Alan Bennet is a very popular guy in Cayuta High. He's a star football player, has got the looks, and is going steady with one of the prettiest girls there, Leah. Duncan Stein, however, is going prematurely bald, wears huge glasses, lives on a rehabilitation center for alcoholics, and is nicknamed Doomed by everyone because he doesn't fit in. When Duncan invents a very strange newspaper called REMOTE, something happens. Somehow, the big geek has everyone's attention, and Alan doesn't.
Bobby isn't your typical teenager from Dublin. He's part of a gang that steals cars, money, phones, iPods, and anything they can get their hands on. It's hard- wired into his brain. So, when his ma makes him move to the middle-of-nowhere to keep him out of trouble, naturally, Bobby isn't happy. He tries to find a way back to Dublin, but instead ends up having to work on a farm for his landlord. From them, Bobby hears about the child who got murdered in the house he's living in, and the previous tenant who disappeared.
David Church has a daddy who is a doctor, and when David was a baby, his father hung a toy skeleton over his crib so he would learn the bones, just like his daddy. That was then, but now David has a friend named Malcolm. The two boys run around town looking for a stuffed civil war arm, avoiding a chicken from down under, and pretending to be cavemen. They are a fine pair of friends, except for one problem, Malcolm is black and David's daddy is racist. Malcolm is banned from playing with David and entering his house, and if he gets caught, Dr. Church will shoot him on the spot.
The Curse of the Campfire Weenies was an exciting collection of warped and creepy tales that sent chills up your spine. The book includes thirty-five tales, some of which are scary, many funny, and others just plain odd. You'll learn about the frightening Wanderban, what happens when parents count to three, and why some trees can be "unforgiving." Why do pigeons live in the city, and what happens with magic chalk? You'll find all the answers and more in the Curse of the Campfire Weenies.
In this novel by Mary Hershey, you'll meet Alastair, an amputee who is forced to visit his ex-father in California. While living with his dad, Alastair tries to come up with a plan to make his father regret leaving his family. Alastair also meets his step mom, a double amputee who tries the best she can to be a great step, but Alastair is determined to find a way to get back home. Alastair (or Stump) meets Jesse, who encourages him to enter in an athletic race.
