Wendy Mass
Author
Series
The candymakers volume 1
Language
English
Description
When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
2) Finally
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author of "11 Birthdays" delivers once again with this humorous, touching, and abundantly charming novel about a girl who has been waiting her whole life to turn 12.
After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.
3) 13 gifts
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, shy and withdrawn Tara is sent to stay with her aunt, uncle, and cousin in her parents' hometown of Willow Falls, where she makes friends and becomes involved with an elderly buyer and seller of collectibles, who seems to be trying to give Tara some kind of mysterious message.
Author
Series
Time jumpers volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
At the flea market nine-and-a-half-year-old Chase and his younger sister Ava acquire an old suitcase filled with rows of carefully packed strange objects, and when they handle one of the objects (a dragon-headed doorknob) they find themselves in King Arthur's castle, on a mission to save the King--and pursued by a strange man whom they first saw at the flea market, who is after their suitcase.
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 2
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy tale, relating events from the perspectives of the young princess and her valiant prince--whose mother has ogre blood.
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to the Natural History Museum, Chase and Ava seem on the verge of finding out something important about the mysterious Randall, the missing scientist Finn, and the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects, when the dinosaur egg from the suitcase (they thought it was a potato) sends them back to dinosaur times--where they have to return the egg to the correct brontosaurus nest, while eluding hungry dinosaurs, and Randall,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This time a strange flashing cube from the magic suitcase sends them to a nearby city, Hadenstown, in the future, and they find themselves surrounded by flying cars, tall glass buildings, and robots; but Randall is also there, and the two children must scramble to figure out just what the mysterious cube is and get it back where it belongs--and their quest brings Chase face-to-face with his future self, Professor Teslar.
9) 11 birthdays
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Robin Hood and Marian are thrown together on a quest that requires bravery, quick-witted escapes, and the ability to get along, they discover there is no limit to what they can do together.
11) Bob
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Series
Twice upon a time volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When you're stuck with the name Beauty, people expect a lot from you - like beauty and grace and courage and a sense of style. But what if you have none of these things? What if all you like to do is read books and search for odd objects that other people drop? Oh, and you have a perfect older sister who really should have had your name instead of you. And when you're a prince, you're supposed to be athletic and commanding and brave and tall. But...
Author
Series
The candymakers volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy embark on a tour to promote the winning candy bar and experience an adventurous journey full of hidden treasures, secret worlds, and candy.
16) Lo and behold
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With her life recently turned upside down, 12-year-old Addie is uncomfortable in her own skin until the world of virtual reality sparks her imagination and leads to an exciting new project, a new friend, and to reconnecting with who she's always been"--
17) The last present
Author
Series
Willow Falls series volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Children's birthdays are always strange in Willow Falls, but when Connor's little sister Grace falls into a frozen state on her tenth birthday, Amanda and Leo must travel back in time to find out what force prevented Angelina from casting the blessing that would have protected her.
Author
Series
Time jumpers volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ava and Chase want some more information before they embark on another adventure in time, but the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects is not being helpful, and when Chase picks up the scarab of King Tutankamun they find themselves transported not to ancient Egypt, but to Egypt on the day King Tut's tomb is discovered--and they must get the artefact back into the tomb while avoiding Randall who has arrived before them.
19) Pi in the sky
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joss, the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, must team up with a human girl to re-create Earth, when the planet is accidentally erased from existence.
Author
Series
Voyagers (Random House) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Voyagers have made it to the last planet but must acquire a seventh element, combat dragons and an alien clone, and face serious illness before returning to Earth.