David Lubar
2) Punished!
Author
Series
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
96 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
188 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When seventh grader Nicholas V. Landrew, his beloved pet gerbil Henrietta, and a package of ground beef are beamed aboard an alien space ship, they soon find themselves on the run in a madcap chase across the universe. Now all Nicholas wants to do is get back home before his parents find out and ground him forever, but with the Universal Police hot on his trail, that won't be easy. Before it's all over, Henrietta will find herself safely ensconced...
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
219 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty creepy stories about warped technology, revengeful ants, sadistic gym teachers, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 9
Publisher
Starscape, Tom Doherty Associate Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-one creepy stories about vampires, transmutations, dreadful fairylands, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
174 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three stories about clothes-eating bacteria, a zombie apocalypse, a monstrous butcher shop, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations, 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition: March 2016.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In his last year of high school, seventeen-year-old virgin Cliff Sparks has to figure out what to do with his life, including how to meet new girl Jillian and how to deal with old issues with his unemployed father.
13) Ghost attack
Author
Series
Monster itch volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Alex and his cousin Sarah are visiting their grandparents, Alex gets terrible red, itchy hives. Yikes! He's allergic to a ghost! Even worse, the ghost won't leave him alone -- he wants Alex and Sarah's help. Can they solve the ghost's mystery and get rid of Alex's awful rash before it ruins everything?
14) Dead guy spy
Author
Series
Nathan Abercrombie accidental zombie volume 2
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2010, ©2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
172 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When fifth-grader Nathan Abercrombie, a half-dead zombie whose body cannot heal itself, is approached by messengers from the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (B.U.M.) and offered the chance for a cure if he will become a spy, he doesn't realize that B.U.M. is not exactly trustworthy.
15) Enter the zombie
Author
Series
Nathan Abercrombie accidental zombie volume 5
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
184 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the head of the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (or BUM) discovers that an evil organization is using the Student Mind and Body competition to recruit agents, he asks Nathan to enter the competition, but things go terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis starts to notice some odd things about him, and Nathan fears his zombie identity will be exposed.
16) The big stink
Author
Series
Nathan Abercrombie accidental zombie volume 4
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
175 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mold problem disrupts things at Nathan's school and his class is forced to share a space with first and eighth graders including Rodney the bully's older brother. Meanwhile, Nathan notices that a putrid smell is following him around and tries to discover its source.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hilarious follow-up to the perennial favorite Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie.
Scott Hudson has somehow managed to survive Freshman year. But with a new baby brother in the house and a whole host of adventures awaiting him at school, Sophomore year promises to be anything but boring.
An honest and funny follow-up to the popular Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, award-winning author David Lubar pens a tale that perfectly...
Scott Hudson has somehow managed to survive Freshman year. But with a new baby brother in the house and a whole host of adventures awaiting him at school, Sophomore year promises to be anything but boring.
An honest and funny follow-up to the popular Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, award-winning author David Lubar pens a tale that perfectly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st Starscape ed.
Physical Desc
240 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kids can be such monsters. Literally. From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowing. A substitute teacher finds out she has some monsters for students. A group of kids attempt a levitation trick with hair-raising results. A neighborhood is so boring the grown-ups are turning into...well...you...
19) Stranger things
Author
Series
Looniverse volume 1
Publisher
Branches
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
90 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.
20) Stage fright
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations, 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright."