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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Haunted House of Books not only contains a comprehensive collection of books about scary things; it's also a wonderland of "atmosfear, " thanks to proprietor Mr. Rapscallion's penchant for incorporating sneaky pranks, like candles that wink out on their own or a mummy that slowly lurches from its casket. For 12-year-old Billy Shivers, it's a dream come true, and even though Mr. Rapscallion is reluctant to have the boy around, eventually Billy...
4) Worser
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Joneses have just won the Great Montgomery Book Emporium in a contest, and it's every book lover's dream! The pull of a lever calls forth a room full of marvelous wonders -- from the Room of Woodland tales with its squirrels and mice, to the rocket ship in the Room of Space Adventures, and the aquarium ceiling in the Room of Ocean Tales. But there is more to the Emporium than its thousands of books in extravagant displays. In fact, the previous...
Author
Series
Archie Greene volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archie Greene has lived with his grandmother since he was a baby, but when a mysterious package arrives on his twelfth birthday with instructions to take it to a strange bookshop in Oxford, he finds himself involved with a secret society of people who protect the world's magical books, and discovers that he has family he never knew about.
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