Theme: Eccentrics and eccentricities

Horton Halfpott

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Tom Angleberger’s latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M’Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it’s never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of “the Loosening,” the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes [...]

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My Name Is Mina

By Book Importer | Published: April 3, 2012

Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes out the window, witness to the moon’s silvery light. In the stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. This is when Mina feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free. A blank notebook lies on the [...]

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The Ghosts of Gribblesea Pier

By Book Importer | Published: February 16, 2012

Aurelie Bonhoffen, who has grown up in the circus, discovers a remarkable family secret on her twelfth birthday that may help in dealing with a sinister man who wants to take over her family’s pier.

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Four Kids, Three Cats, Two Cows, One Witch (Maybe)

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

Beverly, who is bossy and a bit of a snob, convinces her cautious friend Elizabeth to accompany her on an adventure to the island off the coast. Gerard, Beverly’s messy brother who is barely tolerated by the girls, insists on going with them and brings his cat. Things begin to look up when at the [...]

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The Kneebone Boy

By Book Importer | Published: May 12, 2011

Life in a small town can be pretty boring when everyone avoids you like the plague. But after their father unwittingly sends them to stay with an aunt who’s away on holiday, the Hardscrabble children take off on an adventure that begins in the seedy streets of London and ends in a peculiar sea village [...]

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Younguncle Comes to Town

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

In a small town in northern India, three siblings await their father’s youngest brother, Younguncle, who is said to be somewhat eccentric.

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