Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors

The End

Lemony Snicket · 368 pages

When Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire find themselves in the same boat as Count Olaf, after all the treachery that happened at the Hotel Denoument, in the middle of nowhere, they think there is nothing worse that can happen, until a horrid storm comes. When the wake up they find themselves on a simple island, where you eat and drink the same things, wear the same things, and do the same things.

Grip of the Shadow Plague

Brandon Mull · 480 pages

Danger lurks everywhere at Fablehaven, where someone has released a plague that transforms beings of light into creatures of darkness. In dire need of help, the Sorensons question where to turn, now that long trusted allies have been revealed as potential foes. Kendra embarks on a special mission that only she can attempt because of her new abilities as fairykind, while Seth stays behind and disco

Harry Potter Boxset

J.K. Rowling

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

Chris Grabenstein · 304 pages

"A worthy successor to **the original madman** puzzle-master himself, **Willy Wonka**." --*Booklist*, Starred WHEN KYLE LEARNS THAT THE WORLD'S MOST famous game maker has designed the town's new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on the first night, he's determined to be there. But the tricky part isn't getting into the library--it's getting *out*. Kyle's going to need all his sm

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart · 512 pages

Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute f

This Isn't What It Looks Like

Pseudonymous Bosch

Flyte

Angie Sage · 544 pages

When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees.

Twister Trouble

Anne Schreiber, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 76 pages

While on their way to Weatherama Amusement Park to attend the Wild Weather Show, Ms. Frizzle and her class get a first-hand lesson in the forces of nature as they fly directly into the heart of a powerful tornado.

How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell · 256 pages

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Ba

Mothstorm

Philip Reeve

Art, his sister, and the rest of their family and friends are called once more to save the known universe. Interrupted during Christmas, the Mumbys discover a strange, unidentified black cloud that is slowly encroaching on the solar system. Victorian space-travel steampunk novel for children and young adults. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

The Well-Wishers

Edward Eager · 240 pages

James, Laura, and Deborah along with their friends Kip, Lydia, and Gordy relate their experiences when the unpredictable old wishing well in the backyard continues to involve them in a variety of magical adventures.

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer · 288 pages

Artemis Fowl is the first of a series of semi-realist novels produced by Eoin Colfer. They document the adventures of a precocious prodigal child of the criminal empire, Artemis Fowl. In this book, accompanied by his huge and loyal bodyguard/sidekick/advisor Butler, Artemis engages in a series of surreal activities; the absence of his missing father and the mental disorder of his mother allow him

Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together

Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis · 112 pages

Excited for the annual Bandicoot Bacchanal, Ripley recruits her friends to help her get ready for the dance. But before the Lumberjanes know it, something mysterious begins to bubble to the surface of the lake near camp! Will the Lumberjanes be able to bring peace to the lake in time for the Bacchanal?

The Phoenix and the Carpet

E. Nesbit · 174 pages

Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.

Peter and the Shadow Thieves

Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson · 567 pages

Realizing that Molly and the other Starcatchers are in danger when the sinister being Lord Ombra visits the island and seems to control people through their shadows, Peter and Tinker Bell travel to England to help save the stardust. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

Percy Jackson: The Complete Series (Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Rick Riordan

Etre un demi-dieu, ça peut être mortel ... Percy Jackson n'est pas un lycéen comme les autres. Sa prof d'histoire est en fait un monstre mythologique! Et les dieux du mont Olympe entrent dans sa vie, ici et maintenant, en plein New York. Ils l'accusent d'avoir volé l'éclair de Zeus. Dans cette succession de catastrophes, une seule bonne nouvelle : Percy se découvre peu à peu des pouvoirs extraordi

Starring Tracy Beaker

Jacqueline Wilson · 307 pages

A very welcome return of the fabulous Tracy Beaker in a new story from the mega bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.Tracy Beaker is back . . . and she's just desperate for a role in her school play. They're performing A Christmas Carol and for one extremely worrying moment, the irrepressible Tracy thinks she might not even get to play one of the unnamed street urchins. But then she is cast in the main r

The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase

Wendy Mass · 533 pages

It has been a few months since the Harmonicandy was chosen as the winner of the nationwide candymaking contest. Forever changed by the experience, Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when presented with the chance to go on tour to promote the new candy, they each have very different reasons for hitting the road.

Stanley's Christmas Adventure

Jeff Brown · 71 pages

When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lampchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind.

The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),

The Frog Princess

E.D. Baker · 219 pages

After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.

Winter According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

It’s the HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY holidays! The holidays are coming and Humphrey is unsqueakably excited. He loves to hear about all the different ways his friends in Room 26 celebrate and to watch them make costumes and learn songs for the Winter Wonderland pageant. (He even squeaks along!) But with so much to do, will the holidays go according to plan? Do-It-Now-Daniel is having trouble practicing,

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Betty MacDonald, Anne MacDonald Canham · 208 pages

As the children plan a birthday party for Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, the loveable problem solver, with her trunk full of magic and her animal friends in tow, offers cures for such common conditions as watching too much television and the fear of trying new things.

Babymouse Burns Rubber

Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm · 91 pages