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Jack Gantos
In the summer of 1971, Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For $10,000, he recklessly agreed…
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In this National Book Award finalist, Joey Pigza tries hard to be a good kid trapped in a wired body.
From an award-winning author, the riotously funny story of a boy’s hometown misadventures.
When the carnival comes to town, the world’s favorite fractious feline discovers the hilariously wrong way to victory before he gets it right. Full color.
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From the Newbery Medal winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, eight more hysterical semi-autobiographical Jack Henry stories about a sixth grader’s trials and tribulations
In a prequel to Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade , Jack moves with his unbearable sister to Miami, Florida, and tries to break some of his bad…
Sixteen-year-old Walker has accidentally discvered that two female classmates are lovers. When a rabid evangelical preacher arrives in their town, a witch-hunt is launched against gay students and Walker, for…
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Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt chronicles an incredible two…
In his third book for young adults, Gantos scripts a completely original drama. With gothic flavor and black humor, he depicts a group of people bound together by love, compulsion…
Joey, who is taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the father he has never known and meets a grown-up version of…
Jack’s summer has hit a dead end . Old people seem to be dying faster than Miss Volker can write their obituaries, and Jack is starting to worry that it…
But when the real murderer returns and another old lady dies, he starts to worry that he might not be showing the best judgment. Together with Miss Volker, the last…
When 16-year-old Walker gets caught up in a witch-hunt against homosexuals, he is left to stand by and watch as a tragedy unfolds.
The fifth and final book in the groundbreaking Joey Pigza series by Newbery Medalist Gantos ( Dead End in Norvelt ) brings the beloved chronicle of this troubled every-boy to…
Jack W. Plunkett
There are few industry sectors in the world today with more potential than renewable energy. This book contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites…
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This is Gantos’ third book about Jack Henry, continuing the hilarious adventures of the 13-year-old boy.
A carefully researched book covering exciting trends in the business of the sharing and gig economy, freelance workers, and on-demand delivery. This reference tool includes thorough market analysis as well…
In this first in a series of Rotten Ralph readers, Jack Gantos reads his tale of the irrepressible cat with a penchant for disaster. When Ralph tries to help Sarah…
Ralph, a very, very, nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways–or does he?
A complete market research guide to the consumer products, cosmetics, hair and personal services industry-for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research.
Lee Child, Andrew Child
Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child.
Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient wakes to find two…
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Kurt Wagner
The gripping corporate saga of Twitter's titans and their journey towards power, innovation, and controversy.
We Are Who We Are is the hotly anticipated television debut from Luca Guadagnino, director of Oscar-nominated film Call Me By Your Name. This prestige drama series follows teenagers Fraser…
Jason Arrowood
"BORDERLANDS MOVIE REVIEW/GUIDE 2024" is your ultimate companion to the highly anticipated cinematic adaptation of the popular video game franchise. Delve into the intricacies of the film's cast, plot, and…
Everything changes for Joey when his crazy, long-lost dad returns home after a lucky lottery win. Now they’re rich, Carter Pigza truly believes that his family can start a whole…
‘Joey Pigza, you need a life!’ Grandma wants Joey to find a friend, stop running around after his NUTTY parents, and start looking after himself. But Joey’s got other plans…
Joey’s dad is well and truly wired! After months of nagging, Joey Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his dad. Joey so wants to believe his…
Joey Pigza is back in his fifth hilarious adventure, with illustrations by David Tazzyman.
Joey is a good kid, maybe even a great kid, but his teachers never know what he’s going to do next. Told from Joey’s own unique viewpoint by acclaimed American…
Bec Nibaldi
Enchanting story celebrating all of the wonderful nicknames for Jack. Finishing with a playful finale which will have little Jack bringing you this book over and over again!
Ben Garrod
Jack-Jack, the world's coolest dog, looks after orphaned chimpanzees in Africa; he's about to embark on his biggest adventure ever!
I spend my days playing with baby chimps. When I…
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30th anniversary, still rotten after all these years –Cover.
Marilynne Robinson
Revisiting her beloved characters, Jack joins Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer; Home, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Lila, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. This…
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J S Parker
Following two brutal years of torture and confinement in Bedlam's asylum for the insane, Jack Thorne has escaped his captors and has fled to Victorian era Gotham City.
Upon his…
Wendi Schuller
Jack Jack isn't your average ginger cat; he thrives on thrill and mischief. Dive into the heart of London with him as he leaps from the decks of pirate ships…
Gantos, Jack
A sharp-edged misadventure for teens from the Newbery Medalist-the perfect bridge between the Norvelt novels and his Printz Honor-winning YA autobiography, Hole in My Life.
Jack
Let your inner spiritual self awaken and bring out the best of your inner social abilities with emotional intelligence.Do you think you lack social skills that are holding you back…
Paez
Jack the Ripper Lizzie Borden the Zodiac Killer Certain homicide cases maintain an undeniable, almost mystical hold on the public imagination. They touch a nerve deep within us because of…
Cedric Ramadier
Two curious animals have a remarkable adventure with a strange object that changes with the landscape then flies back into the sky-they don’t know what it was, but what a…
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Arrikin Books
It's show-and-tell day at Jack's school! He's excited to show his toy creeper to his classmates. But something unexpected happens, and Jack gets angry. He feels like he can explode…
Lindi, Lindi Books
Have you ever wondered who made this beautiful earth, Jack did read the answer to a question asked many times told through the fun character Jack a baby kangaroo
Peter Carey
What does he want after all these years, and why is he so interested in the comings and goings at a plush townhouse in Great Queen Street? And why is…
Mac Barnett
Jack the rabbit serves as bat boy and Rex the dog helps in left field during a baseball game between the Lady City Ladies and the Big City Brats.