story of incredible devotion, akin to Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet.'Reggie" Sanford becomes a pawn in the rapid-paced 'chiller" that leaves the reader questioning the validity of what is medically defined as, life and death, versus the definition that futurists have placed their bets on - a state of limbo where the immortality of Man is the inevitable future. The action-packed mystery 'chiller" questions who legally controls ones' remains after death. The non-validated cryonics myth and deception is currently in use today, albeit denounced by modern medical researchers, cryobiology experts and peer-reviewed scientific thought. Sadly, the U.S. and State governments have done nothing to formally denounce the sanctimonious charade.

The Creakers

The Creakers
Author: Tom Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0241320976

A magical, mischievous adventure into an incredible new world, from Tom Fletcher, number-one-bestselling author of The Danger Gang and The Christmasaurus. Lucy wakes up one morning to discover something very strange indeed. All the grown-ups in her town have disappeared. All the other kids in Whiffington are so excited! No more grown-ups means no more school! No more bedtime! No more rules! But Lucy wants her mum back - and nothing is going to stop her. So - along with her friends Norman and Ella - Lucy sets off on an unbelievable adventure into a topsy-turvy, back-to-front and inside-out new world . . . The world underneath her bed. The world of . . . The Creakers! The number one bestseller, packed with amazing illustrations by Shane Devries. Praise for The Creakers: 'Stonkingly good . . . A compelling adventure and a nuanced celebration of friendship and family love' The Guardian '10 out of 10 bum trumps!' Guff the Creaker

Snow Place Like Home (Diary of an Ice Princess #1)

Snow Place Like Home (Diary of an Ice Princess #1)
Author: Christina Soontornvat
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338353950

A brand new, fun filled chapter book series that answers the question: What if Frozen's Elsa went to regular school? Princess Lina has a life any kid would envy. She lives in a massive palace in the clouds. Everyone in her family has the power to control the wind and weather. On a good day, she can even fly! She loves making lemons into lemon ice, riding wind gusts around the sky, and turning her bedroom into a real life snow globe.There's just one thing Lina wants: to go to regular, non-magical school with her best friend Claudia. She promises to keep the icy family secret under wraps. What could go wrong? (EVERYTHING!)

Mockingbird

Mockingbird
Author: Kathryn Erskine
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1409541673

Caitlin misses her brother every day. Since his death in a school shooting, she has no one to explain the world to her. And for Caitlin, the world is a confusing place. She hates it when colours get mixed up, prefers everything to be black-and-white, and needs to check her Facial Expressions Chart to understand emotions. So when Caitlin reads the definition of "closure", she decides that's what she needs. And as she struggles to find it, a world of colour begins to enter her black-and-white life...

Mistakes Were Made

Mistakes Were Made
Author:
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763666890

Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total Failure, Inc." challenged by a college-bound spy and a four-foot-tall girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge.