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Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Ronson investigates the strange things we are willing to believe in, from lifelike robots programmed with the personalities of our loved ones to indigo children to hyper successful spiritual healers. He looks at ordinary lives that take on extraordinary perspectives, for instance a pop singer whose greatest passion is the coming alien invasion, and the scientist designated to greet those aliens when they arrive. Ronson throws himself into the stories....
2) Because
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A young boy who lives with his grandmother is terribly embarrassed by her behavior at first, but comes to realize that she is not just having fun, she has a reason for each strange action.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Tim is a guy on the verge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry, a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. When the duo shows up to dine, the lunacy kicks into high gear....
Author
Series
Million dollar series (Dan Gutman) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
Author
Series
Charlie Waldo novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Pathologically committed to a minimalist life in solitude, former LAPD detective Charlie Waldo is drawn into the case of once-famous, heavily-drinking actor Alastair Pinch, whose wife has been found dead.
Author
Series
Danny's doodles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Danny and Calvin decide to find out why their fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Cakel, is suddenly behaving very strangely by not only failing to enforce her many rules, but by violating some herself.
15) The Kneebone boy
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Otto, Lucia, and Max Hardscrabble, whose mother has been missing for many years, have unexpected and illuminating adventures in the village of Snoring-by-the-Sea after their father, who paints portraits of deposed monarchs, goes away on a business trip.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new FABULOUS FACT-FINDING FRENZY game! If Kyle can make it through the first round, he and the other lucky finalists will go on a great race-by bicycle, bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet!-to find fascinating facts about famous Americans. The first to bring their facts back to the library will win spectacular prizes! But when a few surprising "facts" surface...
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
19) Weird food
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn about food customs that may surprise you, from eating bugs to rotten birds and beyond!
Author
Series
Doldrums volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
rcher Helmsley's grandparents-famous explorers who went missing on an iceberg two years ago-are finally coming home. Archer is overjoyed, but he may be the only one. Rumors are flying that Archer's grandparents were never really abandoned on the iceberg; that they're making it all up. Archer knows that the rumors are false. With his best friends, Oliver and Adélaïde, and their new neighbor, Kana, Archer sets out during a snowstorm to rescue his...
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