The Maypop Kidnapping

by C. M. Surrisi

Author	: C. M. Surrisi
Publisher	: Carolrhoda Books ®
Total Pages	: 228
Release	: 2016-03-01
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1512404667

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In the coastal village of Maiden Rock, Maine, Quinnie Boyd's teacher has disappeared. Quinnie thinks it's a kidnapping case, but her mom, the town sheriff, just thinks the teacher has left town. Still, Quinnie's going to follow her instincts that something's wrong. Her investigation takes her through a damp and smelly marsh, a lobster pound, and more of Maine's messiest places. She even gets help from her glamorous new neighbor, Mariella. As the girls hunt for clues around Maiden Rock, they encounter a cast of unlikely characters. And if Quinnie's hunch is right, the search may lead them right into danger . . . This hilarious and page-turning debut is the perfect whodunit story for middle school sleuths.

The Maypop Kidnapping

by C. M. Surrisi

Author	: C. M. Surrisi
Publisher	: Carolrhoda Books
Total Pages	: 308
Release	: 2018-03
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1541514904

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Assisted by her glamorous new neighbor, Quinnie follows up on her hunch that her teacher has been kidnapped, even though her mother, who is the sheriff of their small Maine town, disagrees with her.

Vampires on the Run

by C. M. Surrisi

Author	: C. M. Surrisi
Publisher	: Carolrhoda Books ®
Total Pages	: 220
Release	: 2017-03-01
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1512432822

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In the months after Quinnie Boyd cracked the mystery of her missing teacher, she expected life in her small Maine town to snap back to normal. But two writers from New York City have arrived in Maiden Rock, and there's something not quite right about them. Sure, Ceil and Edgar are pale. And they dress in all black. And they don't go near the sunlight. But could they really be vampires? To find out, Quinnie turns to Dominic—a new kid in town who's an expert on everything geeky. Together, they'll risk their necks to find an answer . . .

A Side of Sabotage

by C. M. Surrisi

Author	: C. M. Surrisi
Publisher	: Carolrhoda Books
Total Pages	: 284
Release	: 2019-08-06
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1541577582

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For decades, Gusty's Café has been a beloved staple in Maiden Rock, Maine. Quinnie Boyd's dad runs the café, just like Quinnie's granddad before him. But the family business has new competition when a bad-boy chef from Boston opens his own place in the small vacation town. The new restaurant takes fancy dining to the extreme. Still, that's not a crime . . . but when things start to go wrong at Gusty's, Quinnie suspects foul play. Are the people behind Restaurant Hubert trying to squash the Boyds' family café? Quinnie is about to find out if it is a coincidence--or sabotage.

The Best Mother

by Cynthia Surrisi

Author	: Cynthia Surrisi
Publisher	: Abrams
Total Pages	: 32
Release	: 2018-04-03
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1683351290

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When Maxine wakes up on the wrong side of the bed one morning, she wonders if the problem might be her mother. What if she could try out a new mom who doesn’t make her brush her teeth or comb her hair? Enlisting Mom to help her with the search, Maxine interviews various prospects to be her new mother at the park, the toy store, and the zoo. Unfortunately, these other mothers present a host of new problems and concerns. Maybe her “old mother” was the best mother of all? For every child who’s ever wondered if the grass is greener, The Best Mother affirms that there’s nothing better than your own mother’s love.

Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus (Origami Yoda #6)

by Tom Angleberger

Author	: Tom Angleberger
Publisher	: Abrams
Total Pages	: 228
Release	: 2014-08-12
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 1613125127

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The thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series from Tom Angleberger! A field trip without origami? What the Hutt? The Origami Rebel Alliance is off to Washington, D.C.! But there's a hitch. Principal Rabbski has banned origami. Without the Jedi-wise advice of Origami Yoda, how will Tommy and the gang navigate the serious drama of a class trip? Luckily, Dwight comes prepared with green Fruit Roll-Ups that he can whip into emergency Fruitigami Yodas. Unluckily, Harvey also comes prepared with a wrinkly, hateful pickle. Can Fruitigami Yoda figure out why Emperor Pickletine is acting so sour . . . before the Emperor pushes this field trip into the Dark Side? The final battle between the forces of good and evil at McQuarrie has everything: Twists! Snacks! Secrets! But who is keeping the biggest secret of all? Origami Yoda himself, and it's a shocker! Includes instructions for folding your own origami.

Me and My Little Brain

by John D. Fitzgerald

Author	: John D. Fitzgerald
Publisher	: Penguin
Total Pages	: 165
Release	: 2017-01-10
Genre	: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN	: 0425289990

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This third book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl. Tom a.k.a. the Great Brain, is off to boarding school. Now his little brother, J.D., is free to follow in Tom's ingenious, conniving, and profitable footsteps. All of J.D.'s attempts at turning a profit fail miserably, and he soon realizes that he just doesn't have that crafty Great Brain knack. But when his younger brother is kidnapped, J.D. finds that his little brain may not be so ordinary after all . . .

The Attentive Eye

by Helen Dudar

Author	: Helen Dudar
Publisher	: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages	: 486
Release	: 2002
Genre	: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN	: 9781401059958

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This book is an album of the famous and infamous seen through the attentive eye of the late journalist Helen Dudar "a writer," as the editor's preface remarks, "of wit, grace, rigor, intellect and astonishing range." In these pages, Paul Cézanne cohabits with John Updike, Sigmund Freud with Shelley Winters, Michael Douglas with Malcolm X; Dylan Thomas and Janice Joplin are discovered sleeping under the same roof, although in different beds and at different times; Woody Allen is encountered as a young comic on the way up, Henry Kissinger as a world leader on the way down, Norman Mailer as an office-seeker on the way nowhere. The threads binding them together in these fifty-two stories are Dudar's luminous prose, her authoritative voice, and her keen, ironic vision. "She is a writer's writer, a journalist's journalist, and a reporter's reporter," the filmmaker Nora Ephron says in her introduction. "...Helen Dudar writes frequently about everything and does it better than just about anyone else." The Editor

The Fox Effect

by David Brock

Author	: David Brock
Publisher	: Anchor
Total Pages	: 338
Release	: 2012-02-21
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 0307947688

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Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media. Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network into a partisan advocate for the Republican Party. The Fox Effect follows the career of Ailes from his early work as a television producer and media consultant for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. Consequently, when he was hired in 1996 as the president of Rupert Murdoch’s flagship conservative cable news network, Ailes had little journalism experience, but brought to the job the mindset of a political operative. As Brock and Rabin-Havt demonstrate through numerous examples, Ailes used his extraordinary power and influence to spread a partisan political agenda that is at odds with long-established, widely held standards of fairness and objectivity in news reporting. Featuring transcripts of leaked audio and memos from Fox News reporters and executives, The Fox Effect is a damning indictment of how the network’s news coverage and commentators have biased reporting, drummed up marginal stories, and even consciously manipulated established facts in their efforts to attack the Obama administration.