Mr. Brown loves 3 things: scary books, cats, and cheese. He decides to buy a bookstore equipped with a cat and some delicious cheese. Mr. Brown and his cat are content until the mice in the bookstore frighten all the customers away. Mr. Brown is upset and gives his cat three days to get rid of the mice or ELSE! What is a mouse-loving cat to do? But Mr. Brown's clever cat has a plan that will protect his long-tailed friends and keep the bookstore 'BOO'-ming!

Similar authors: David A. Adler

Similar books: The Bookstore Valentine by Barbara Maitland; The Bookstore Burglar by Barbara Maitland

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/31/2009

ISBN-10: 0439247683

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Bird McGill's dream is to fly a P-40 Warhawk plane, the one the fighter pilots fly, but as a girl, her mother would rather see her in dresses than in a cockpit. It's 1941, and after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Bird's dad is off to war. When Kenji, a Japanese boy, begins at Bird's school, the other kids regard him suspiciously. Then Bird and Kenji wind up together in a rowboat when they see something they shouldn't: a submarine in the bay. Could there be spies in the area? When there is an explosion and a murder in town, and Kenji's uncle is blamed, Bird has a secret that could set him free. Will telling what she knows endanger her family? Will keeping her secret endanger her country?

Awards nominated: 2013 Rebecca Caudill Nominee

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/12/2012

ISBN-10: 0375846077

ISBN-13: 9780375846076

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Matt and Keith have been best friends since they were six years old, and now that they're in eighth grade, nothing has changed. Nothing has changed, except for the fact that Keith shot up five inches taller than Matt, and all the girls are interested in Keith, a good-looking athlete who stars in advertising campaigns for toothpaste. Keith's still a great friend, and he doesn't treat Matt any differently, but Matt can't help but let it sting. How will Matt survive his eighth-grade year with a best friend who gets everything Matt wants?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 4/23/2010

ISBN-10: 068986213X

ISBN-13: 9780689862137

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Annie fantasizes about the nineteeth century. She loves the formality, fashion, old-fashioned romance and courtship-basically everything about this time period! So imagine her surprise and delight when Annie finds herself in the year 1895 after exploring an old mansion that is about to be torn down. Annie finds that she loves the simplicity of this time period but when she finds herself falling in love with a boy named Strat, everything becomes very complicated. Annie goes 'back to the future' when she is framed for a murder but her love for Strat soon draws her back to 1895. Read this book to peek into the lifestyle of the 19th century and to find out which side of time Annie ends up in. Other time travel books about Annie are Out of Time, Prisoner of Time and For All Time.

Reviewed by: jb

Date read: 10/1/2010

ISBN-10: 0440219329

ISBN-13: 9780440219323

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Evyn's life is turned upside down when her widowed Dad announces 'Kids, I'm getting married ' and we're moving to Boston. These are not things 13 year old Evyn wants to hear. She thinks things are just fine the way they are even though she misses a mother she never knew who died when she was a baby. She must leave her hometown in Maine and her best friend for a completely different life. Her father who she always called 'Birdie' (short for Albert) is now Al and has a whole new look courtesy of his intended. Not to mention that his fiance has six children and now a baby on the way. Her older geek brother welcomes the chance to make a new life and becomes a stranger to her as well. Even her dog now has to sleep in a doghouse outside since one of her step sisters has an allergy to them. How will she cope with all these changes? In private, she has always conversed with her Mother, who has told her to 'bounce' with any change. But will this advice be enough for her to deal with all the changes in her life?

Awards nominated: 2013 Rebecca Caudill Nominee

Reviewed by: ewl

Date read: 5/20/2012

ISBN-13: 9780439853507

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