A Kestrel For a Knave (Barry Hines)

A Kestrel For a Knave

Barry Hines

Blurb: This is a powerful story of survival in a tough, joyless world. Billy Casper is a troubled teenager growing up in a Yorkshire mining town. Beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school, he seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits. But Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. Billy identifies with her silent strength and she inspires in him the trust and love that nothing else can.

ISBN: 9780143566403 (Paperback)

Year: 1968

Publisher: Penguin Books

Pages: 208 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Study resources for the book

3. Review of the book

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5. Blog on the book

The Descendants (Kaui Hart Hemmings)

The Descendants

Kaui Hart Hemmings

Blurb: A descendant of one of Hawaii's largest landowners, Matt King finds his luck changed when his fun-loving, flighty wife Joanie falls into a coma, victim of a boating acident. Matt is left in sole charge of his two daughters, teenage ex-model and recovering drug addict Alex, and Scottie, a feisty ten-year old. And then Matt discovers Joanie has been having an affair. Deciding to seek out Joanie's lover so that he too has a chance to say his goodbyes, Matt takes to the road with his daughters on a memorable journey of painful revelations and unexpected humour...

ISBN: 9780099570240 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Vintage Books

Pages: 283 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Wikipedia page for the author

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Review of the book

5. Goodreads page for the author

Noddy and Bumpy Dog - Pixi Books #83 (Various)

Noddy and Bumpy Dog - Pixi Books #83

Various

Blurb: Noddy makes friends with a dog, however the dog won't leave him alone. But does Noddy actually need this newly found friend to help him with a greater cause?

ISBN: 9781743003480 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Five Mile Press

Pages: 24 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official site for the series

2. Original story by Enid Blyton

3. Noddy's Wikipedia page

4. TV Episode of the story

5. Official website for Noddy

The Suspect & The Night Ferry - Omnibus (Michael Robotham)

The Suspect & The Night Ferry - Omnibus

Michael Robotham

Blurb: The Suspect

Joseph O'Loughlin appears to have the perfect life - a beautiful wife, a loving daughter and a successful career as a clinical psychologist. But nothing can be taken for granted. Even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. All it takes is a murdered girl, a troubled young patient and the biggest lie of his life...

The Night Ferry

Alisha Barba receives a message from a school friend, Cate Beaumont, who is eight months pregnant and in trouble. But on the night they arrange to meet, Cate is mown down by a car. Now Alisha has to discover why Cate contacted her - and why her old friend created such a trail of deception...

ISBN: 9780751544268 (Paperback)

Year: 2004 & 2007

Publisher: Sphere

Pages: 501 (Fiction)

Links

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3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Goodreads page for the author

5. Crime Down Under page for the author

Bill Clinton - Mastering The Presidency (Nigel Hamilton)

Bill Clinton - Mastering The Presidency

Nigel Hamilton

Blurb: Following on from the widely praised Bill Clinton: An American Journey, Nigel Hamilton takes us on another journey: charting the experience of the 42nd President as he took the presidential oath of office - and how he fared thereafter in the piranha pool of Washington D.C.

Hamilton charts what was possibly the greatest disaster and re-reinvention of a president in office in modern times. The Clinton administration began ominously badly - kicking off with the worst transition in living memory. The presidency then deteriorated through a series of fiascos at every level. The story of how Bill Clinton faced up to his failures, and refashioned himself in the White House in thus an epic one. It is a story that climaxes with a thriving U.S. economy and hard-won wisdom in international affairs. Clinton would begin his second term as the undisputed, immensely popular leader of the Western world - aware, however, that terrors and treason within America loomed as large as dangers abroad.

Insightful, balanced, prodigiously researched and a joy to read, Bill Clinton: Mastering The Presidency sets the classic story of Clinton's extraordinary effort to be a modern president, in a modern world.

ISBN: 9780099461340 (Paperback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Arrow Books

Pages: 766 (Non-Fiction)

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4. Another review

5. Wikipedia page for the author

Scarpetta - Kay Scarpetta Series #16 (Patricia Cornwell)

Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta Series #16)

Patricia Cornwell

Blurb: Leaving behind her forensic pathology practice in South Carolina. Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward.

The handcuffed and chained patient eventually begins to talk - and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard.

He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder... that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The only thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered - and that more violent deaths will follow...

Twenty years after creating Kay Scarpetta, Patricia Cornwell has written her most extraordinary novel yet. Gripping and packed with characteristic twists and turns, it resoundingly proves that 'no one is better than Cornwell.'

ISBN: 9780751542127 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Sphere

Pages: 500 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the author

2. Author's official site

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Goodreads page for the book

5. Review of the book

Hollywood Moon (Joseph Wambaugh)

Hollywood Moon

Joseph Wambaugh

Blurb: Hollywood Station isn't your typical police division, but in Hollywood Moon the cops of that surreal place seem called upon to deal with an even greater share of weirdness than normal.

A prowler has been violently attacking women, and officers 'Hollywood Nate' Weiss and the captivating Dana Vaughn are in hot pursuit, with Nate on edge because his no-nonsense, whip-smart partner has a knack for making him feel like a rookie.

And there's an even darker side to the weirdness. Cue the enigmatic crook Dewey Gleason, master of disguises. Each of his many identities is crafted for the execution of some under-the-radar racket. When, with his henchmen, he hatches an audacious plan, things get very violent indeed.

ISBN: 9781849163545 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Quercus

Pages: 344 (Fiction)

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3. Review of the book

4. Another review

5. Wikipedia page on the author

Smokin' Seventeen - Stephanie Plum #17 (Janet Evanovich)

Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum #17)

Janet Evanovich

Blurb: The dead bodies are mounting up on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds and one's addressed to Stephanie Plum...

As she struggles to find out who the killer is and what connects the victims, Stephanie is faced with further complications as her friends and family add fuel to her romantic fire. Should she choose long-time off-again-on-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli; the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger; or a former high school football star who's just returned to town?

With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie's life looks like it's about to go up in smoke.

ISBN: 9780755384907 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Headline

Pages: 341 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page

2. Author's official site

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4. Review of the book

5. Another review

Rapture in Death & Ceremony in Death - Omnibus (Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb)

Rapture in Death & Ceremony in Death - Omnibus

Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb

Blurb: Rapture in Death

Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reason for killing themselves. But police lieutenant Eve Dallas is immediately suspicious of the deaths. And her instincts pay off when autopsies reveal small burn marks on the brains of the victims. Is this a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve's investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games - where the same techniques used to create joy and desire can also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction.

Ceremony in Death

Conducting a top-secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband Roarke watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own beliefs of right and wrong - and brings her closer to a confrontation with humanity's most seductive form of evil...

ISBN: 9780749953966 (Paperback)

Year: 1996/1997

Publisher: Piatkus

Pages: 610 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page

2. Author's official site

3. Author's other official site

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Fan page

Drood (Dan Simmons)

Drood

Dan Simmons

Blurb: In 1865 Charles Dickens, the world's most famous writer, narrowly escapes death in the Staplehurst Rail Disaster. He will never be the same again. A public hero for rescuing survivors, he slowly descends into madness as he hunts the individual he believes to be responsible for the carnage: a spectral figure known only as Drood.

His best friend, Wilkie Collins, is enlisted for the pursuit. Together they venture into Undertown, the shadowy, lawless web of crypts and catacombs beneath London. Here Drood is rumoured to hold sway over a legion of brainwashed followers. But as Wilkie spirals ever further into opium addiction and jealousy of the more successful novelist, he must face a terrifying possibility: is Charles Dickens really capable of murder?

ISBN: 9781847249326 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Quercus

Pages: 775 (Fiction)

Links

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2. Author's official site

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Review of the book

5. Q&A with the author

The Hunger Pains - A Parody (The Harvard Lampoon)

The Hunger Pains - A Parody

The Harvard Lampoon

Blurb: Winning means wealth, fame, and a life of therapy. Loosing means death, but also fame! This is The Hunger Pains.

When Kantkiss Neverclean replaces her sister as a contestant in The Hunger Games, the second highest rated reality TV show in Peaceland, right after Extreme Home Makeover, she has no idea what to expect.

Having lived her entire life in the telemarketing district's worst neighbourhood, the Crack, she feels unprepared to fight to the death while simultaneously winking and looking adorable for the cameras. But when her survival rests on choosing between the dreamy hunk from home, Carol Handsomestein, or the doughy klutz, Pita Malarkey, Kantkiss finds that the toughest conflicts may not be found on the battlefield but in her own heart, which is unfortunately on a battlefield.

Filled to the brim with suspense, romance, gratuitous violence, apathetic adults, and sexually suggestive gifts, The Hunger Pains is the hilarious tale of one girl's battle for survival and hope for love.

ISBN: 9780732295431 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 157 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Wikipedia page for the authors

3. Huffington Post article on the book

4. Review of the book

5. Publisher's page

Erebos (Ursula Poznanski)

Erebos

Ursula Poznanski

Blurb: Nick Dunmore is given a sinister but brilliant computer game game called Erebos. The game is highly addictive and asks its players to carry out actions in the real world in order to keep playing online - actions which become more and more manipulative. As Nick loses friends and all sense of right and wrong in the real world, he gains power and advances further towards his online goal: to become one of the Inner Circle of Erebos.

But what is virtual and what is reality? How far will Nick go to achieve his goal? And what does Erebos really want?

Exciting, addictive, suspenseful and totally unputdownable. Enter Erebos at your own risk.

ISBN: 9781742379531 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 418 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page

2. Review of the book

3. Buy from Readings

4. Another review

5. One more review

Meet Captain America: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes! (Elizabeth Rudnick)

Meet Captain America: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!

Elizabeth Rudnick

Blurb: Avengers: Assemble!

News from the front! HYDRA extends its reach over the world, and one by one, countries are falling to its great power. But one man stands in the way! Captain America, the world's first Super-Soldier! Can Captain America save the world from Red Skull and HYDRA by himself?

ISBN: 9781742833262 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Marvel

Pages: 24 (Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Find more Avengers books

4. Youtube clip of the animated Captain America

5. TV shows page on the story

Disneyland - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places (David Hoffman)

Disneyland - Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Places

David Hoffman

Blurb: Did you know?

-When Disneyland opened its gates on July 17, 1955, it had just eighteen rides and attractions. Today there are more than sixty.

-The inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle came from Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.

-Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

-Thought certainly well-known, Mickey Mouse is not the most recognisable character in the world; he ranks third, after Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald.

Disneyland... a magic place of dreams and adventure. In this follow-up to the popular Little-Known Facts about Well-Known Stuff, David Hoffman delves into the stories behind the happiest place on Earth. Little-Known Facts about Well-Known Places goes beyond the obvious to reveal the tidbits that we have yet to discover. Covering every aspect - from the history and personalities to the landscaping and architecture - this collection of offbeat facts and figures, statistics and specifics, is guaranteed to delight a first-time visitor and surprise even the most die-hard fan. Packed with a wealth of revelations, Little-Known Facts about Well-Known Places is a must-have for Mouseketeers, information addicts, curious readers, and armchair travellers of all ages.

ISBN: 9781435104310 (Hardback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Fall River Press

Pages: 200 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Barnes and Noble

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3. Forum dedicated to the book

4. Goodreads page for the book

5. Review of the book

Thor the Mighty: The Avengers - Earth's Mightiest Heroes! (Elizabeth Rudnick)

Thor the Mighty: The Avengers - Earth's Mightiest Heroes!

Elizabeth Rudnick

Blurb: Avengers: Assemble!

Asgard's greatest warrior, the Mighty Thor, has vowed to protect the mortals of Earth with his legendary hammer Mjolnir - even from his trickster brother, Loki!

ISBN: 9781742833279 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Marvel

Pages: 24 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. IMDB for the animation the book is based on

3. Wikipedia page for the character Thor

4. IMDB page for the live action film Thor

5. Youtube clip of Thor

The Ultimate Wave - Storymaze #1 (Terry Denton)

The Ultimate Wave - Storymaze #1

Terry Denton

Blurb: OK! So you're not sure whether you want to read this book or not?

I'm not going to tell you what you're missing out on if you don't read it.

(You won't believe me anyway.)

(Besides, I haven't read it.)

I'm not going to tell you how funny this book is.

Or that it was not tested on animals, or that 16 dolphins died when the forests were cut down to make the paper for this book. (They fell out of the trees.)

I'm not going to tell you that this book is about surfing and that it contains a story with heroes of either sex who travel to parallel universes.

It has very little violence and absolutely no blood.

ISBN: 186508378X (Paperback)

Year: 2001

Publisher: Allen&Unwin

Pages: 143 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from the publisher

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3. Author's official site

4. Wikipedia page for the author

5. Feature on the author

The Fury and Dark Reunion - The Vampire Diaries #3 & #4 (L.J. Smith)

The Fury and Dark Reunion - The Vampire Diaries #3 & #4

L.J. Smith

Blurb: Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired.

Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he's determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all - whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realise that his brother is not his only enemy.

Damon: at last, he possesses Elena. But will his thirst for revenge against Stefan poison his triumph? Or can they come together to face one final battle?

Collected here in one edition are the third and fourth volumes of The Vampire Diaries, a riveting conclusion to the tale of two vampire brothers and the beautiful girl torn between them.

ISBN: 9780061140983 (Paperback)

Year: 1991

Publisher: Harper Teen

Pages: 520 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Wikipedia page for the series

3. Google books page

4. Goodreads page

5. Publisher's page for the book (browse the book)

The Hitler Book - The Secret Report by his Two Closest Aides / The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin (Edited by Henrik Eberle & Matthias Uhl)

The Hitler Book - The Secret Report by his Two Closest Aides / The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin

Edited by Henrik Eberle & Matthias Uhl

Blurb: When Soviet troops broke open the Berlin bunker on 2 May 1945, they captured Hitler's two closest aides. Stalin needed to know two things about his greatest enemy: how his mind worked and whether he was genuinely dead. Interrogated for two years, the aides gave Stalin an extraordinary fly-on-the-wall report revealing the innermost secrets of Hitler's life. Until now kept under lock and key in Russia, this extraordinary, authentic document provides a chilling insight into the mind of a tyrant.

ISBN: 0719554993 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: John Murray

Pages: 370 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Review of the book

3. Another review

4. Wikipedia list of books on Hitler

5. Public Affairs article on the book

The Very Bad Book (Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton)

The Very Bad Book

Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton

Blurb: In a very bad wood,

There was a very bad house.

And in that very bad house,

There was a very bad room.

And in that very bad room,

There was a very bad cupboard.

And in that very bad cupboard,

There was a very bad shelf.

And on that very bad shelf,

There was a very bad box.

And in that very bad box,

There was a VERY BAD BOOK...

AND THIS IS IT!!!

ISBN: 9780330425650 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Pages: 172 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Interview with author

3. Review of the book

4. Wikipedia page for the book

5. Buy from the publisher

Dead to the World - Sookie Stackhouse #4 (Charlaine Harris)

Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4)

Charlaine Harris

Blurb: Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's pretty. She does her job well. But she has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie's gift: she can read minds. That's not exactly every man's idea of date bait - unless they're undead; vampires and the like can be tough to read. And that's just the kind of guy Sookie's been looking for. Maybe that's why when she comes across a naked vampire on the way home from work, she doesn't just drive on by. He hasn't got a clue who he is, but Sookie has: Eric looks just as scary and sexy - and dead - as the day she met him. But now he has amnesia, he's sweet, vulnerable, and in need of Sookie's help - because whoever took his memory now wants his life.

Sookie's investigation into what's going on leads into a battle between witches, vampires and werewolves. But there could be even greater danger - to Sookie's heart - because the kinder, gentler Eric is very hard to resist.

ISBN: 9780575089426 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Gollancz

Pages: 321 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Review of the book

3. Author's official site

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Good reads page

Sprung! (Andrew Daddo, illustrated by Terry Denton)

Sprung!

Andrew Daddo, illustrated by Terry Denton

Blurb: Want to know:

-how to fake a Funniest Home Video?

-how NOT to road test your stack hat?

-what to do if you miss the bus for the school camp and the bats come to get you?

-AND how to keep your chocolate bar from melting all over the car?

Andrew Daddo's wicked collection of short stories will convince you that no matter how much trouble you've been in, you've never known what it's really like to be sprung!

AND REMEMBER: the only thing worse than getting sprung by your mates for being a suck is getting sprung for being a CHICKEN!

ISBN: 0733613888 (Paperback)

Year: 2001

Publisher: Mark Macleod Books

Pages: 181 (Fiction)

Links

1. Review of the book

2. Author's official site

3. Illustrator's official site

4. Buy the book from Collins Booksellers

5. Another review

How to Train Your Dragon (Cressida Cowell)

How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell

Blurb: Can Hiccup pass the Dragon Initiation Programme with a toothless dragon AND fight the Sea Dragonus Maximus before it gobbles up every Viking on Berk?

It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero.

ISBN: 9780340997161 (Paperback)

Year: 2003

Publisher: Hodder Children's

Pages: 224 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Official site for the books

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Author's official site

5. Goodreads page for the author

Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal (Bob Bottom with John Silvester, Tom Noble & Paul Daley)

Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal

Bob Bottom with John Silvester, Tom Noble & Paul Daley

Blurb: Victoria may never be quite the same after Inside Victoria.

It questions Victoria's presumption of moral, political and economic superiority over the rest of Australia. As a chronicle of scandal, Inside Victoria exposes Victoria's we-know-best society - a holier than thou syndrome that has sheltered crime and corruption, legal nonsense, and political and economic ineptitude.

Traversing significant events from the illegal foundation of the Victorian colony in 1835 through to 1991, Inside Victoria chronicles the fall from grace of the Garden State in the context of lessons of the past.

ISBN: 0330272616 (Paperback)

Year: 1991

Publisher: Pan

Pages: 216 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Getcited page for the book

3. Google books page

4. Information on the author

5. Audio interview with the author

Crumbs! (Emily Rodda)

Crumbs!

Emily Rodda

Blurb: 'Now that I'm a bit older, I can see why my parents didn't believe me. I can even see why they thought I was crazy...'

Pete likes his four-month-old baby sister, Ellie. She's cute and funny and no bother at all... until one dreadful Saturday morning, when everything changes.

Why is Ellie acting so strangely? What can Pete do about it? He's in big trouble, and it's all Ellie's fault...

Oh, crumbs!

ISBN: 1862910596 (Paperback)

Year: 1990

Publisher: Omnibus Books

Pages: 61 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Review of the book

3. Buy from QBD

4. Author bio

5. Wiki on the author

The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Blurb: Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.

In a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed.

When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

ISBN: 9781407109084 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 454 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Author's official site

3. Goodreads page for the book

4. Publisher's site for the book

5. Buy from Amazon

The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)

The Lorax

Dr. Seuss

Blurb: In this haunting fable about the dangers of destroying out forests, the long-suffering Lorax tries to save the trees from the wicked Once-ler's axe.

By combining the funniest stores, craziest creatures and zaniest pictures with his unique blend of rhyme, rhythm and repetition, Dr. Seuss helps children of all ages and abilities learn to read.

ISBN: 9780007173112 (Paperback)

Year: 1971

Publisher: HarperCollins

Pages: 62 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. IMDB for the film adaption

4. Buy an app based on the story from Apple

5. Official site for the movie adaption

Frankenstein: Wishbone Classics #7 (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, retold by Michael Burgan)

Frankenstein: Wishbone Classics #7

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, retold by Michael Burgan

Blurb: Meet Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist. After two years of hard work and experimentation, he discovers the secret of bringing a creature to life.

To his surprise, Dr. Frankenstein's creation is horrifying and he abandons the monster. Lonely and rejected, the eight-foot beast seeks revenge. When the doctor's friends are murdered, Frankenstein knows who the killer is.

Now Frankenstein must search the world to track down the hideous creature. Can the doctor find the monster before he strikes again?

ISBN: 0061064173 (Paperback)

Year: 1996

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

Pages: 125 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Barnes and Noble

2. Goodreads page for the series

3. Other Frankenstein books to read

4. Wikipedia page on the character

5. Spark Notes page on the story of Frankenstein

Scab Pie: Barf-O-Rama Series #7 (Pat Pollari)

Scab Pie: Barf-O-Rama Series #7

Pat Pollari

Blurb: Pus 'n' Bugs.

Angela Plutnick's brother, Ukiah, is the creepiest person on the planet. When he's not picking his ugly, pus-filled scabs, he's doing weird experiments on his bug collection.

A recipe for puke.

Tonight, Angela's doing her mom a huge favor. Mrs. Plutnick sells homemade cakes and pies to local supermarkets - and tomorrow's delivery day. But she's really sick and Angela has to take over. Ukiah wants to pitch in too, but his sticky, crunchy scabs fall in the cake batter, and his yellow pus drips into the pie crust.

That's sweet nothing compared to what happens when Ukiah's pet maggots, roaches and daddy longlegs get loose in the kitchen...

Will anyone taste the different?

ISBN: 0553484133 (Paperback)

Year: 1996

Publisher: Bantam Books

Pages: 118 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Google books page

3. Article on the series

4. Wikipedia page for the series

5. Goodreads page for the book

The Cannibal Virus: After Dark Series #26 (Sue Robinson & Peter Gouldthorpe)

The Cannibal Virus: After Dark Series #26

Sue Robinson & Peter Gouldthorpe

Blurb: How can an ordinary history assignment turn into a life-threatening encounter with cannibal convicts?

And how can an ordinary computer carry a man-eating virus?

Just ask Stuart, who was unlucky enough to find out...

A blood-curdling story based on one of history's most notorious criminals, by author Sue Robinson, illustrated by award-winning artist Peter Gouldthorpe.

ISBN: 0850919002 (Paperback)

Year: 1998

Publisher: Lothian Books

Pages: 48 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Barnes and Noble

2. Good reads page for the series

3. Art work by the illustrator

Beware the Shopping Mall: Bone Chillers #1 (Betsy Haynes)

Beware the Shopping Mall: Bone Chillers #1

Betsy Haynes

Blurb: Robin's heard weird things about Wonderland mall. She's heard it's built on a swamp. She's heard some kids disappeared there. She's heard it's haunted!

But Robin and her friends go to Wonderland Mall anyway. Looking for sales. Looking for bargains.

Too bad something's looking for them... something that lives at the mall.

Something creepy.

Somethings spooky.

Something that's been dead for a long, long time.

ISBN: 006106176X (Paperback)

Year: 1994

Publisher: HarperPaperbacks

Pages: 134 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Wikipedia page for the series

3. Goodreads page for the book

4. Google books page

5. Author's official site

My Name is Evil: The Nightmare Room #3 (R.L. Stine)

My Name is Evil: The Nightmare Room #3

R.L. Stine

Blurb: You hold in your hand the key to a shadow world if shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more in.... The Nightmare Room.

Say Happy Birthday to Maggie O'Connor. She's that shy, pretty girl standing outside the fortune-teller's tent. Maggie and her friends came to the carnival for fun. But Maggie won't be celebrating for long. The old woman who reads her palm will soon have Maggie screaming in horror. Because Maggie hasn't really entered a fortune-teller's tent. She has stepped into THE NIGHTMARE ROOM.

ISBN: 0064409015 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Avon Books

Pages: 144 (Fiction)

Links

1. Publisher's page

2. Goodreads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Wikipedia page for the TV series based on this book series

5. Official site for the series