Bob Balaban
1) Sink or Swim
Author
Description
There's a thief in town, and all signs point to twelve-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie's teachers decide that all he needs is a little discipline, so they make him join the swim team. The only problem is, Charlie is terrified of the water. (He's terrified of a lot of things.) Charlie and his friends vow to...
2) Good dog!
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"When a heroic deed lands McGrowl in the local newspaper, his original owner, Edwina Tuttle, spots her former pet -- and invites McGrowl to her house for a visit. So Thomas and McGrowl set off on an exciting journey to see Edwina. But their trip becomes a wild-goose chase. The mastermind behind it all may be the evil Milton Smudge. And this time, he's determined to trap McGrowl ... no matter what it takes!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Thomas's class is taking a weekend nature trip to Devil's Island, and his bionic best friend is coming along for the fun. But danger is in the air. Legend has it there's a secret volcano on the island. Could someone be plotting to activate it and destroy Thomas's nearby hometown.
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 5
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Thomas and McGrowls new neighbors run an obedience school for dogs, however, Thomas suspects a sinister plan.
Author
Series
McGrowl volume 6
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
McGrowl, a bionic super dog, investigates when one of his puppies disappears. Is his enemy Milton Smudge behind this?
9) Puppy tales
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
McGrowl, a bionic super dog, investigates when one of his puppies disappears.
Author
Series
Creature from the seventh grade volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"Shortly after spontaneously morphing into a giant mutant dinosaur, 12-year-old Charlie Drinkwater discovers he's not the only creature in town"--
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
12) Georgia O'Keeffe
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Description
Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
13) Thunderstruck
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Description
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen murdered his wife and tried to escape London on a ship to America in the early twentieth century. He was caught in part due to the new invention of the wireless by Guglielmo Marconi, which was used on the ship. Larson draws from letters, memoirs, Scotland Yard reports, and other documents in telling the story and filling in its historical context of the Edwardian era.
14) The Mexican
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
17) Jakob the liar
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
After being detained at Gestapo headquarters and overhearing a radio report of a Russian victory, Jacob passes along the good news but has to prove himself.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Paris 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Rare Bird cabaret, and an eccentric scientist and his irascible monkey to save the monster (who turns out to be oversized but harmless as a flea) from the city's ruthlessly ambitious police chief.
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Paris 1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Rare Bird cabaret, and an eccentric scientist and his irascible monkey to save the monster (who turns out to be oversized but harmless as a flea) from the city's ruthlessly ambitious police chief.
20) A mighty wind
Description
In this mock-documentary, three folk groups from the 60's--Mitch and Mickey, the Folksmen, and the New Main Street Singers--reunite for a memorial concert in New York City following the death of a legendary folk manager.