David Michael Slater
Author
Description
An unapologetic critique of major flaws in the American education system.
David Michael Slater's We're Doing It Wrong is a thought-provoking dissection of the issues plaguing American public schools. Each chapter identifies a major problem in the education system, exploring its roots and repercussions. Unafraid to ruffle a few feathers, We're Doing It Wrong highlights defects in policy and theory, calls out administration, and questions long-held...
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Maddie, Max, and Theo have come to the most haunted neighborhood in the most haunted city in America and they're staying in the spooky Vampire house. While their father searches for evidence to prove its blood-sucker is fake, they set out on a search of their own through a city of the dead to a crumbling voodo shack. The Mattigan kids are on the case but sometimes even the most clever plan can be a recipe for disaster.
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
With Bigfoot safely stashed in their basement, Maddie, Max, And Theo Mattigan are off to Las Vegas with their dad. His plan is to prove there are no aliens on the loose there. But now that his kids know mysterious monsters are real, they're making plans of their own. They'll need clever disguises, a well-hidden walkie-talkie--and more than a few broken eggs--to find out, once and for all, what's hidden in the notorious Area 51.
10) The collector
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 6
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Maddie, Max, and Theo Mattigan know everything now. They've solved the mystery of their Monsters' history, and even of their own. But happily ever after doesn't seem to be how their story was meant to end. There's an evil creature out there, more mysterious and monstrous than anything they could imagine. And it's coming for them. This time, the hunters have become the hunted.
11) Missy Swiss
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Missy Swiss wants to be the hero of the refrigerator, but when she fails, everyone pitches in to save the day.
14) Bigfoot
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
The Mattigan kids don't believe in things that go bump in the night. After all, their dad is famous for proving such things are impossible. But, when their long-lost grandpa Joe shows up with his mysterious monsters journal, begging for help, the siblings find themselves drawn into a search for Bigfoot.
15) The vanishing
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"To save her best friend from the horrors of Nazi Germany, an invisible girl must embark on an utterly unforgettable journey of redemption and revenge"--Page 4 of cover.
17) Werewolf
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
With Bigfoot safely stashed in their basement, Maddie, Max, and Theo Mattigan are off to Las Vegas with their dad. His plan is to prove there are no aliens on the loose there.
But now that his kids know Mysterious Monsters are real, they're making plans of their own. They'll need clever disguises, a well-hidden walkie-talkie—and more than a few broken eggs—to find out once and for all what's hidden in the notorious Area 51.
18) Ghost
Author
Series
Mysterious monsters volume 4
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
It is getting harder to hide the monsters in "Motel Mattigan" from their dad. The Mattigan kids are eager to collect a new creature, but sorting out the truth will force them to look inside themselves. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Chapter Books is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.
19) Comin' through
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
To make friends at his new school, Jeremy causes all kinds of messes for the new janitor, but he learns that popularity is not everything, especially when it hurts the ones he loves.