Mistakes Were Made

Author:
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763666890
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total Failure, Inc." challenged by a college-bound spy and a four-foot-tall girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge.

Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763692212
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Banishment from his life’s calling can’t keep a comically overconfident detective down in the latest episode by New York Times bestseller Stephan Pastis. This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there’s a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers’ strike that is crippling Timmy Failure’s academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It’s a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy’s mom really marry Doorman Dave?

We Meet Again

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406358711
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
"My name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And my detective agency is on the verge of global domination. And yet the gods keep throwing me curveballs. But one thing is for sure- Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!"--Back cover.

Timmy Failure: The Maximum Greatness Collection: Books 1-7

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1536209112
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The complete collected memoirs of Timmy Failure are contained within this boxed set. That's seven episodes of New York Times best-selling greatness. You have been warned. Meet Timmy Failure. You may know him as the founder, president, and CEO of Total Failure, Inc. -- the best detective agency in town. Perhaps even the nation. Timmy's seen a lot in his eleven years. Maybe too much. But luckily for you, the tales of his genius have been recorded by Timmy himself. All seven of his comically overconfident capers, combining hilarity and heart, are now available together in a deceptively sweet, outrageously funny collection by Stephan Pastis, making the perfect gift for Timmy fans new and old. Includes: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done Timmy Failure: We Meet Again Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants Timmy Failure: It's the End When I Say It's the End

Strider

Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061972428
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
This sequel to Beverly Cleary's beloved Newbery Medal-winning classic, Dear Mr. Henshaw, stars Strider, a dog who loves to run. Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can. He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running—well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring. With Strider's help, Leigh finds that the future he once hated to be asked about now holds something he never expected: hope. Strider is a winning dog adventure for kids ages 6-12. It can be read alongside the beloved classic Dear Mr. Henshaw or on its own.

The Ambrose Deception

Author: Emily Ecton
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1484798554
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that's what their middle school teachers think. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead them to various locations around Chicago. At first the three contestants work independently, but it doesn't take long before each begins to wonder whether the competition is a sham. It's only by secretly joining forces and using their unique talents that the trio is able to uncover the truth behind the Ambrose Deception -- a truth that involves a lot more than just a scholarship. With a narrative style as varied and intriguing as the mystery itself, this adventure involving clever clues, plenty of perks, and abhorrent adults is pure wish fulfillment.

Narwhal I'm Around

Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0759554536
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
This wet, wild, and hilariously illustrated story from a New York Times bestselling author takes readers on a wacky adventure that spirals out of control as soon as our pet hero discovers a narwhal hanging out in his bedroom. Rex Dexter is cursed . . . with brains . . . and daring . . . and more than his fair share of devilish good looks. But also with an actual curse: dead animals keep showing up in his bedroom, wanting him to solve their murders. After successfully sleuthing a series of endangered animal assassinations, Rex is pretty sure he's home free, spiritually speaking. But that's when he finds a two thousand pound narwhal in his beanbag chair. And this tough guy is dead. And super crabby about it. Fishy business is at hand. And as if that's not bad enough, Rex's mom has a stressful new job. His new teacher may be part of a Russian hit squad. His best friend Darvish is distracted by a role-playing game. And, horror of horrors, Rex may accidentally have a girlfriend. Rex Dexter is neck-deep in dead pet problems. And he's determined to solve them. Or let his best friend Darvish die trying.

Timmy Failure: Sanitized for Your Protection

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
[No. 4] Timmy Failure--founder of the greatest detective agency in the town, is hittin' the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy's mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and smells-like-tangerine criminal mastermind Molly Moskins.

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

Author: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Bond Street Books
ISBN: 0385677286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
From the author of the universally acclaimed debut novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes: a subversive, often shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions, and love in the most unlikely places. The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle, and Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's the only thing ordinary about her. Her father is a part-time healer in the French Colony, Karachi's Christian slum--and it seems she has inherited his part-time gift. With a bit of begrudging but inspired improvisation, Alice brings succour to the patients lining the hospital's corridors. Yet, a Christian in an Islamic world, she is ensnared in the red tape of hospital bureaucracy, trapped by the caste system, and torn between her duty to her patients, her father, and her husband--an apprentice to the nefarious "Gentlemen's Squad" of the police, and about to plunge them both into a situation so dangerous that perhaps not even a miracle can save them. But, of course, Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse...

Misadventures of Max Crumbly 3

Author: Rachel Renée Russell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147118479X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, and his trusty sidekick, Erin, they had just foiled the plans of three bumbling burglars. In the depths of a smelly, dangerous Dumpster of Doom, the two pals hid from the vengeful thieves – and the police! Now, Max and Erin face foes old and new as their misadventures continue. Can the two friends avoid detection – and detention! – while keeping South Ridge Middle School safe from bullies and criminals?