Rumble of the Coaster Ghost

Rumble of the Coaster Ghost
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Chapter Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Amusement parks
ISBN: 9781532142802

Alexander's class is going on a field trip to an amusement park called Safety Land with really slow, boring rides--but this is Stermont, and when a weird magician tells Alexander and his friends that the roller coaster is haunted things start to get a lot more interesting.

Rumble of the Coaster Ghost: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #9)

Rumble of the Coaster Ghost: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #9)
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545867657

Stermont's latest monster is a real scream! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Alexander's class is going on a field trip to an amusement park. Everyone is excited -- until they find out they're going to SAFETY Land! Before the students take a ride on the Slow and Steady Teacups, a weird magician tells them there's a haunted roller coaster at the park. And Alexander starts seeing odd scratch marks all over the place. Is there REALLY a ghost at Safety Land? The S.S.M.P. is about to find out!

Rise of the Balloon Goons: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #1)

Rise of the Balloon Goons: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #1)
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545493269

Monsters + Humor + Fun = THE NOTEBOOK OF DOOM! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Alexander has just moved to a new town where he uncovers all sorts of monsters! He finds an old notebook with the word "DOOM" inscribed on the front cover. The Notebook of Doom, which Alexander now holds, contains top-secret information about the monsters! In this first book, Alexander goes up against spooky balloon goons--unique and twisted arm-waving balloon guys! This book is full of humor, engaging black-and-white illlustrations, and of course...monsters!

Chomp of the Meat-Eating Vegetables: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #4)

Chomp of the Meat-Eating Vegetables: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #4)
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054555554X

What could be more monstrous than giant vegetable monsters?! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this fourth book, Alexander is still on the look-out for monsters. Now he thinks they're at school.... The lunch menu is NOT normal -- instead of good-for-you meals, there's ice cream and pie every day. His whole class is crying. And his friend Rip goes missing. Alexander must battle giant meat-eating vegetables before the whole town becomes veggie dinner! Filled with humor, suspense, and zany black-and-white illustrations, this book will keep kids turning the pages!

Can I Be Your Dog?

Can I Be Your Dog?
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399554521

The New York Times bestseller featured on THE TODAY SHOW! A heart-tugging dog adoption story told through letters--deeply sincere and almost desperate pleas for a forever home--from the dog, himself! This picture book shares the tale of Arfy, a homeless mutt who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. His letters to prospective owners share that he's house broken! He has his own squeaky bone! He can learn to live with cats! But, no one wants him. Won't anyone open their heart--and home--to a lonesome dog? Readers will be happily surprised to learn just who steps up to adopt Arfy. Troy Cummings's hilarious and touching story is a perfect gift for a child wanting a dog, and for pet adoption advocates. It also showcases many different styles of letter writing, making it appealing to parents and teachers looking to teach the lost art of written communication. "It's an instant classic in our household." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas

Day of the Night Crawlers: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #2)

Day of the Night Crawlers: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #2)
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545493277

Monsters have never been this much fun! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this second book in the series, Alexander and his new friend, Rip, try to learn more about the monster-filled notebook. They follow clues left by strange worms called night crawlers. It turns out new monsters are in town--giant fish monsters called tunnel fish--and even a fish-kabob monster! This humorous, action-packed book has fun black-and-white illustrations on every page.

Second Glance

Second Glance
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2007-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416549196

Picoult's eeriest and most engrossing work yet delves into a virtually unknown chapter of American history--Vermont's eugenics project of the 1920s and 30s--to provide a compelling study of the things that come back to haunt those in the present, both literally and figuratively.

The Underland: A Branches Book (The Last Firehawk #11)

The Underland: A Branches Book (The Last Firehawk #11)
Author: Katrina Charman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2022-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338832549

Tag begins his warrior training to become an Owl of Valor, in this action-packed fantasy series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Tag and Skyla have returned to Perodia to begin their warrior training. But when their friend Blaze returns with troubling news that her mother has gone missing, Tag and Skyla’s warrior skills are quickly put to the test. To find Blaze’s mother, the friends must travel to a creepy world below the ground called The Underland. There, they meet a terrible new enemy: a king rat named Skull, who has his own big plans for Perodia! Will the friends be able to defeat this new enemy? Or will The Shadow return to Perodia once again... This fully illustrated series makes a great introduction to fantasy and quest stories for younger readers!

Snap of the Super-Goop: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #10)

Snap of the Super-Goop: A Branches Book (The Notebook of Doom #10)
Author: Troy Cummings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545867703

The latest book in this best-selling series is filled with eye-popping twists and turns! Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this tenth book, Alexander keeps seeing monsters that the S.S.M.P. has ALREADY defeated! But his friends Rip and Nikki think he is going crazy. Could there be zombie monsters on the loose? Or is there a monster that can turn into ANYTHING? Alexander will have to protect the town -- and the notebook -- from Stermont's latest monster!

Cutting for Stone

Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Random House India
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2012-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8184001754

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.