Dave Barry
Author
Series
The worst-- (Dave Barry) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them.
2) Lunatics
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An uproarious tale told in alternating voices follows the stories of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who find themselves on the run from police, terrorists, and a pizza chain mascot. One character, Philip Horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids' soccer. The other, Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled with goddamned jerks and morons, and he's having a really...
Author
Publisher
Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
C2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys, is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures who are after starstuff hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it's up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the creatures' clutches...
5) Insane city
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Astonished by his imminent marriage to a woman he believed out of his league, Seth flies to their destination wedding in Florida only to be swept up in a maelstrom of violence involving rioters, Russian gangsters, angry strippers, and a desperate python.
Author
Publisher
Disney Editions/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sarah and Aidan begin to decipher a mysterious document that refers to the origins of Peter Pan and are suddenly pursued by a being that can take any form and will stop at nothing to get what it wants from them.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Stumbling across a long-lost treasure, single mother Jesse Braddock must figure out how to keep it out of the hands of villains, while Ken Bortle, to lure tourists to his failing store, invents the "Everglades Melon Monster," inspiring a horde of TikTokers to swarm the swamp, inciting mayhem and hilarity
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"During the course of living (mumble, mumble) years, Dave Barry has learned much of wisdom,* (*actual wisdom not guaranteed) and he is eager to pass it on--to the next generation, the generation after that, and to those idiots who make driving to the grocery store in Florida a death-defying experience"--
Author
Publisher
Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy. Faced with the obstacles and challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn how to live his best life. From "Make New Friends" (an unfortunate fail when he can't overcome his dislike for mankind) to "Don't Stop Having Fun" (validating...
Author
Series
Never Land volume 3
Publisher
Disney Editions
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
While investigating the strange behavior of the once-peaceful mermaids, the Lost Boys battle their old nemesis, Captain Hook, whose evil plan threatens to destroy the Mollusk village and change life on Neverland Island forever.