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Geronimo Stilton #13: The Phantom Of The Subway (Geronimo Stilton #13)
by Geronimo StiltonEnter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another laugh is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.<P> When my sister Thea told me a ghost was haunting New Mouse City's subway tunnels, I knew I had to get the scoop for The Rodents Gazette! So I set off with Thea, Trap, and my assistant editor Pinky Pick. We soon discovered that Sally Ratmousen, the editor of The Daily Rat, was also on the trail of the mysterious ghost. But we were all in for the fright of our wee mouse lives... because the ghost turned out to be a CAT!<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Geronimo Stilton #6: Paws Off, Cheddarface! (Geronimo Stilton #6)
by Geronimo StiltonEnter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.<P> Who Is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here on Mouse Island, my books are all best-sellers! They are whisker-licking good tales, and that's a promise!<P> PAWS OFF, CHEDDARFACE! It was the strangest thing... all across New Mouse City, rodents kept telling me I'd done things I had no memory of! I soon discovered why... there was a Geronimo look-alike out there, pretending to be me. He'd even fooled my sister Thea! And worst of all, he was trying to take over my newspaper. I had to find a way to strike back -- but how??<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Geronimo Stilton #7: Red Pizzas for a Blue Count (Geronimo Stilton #7)
by Geronimo StiltonEnter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.<P> Who Is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here on Mouse Island, my books are all best-sellers! What's that? You've never read one? Well, my books are full of fun. They are whisker-licking good stories, and that's a promise!<P> RED PIZZAS FOR A BLUE COUNT When Trap got mouse-napped in Transratania, it was up to Thea and me to rescue him. Little did I know that Transratania is the land of vampire mice! Oh, would I ever make it back to my nice, safe mousehole alive?<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Geronimo Stilton #8: Attack of the Bandit Cats (Geronimo Stilton #8)
by Geronimo StiltonEnter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.<P> Oh, what a day! I had just published New Mouse City's first phone book -- and almost every single number was wrong! My customers were out for my fur. So when Thea, Trap, and Benjamin asked me to join their quest for a legendary island covered in silver, I agreed. But no sooner had we set out than we were attacked by a ship of pirate cats! They mousenapped us and threatened to make us their dinner. Would we escape with our lives... or find ourselves in the soup?<P> Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.
Get Real #1: Girl Reporter Blows Lid Off Town!
by Linda EllerbeeGirl Reporter Trapped in Body of Eleven-Year-Old Girl! Meet Casey Smith, girl reporter extraordinaire. Sniffing out news? Casey will Rollerblade through the principal's office to get a scoop. There's just one obstacle: the perky, popular, people-pleasing Megan O'Connor, whose idea of a good story is something that makes you feel gooey inside. And this is the kid Casey is supposed to team up with to publish a school newspaper? Get Real.
Get Real #2: Girl Reporter Sinks School!
by Linda EllerbeeBig-Time Cheaters Rock Small-Time Town! The pressure is on Casey Smith, girl reporter extraordinaire, to uncover another knock-your-socks-off story. Then...wham! Casey stumbles on a cheating ring at school. Who's guilty? All clues point to super-girl Megan O'Connor. Can Casey and the Real News gang get Megan off the hook? Does she deserve to be unhooked? Get Real.
Get Real #3: Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam!
by Linda EllerbeeGirl Reporter Charged with First-Degree Nosiness Call the perky patrol! Real News editor Megan O'Connor has gone too far. She's started a new advice column called JAM ("Just Ask Megan"), and Casey Smith, girl reporter, is sure it will be nothing but a magnet for losers. But then JAM gets an anonymous letter from a student who is clearly in deep trouble. Casey knows she's on the trail of a hot scoop, and she's determined to get her story--even if it means exposing the student. Is Casey in over her head? Get real!
Get Real #4: Girl Reporter Snags Crush!
by Linda EllerbeeStrange Epidemic Infects School! Symptoms include constant hair flipping, eye batting, and the sudden use of hair gel. Diagnosis: First Dance Flu! Could everyone really be more interested in going to the dance then tracking down a school vandal? Casey Smith, girl reporter, pushes past her dance-crazed classmates to find the culprit and enlists the help of Tyler McKenzie. Tyler with the deep brown eyes and really cute smile...Could Casey be coming down with Dance Flu herself? Get Real.
Get Real #5: Ghoul Reporter Digs Up Zombies!
by Linda EllerbeeSomeone or somethingis haunting the local cemetery. Strange creaking noses, flashing lights, and a floating body have been heard and seen. Casey Smith, girl reporter and urban-legend debunker, sets out to prove there is no such thing as a ghost. She needs a little help from Toni Velez, Real News's photographer with a 'tude. But Toni is not her usual sassy self. She's withdrawn, even shaky. Could Toni be afraid of a few spooky graves? Get Real!
Get Real! (Sweet Valley Junior High #1)
by Francine PascalWatch out Sweet Valley Jr. High -- here come the Wakefields! Elizabeth thought switching to a new school would be horrible. How could she have known that she'd make incredibly cool friends right away? Or that she'd meet a really cute guy? Jr. High is terrific! Jessica thought a new school would mean new friends and new boys. Not quite. Everyone at Sweet Valley Jr. High is so unfriendly she had to eat lunch with her dorky locker partner. Jr. High is the worst!
Geysers: A True Book
by Larry Dane BrimnerDescribes what geysers are, how they are formed, and where they can be found.
Ghost Boy
by Iain LawrenceHarold Kline is an albino--an outcast. Folks stare and taunt, calling him Ghost Boy. It's been that way all of his 14 years. So when the circus comes to town, Harold runs off to join it. Full of colorful performers, the circus seems like the answer to Harold's loneliness. He's eager to meet the Cannibal King, a sideshow attraction who's an albino too. He's touched that Princess Minikin and the Fossil Man, two other sideshow curiosities, embrace him like a son. He's in love with Flip, the beguiling horse trainer, and awed by the all-knowing Gypsy Magda. Most of all, Harold is proud of training the elephants, and of earning respect and a sense of normality. Even at the circus, though, two groups exist--the freaks, and everyone else. Harold straddles both groups. But fitting in with those who are "normal" comes at a price, and sometimes it's recognizing the truth beneath what's apparent that ultimately leads to happiness . . . and turns a boy into a man.
Ghost Horse
by George E. StanleyCan Emily free the ghost horse? Emily Clark has just moved. She doesn't like her new house, and she doesn't like her new town. But one night she wakes up to find a horse in her backyard--a ghost horse! Where did he come from? And why is he haunting Emily's backyard? Only by solving the mystery can Emily set the ghost horse free.
Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories
by Joan Lowery NixonStagecoach robberies. Shoot-outs. Striking it rich. Throughout the Wild West small towns were formed, thriving with men and women from the East and gold from the mines. Notorious outlaws, desperadoes, and gunslingers rustled up trouble in town after town. When the gold disappeared, the outlaws, as well as the local folks, abandoned their towns. Or did they? There are still sounds, not just the paint peeling from the deserted storefronts, or the tumbleweeds whispering as they somersault down the empty streets. There are voices, whispering stories--are they real or imagined? Stories like the one about the Lost Mine in Maiden, Texas, or the Bad Man from Bodie, California, who's still searching for his lost finger...
Ghostly Tales: Four Stories (Portraits of Little Women)
by Susan Beth PfefferLosing your way in the woods.... Prowling a castle in the dead of night.... Finding a treasure in a dusty attic.... Finding a frightening force in your own home.... The March sisters -- Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy -- never imagined they'd encounter beings from the spirit world. But in each of these four new eerie stories, one of the March girls finds herself face-to-face with an inexplicable apparition. Could it be that ghosts really do exist?
Ghosts Don't Ride Wild Horses (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #44)
by Debbie Dadey Marcia Thornton JonesThere are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the mysterious man that the kids meet on a class trip really be the ghost of Coyote Pete, the roughest, toughest cowboy in the Wild West? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out! Eddie shook his head and said, "That couldn't have been the real Coyote Pete." "Eddie's right," Melody said. "If that really was Coyote Pete, he would've been a ghost." "Well, he did look kind of pale," said Howie, "and he disappeared without a trace.' Liza gasped. "Do you mean this is a real ghost town being haunted by a real ghost?"
Ghoul Reporter Digs Up Zombies! (Get Real #5)
by Linda Ellerbee6th-grade school journalist Casey Smith investigates the apparent haunting of a local cemetery.
Ghoul Trouble (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Young Adult Series #18)
by John Passarella Joss WhedonSomething wicked has been preying on Sunnydale students. Buffy has found human remains that have been picked clean. Help from the rest of the gang would be appreciated but they're all mesmerised by a hot new girl band, so she is on her own.
Gib and the Gray Ghost (Gib #2)
by Zilpha Keatley SnyderGib might have finally found the family he&’s always wanted. Will he be adopted for good?No child wants an extended stay in the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys. And in the sequel to Gib Rides Home, Gib, a smart, resourceful eleven-year-old orphan, returns to the Thornton family&’s ranch, hoping for a much happier experience this time. Instead of the farm labor that most orphans his age are forced to do, he gets the benefits of being part of the family: reduced chores and the freedom to go to school. Luckily, Gib also has a way with horses—and life with Livy, the irrepressible Thornton daughter, proves that horses can be much easier to deal with than people. When a whipped and starved horse comes to the Thornton Ranch during a blizzard, Gib finds a way to save this incredible creature. And while helping the horse recuperate and acclimate to his new home, Gib realizes that he may have finally found a permanent home of his own. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
Gib and the Gray Ghost (Gib #2)
by Zilpha Keatley SnyderGib might have finally found the family he&’s always wanted. Will he be adopted for good?No child wants an extended stay in the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys. And in the sequel to Gib Rides Home, Gib, a smart, resourceful eleven-year-old orphan, returns to the Thornton family&’s ranch, hoping for a much happier experience this time. Instead of the farm labor that most orphans his age are forced to do, he gets the benefits of being part of the family: reduced chores and the freedom to go to school. Luckily, Gib also has a way with horses—and life with Livy, the irrepressible Thornton daughter, proves that horses can be much easier to deal with than people. When a whipped and starved horse comes to the Thornton Ranch during a blizzard, Gib finds a way to save this incredible creature. And while helping the horse recuperate and acclimate to his new home, Gib realizes that he may have finally found a permanent home of his own. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
Girl Reporter Blows Lid off Town! (Get Real #1)
by Linda EllerbeeCasey Smith, an 11-year-old reporter, revives her middle school's defunct newspaper and investigates what looks like an environmental pollution cover-up.
Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real #6)
by Linda EllerbeeSchool newspaper reporter Casey Smith uncovers a plot to sabotage the elections at her middle school.
Girl Reporter Sinks School! (Get Real #2)
by Linda Ellerbee11-year-old Casey Smith decides to do an investigative story for the school paper about a cheating ring operating on campus.
Girl Reporter Snags Crush! (Get Real #4)
by Linda EllerbeeStrange Epidemic Infects School! Symptoms include constant hair flipping, eye batting, and the sudden use of hair gel. Diagnosis: First Dance Flu! Could everyone really be more interested in going to the dance then tracking down a school vandal? Casey Smith, girl reporter, pushes past her dance-crazed classmates to find the culprit and enlists the help of Tyler McKenzie. Tyler with the deep brown eyes and really cute smile...Could Casey be coming down with Dance Flu herself? Get Real.
Girl Reporter Stuck in Jam! (Get Real #3)
by Linda EllerbeeCasey's archrival and editor-in-chief, Megan, has gone too far. She's started an advice column, JAM (Just Ask Megan), and Casey is sure it will be nothing but a magnet for losers. Yet when JAM gets an anonymous letter from a student who clearly is in deep trouble, Casey is determined to investigate.