Maximillian Villainous

by Margaret Chiu Greanias

Author	: Margaret Chiu Greanias
Publisher	: Running Press Kids
Total Pages	: 40
Release	: 2018-08-28
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0762462981

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For anyone who loved Leonardo, the Terrible Monster, this is a humorous and important book about learning to follow your heart and proving that kindness can outweigh villainy any day. Maximillian Villainous is a monster who doesn't have the heart to be a villain. His famous family pulls pranks on the likes of Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, and Max spends his time undoing them. So when he brings home a bunny to be his sidekick, Max's disapproving mother hatches a plan. She challenges Max and the bunny to become a devious duo; otherwise . . . the bunny hops. If they want to stay together, Max and the bunny have no choice but to go against their nature. They blunder into villainy with comical effect until Max discovers that embracing his good heart may just be the key to pulling off the most devious deed of all and winning his family's acceptance. Delightfully fun and irreverent, Maximillian Villainous is an empowering story about embracing one's true self and finding acceptance. Up and coming illustrator Lesley Breen Withrow brings the characters to life with bold and colorful illustrations in a style reminiscent of Richard Scarry.

How to Catch a Turkey

by Adam Wallace

Author	: Adam Wallace
Publisher	: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages	: 35
Release	: 2018-09-04
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1492695378

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A New York Times Bestseller! From the bestselling How to Catch series comes a festive turkey tale and Thanksgiving book for kids! A turkey is running loose in a school right before a Thanksgiving play. Can YOU help catch it so the show can go on? Follow along as students turn their school upside down trying to catch the turkey, ending with a twist that ensures no turkeys are harmed (or eaten!). This hilariously zany children's picture book combines STEAM concepts and traps with a silly story and fun illustrations, perfect for starting a new fall family tradition this autumn or giving as a Thanksgiving gift for kids ages 4 and up! Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun? Also in the How to Catch Series: How to Catch a Unicorn How to Catch the Easter Bunny How to Catch an Elf How to Catch a Monster How to Catch a Leprechaun and more!

Maximillian Fly

by Angie Sage

Author	: Angie Sage
Publisher	: HarperCollins
Total Pages	: 297
Release	: 2019-06-11
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0062571184

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The bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly—a human with cockroach features—whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Adam Gidwitz. Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him. He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide. Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible? Maximillian Fly is a masterful story brimming with suspense, plot twists, and phenomenal world building. This compelling novel delves into family dynamics and themes of prejudice, making the case for tolerance, empathy, and understanding. * Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List * New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Selection * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *

You're My Boo

by Kate Dopirak

Author	: Kate Dopirak
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages	: 40
Release	: 2016-09-20
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1442441607

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"A sweet, rhyming ode to unconditional love and the ups and downs of family life"--

Shadows in the Vineyard

by Maximillian Potter

Author	: Maximillian Potter
Publisher	: Twelve
Total Pages	: 252
Release	: 2014-07-29
Genre	: Travel
ISBN	: 1455516082

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Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romance-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine. In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romance-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison—a crime that in the world of high-end wine is akin to murder—unless he paid a one million euro ransom. Villaine believed it to be a sick joke, but that proved a fatal miscalculation and the crime shocked this fabled region of France. The sinister story that Vanity Fair journalist Maximillian Potter uncovered would lead to a sting operation by some of France's top detectives, the primary suspect's suicide, and a dramatic investigation. This botanical crime threatened to destroy the fiercely traditional culture surrounding the world's greatest wine. Shadows in the Vineyard takes us deep into a captivating world full of fascinating characters, small-town French politics, an unforgettable narrative, and a local culture defined by the twinned veins of excess and vitality and the deep reverent attention to the land that runs through it.

H. I. V. E - The Higher Institute of Villainous Education

by Mark Walden

Author	: Mark Walden
Publisher	: Paw Prints
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2008-11-14
Genre	:
ISBN	: 9781439574218

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When they are swept away to a hidden academy for training evil geniuses, Otto, a brilliant orphan; Wing, a sensitive warrior; Laura, a shy computer specialist; and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to beat the odds and escape.

The Secret of the Night Train

by Sylvia Bishop

Author	: Sylvia Bishop
Publisher	: Scholastic UK
Total Pages	: 193
Release	: 2018-05-03
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1407186566

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When Max is sent to Istanbul to stay with her boring Great Aunt-Elodie, little does she expect to be plunged into a thrilling nighttime adventure across Europe. Max must find her feet in a whirling world of would-be diamond smugglers, thieves and undercover detectives. Will she discover the real diamond thief before they reach their destination?

The Overlord Protocol

by Mark Walden

Author	: Mark Walden
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages	: 392
Release	: 2009-02-10
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1439156514

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HOW FAR WILL OTTO GO TO PROTECT HIS FRIENDS? Otto Malpense and his friends thought their first year at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education was the most adventurous and exciting that they would ever encounter. They were dead wrong. When Otto and Wing are allowed off campus to attend Wing's father's funeral, they have no idea it's a trap, all part of a lethal plan organized by Cypher, the most ruthless supervillain any of them have ever known. He intends to use them to retrieve the Overlord Protocol, a device that has the capacity to help him take over the world. But when things go terribly wrong, Otto will stop at nothing to hunt him down and make him pay. With the help of Laura, Shelby, Raven, and his former nemesis, Dr. Nero, Otto must find a way to defeat an enemy that has overcome some of the planet's most infamous villains without even breaking a sweat. Because if he doesn't, the world as they know it will be changed forever.

Mrs. Dewinter

by Susan Hill Long

Author	: Susan Hill Long
Publisher	: Avon
Total Pages	: 420
Release	: 1994-11-01
Genre	: Fiction
ISBN	: 9780380721450

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"For twelve years, in so many ways we had been as one, everything had been shared, there had been no secrets. Yet the past still held secrets, the past threw its shadows, and the shadows sometimes separated us." Since Manderly burned, tormented Maxim de Winter and his demure second wife have fled the ghosts of a dark, unspoken yesterday. And now they have come home to England -- to bury what was and to start anew. But the sensual warmth of a golden autumn cannot mask the chill of a lingering evil. For October's gentle breeze whispers that Rebecca -- beautiful, mysterious, malevolent Rebecca -- is haunting their lives once more.