From New York Times bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes more upside-down fun in the fifth book of this hilarious series.When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Nory and the kids in Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class always have umbrellas nearby, just in case. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. And yet the more she rains, the worse she feels . . . and the worse she feels, the more she rains. Nory, meanwhile, can't wait to celebrate her first Bing Day-her town's magical holiday. There's even a parade! Too bad she's stuck doing her Bing Day class project with drippy Willa. To make things worse, Elliott seems to be taking Willa's side on everything. All the storminess is threatening to flood the UDM friendships. Will they drown in misery? Or can they use their magic to make the storm clouds disappear?
驚悚點子貌似永遠不見枯竭的恐怖大師帶來又一場盛大的夏日驚駭饗宴。背負家計重擔的少年遇見了名叫雷達的狗與牠年邁的主人，從老人臨終前的手中接過的那捲錄音帶裡，有著某人守了一輩子的秘密，通往另一個世界的秘密…Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours.Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is 17, he meets a dog named Radar and his aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a ca
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Lewis and Rose Rita have to participate in a talent show whether they like it or not. When they come up with the idea of doing a fake magic show, they decide to borrow some books on stage magic from a
★ 加州大學最熱門課程「愛情社會學」＋十年研究＋百次專訪＝化敗為勝的愛情！★ 出版者週刊好評推薦！★ 美國亞馬遜４顆星好評推薦！無論是平凡的普通人也好、高度敏感纖細的人也好，我們大多會一頭栽進某個特定的愛情模式裡，藉以在潛意識中回溯過往，重演某個事件，然後期望一切的一切最後都會如我們所願；但因為我們一直沒能從中找到解決的竅門，所以說，同樣的愛情模式會一再重複是相當稀鬆平常的。由於竭盡所能地想重新和童年往事面對面，在我們心底，那個重塑理想過往的渴望就一直難以平息，尤其，我們暗地裡總想藉機「撥亂反正」、彌補過失、重建從前所失去的操控權。愛情，正巧提供了回到從前最有效的途徑；我們之所以會執迷於某種典型的愛情，正因為它讓我們想起一些未解的難題，所以我們才會一再淪陷其中。我們通常都以為「溝通不良」或者「缺乏自我」是愛情問題中的主要癥結，但本書作者瑪莎‧彌爾門表示，女性的愛情永遠都不脫以下七種主要的愛情模式，以及背後所分別揭示的早年生活經歷和背景，這可以協助你發覺及了解你是屬於那些不自覺的愛情模式，知悉它的起源和潛藏意義： • 初戀：遠走高飛與歸巢（First Love: Escape and Recapture） • 師生戀式的愛情（Pygmalion: The Mentor and the Protegee） • 全蝕狂愛（Obsessive Love） • 麻雀變鳳凰式的愛情（The Downstairs Woman and the Upstairs Man） • 犧牲奉獻式的愛情（Sacrifice: Guilt Overwhelms Desire） • 羅賓漢式的愛情：達到母親辦不到的目標（Rescue: Doing What Your Mother Could Not） • 不畏時間、不懼艱險式的愛情（The Courage to Love: Overcoming Postponement and Avoidance）本書是她根據她在加州大學聖塔˙克魯斯分校開設的「愛情社會學」及十多年的資料蒐集，擷取自像是《北非諜影》、《致命的吸引力》、《麻雀變鳳凰》等電影，以及諸如夏綠蒂‧勃朗特的《簡愛》、《傲慢與偏見》等小說的例證，證明這七種愛情模式只不過是反映人生早年的經驗，解釋其中潛藏的需求與情感，同時也指出潛意識的選擇如何左右愛情的成敗，藉由發現我們正在重演的故事有助於我
Now a major motion picture!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.The next installment in the hilarious Bad Guys series!
詭異的紫色蠟筆，竟然讓毛毛兔不忍卒睹的成績突飛猛進？但當它露出可怕的真面目時，毛毛兔該怎麼做，才能對抗恐怖的蠟筆怪？《我不怕內褲怪！》作者再次獻上克服恐懼，面對問題的爆笑恐怖故事。From the team behind the New York Times bestselling Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Pair of Underwear! comes the third in this hilariously spooky series about a young rabbit and his peculiar encounters-featuring a sinister crayon!Jasper Rabbit has a problem: he is NOT doing well in school. His spelling tests? Disasters. His math quizzes? Frightening to behold. But one day, he finds a crayon lying in the gutter. Purple. Pointy. Perfect. Somehow...it looked happy to see him. And it wants to help. At first, Jasper is excited. Everything is going great. His spelling is fantastic. His math is stupendous. And best of all, he doesn't have to do ANY work! But then the crayon starts acting weird. It's everywhere, and it wants to do everything. And Jasper must find a way to get rid of it before it takes over his life. The only problem? The creepy crayon will not leave.
It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And consequently, Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra credit project: find a pen pal in a distant country. But when Abby’s first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, complications arise. The elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well, but the only qualified English-speaking student is a boy. And in this village, it’s not proper for a boy to correspond with a girl. So, Sadeed’s sister will dictate and sign the letters for him. But what about the villagers who believe that girls should not be anywhere near a school? And what about those who believe that any contact with Americans is...unhealthy?As letters flow back and forth—between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of central Asia, across cultural and religious divides, through the minefields of different lifestyles and traditions—a
Dany's sketchbook is at it again, but this time it's not Dany's doing!Dany and Madison are living a new reality. Rather than best friends, the pair now believe they are twins―and that isn't the only p
A hilarious new series about best friends Bobo and Pup-Pup--a monkey and a dog with very different personalities. This graphic chapter book series is perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie.Bobo and Pup-Pup are making a cake! Pup-Pup reads the ingredients and Bobo gathers them. Sugar and butter, no problem! Bobo brings salt and lemons. But wait, those are not on the ingredient list! Bobo nabs a lot of things that are not in the recipe. Well, it's an experiment! It will still taste great...won't it? Even if the result isn't perfect, Bobo and Pup-Pup are happy to spend time together. Doing things with your best friend is always fun! This hilarious and relatable graphic chapter book will have kids ages 5-8 laughing out loud while gaining confidence in reading. Readers will be eager to devour the companion book in the series, We Love Bubbles! Graphic chapter books serve as a great bridge to graphic novels and longer chapter books.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.OK. It’s time to stop messin’ around . . . In this book, the One IS going to be reunited with the Others. You ARE going to actually meet the REAL DREAD OVERLORD SPLAARGHÖN. And ONE CHARACTER is going to change EVERYTHING you thought you knew. This is the one you’ve been waiting for!
My name's Archie Albright, and I know two things for certain: 1. My mum and dad kind of hate each other, and they're not doing a great job of pretending that they don't anymore. 2.They're both keeping a secret from me, but I can't figure out what. Things aren't going great for Archie Albright. His dad's acting weird, his mum too, and he all he wants is for everything to go back to normal, to three months before when his parents were happy and still lived together.When Archie sees a colourful, crumpled flyer fall out of Dad's pocket, he thinks he may have found the answer. Only problem? The answer might just lie at the end of the rainbow, an adventure away. Together with his best friends, Bell and Seb, Archie sets off on a heartwarming and unforgettable journey to try and fix his family, even if he has to break a few rules to do it...A rainbow-coloured, joy-filled celebration of love, family and being true to yourself, from a hugely exciting new talent. Perfect for fans of Lisa Thompson
Did you know that ants have jobs? Ants may not look like they are doing anything important, but each ant that lives in a hill has a special job, whether it is cleaning the nest, digging new tunnels or
A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thingMeet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy No
The eighth book in a thrilling, magical, and action-packed new fantasy series, illustrated throughout and perfect for 7-9 year olds!In the land of Draconis, there are no dragons. Once, there were. Once, humans and dragons were friends, and created the great city of Rivven together.But then came the Dragon Storm, and the dragons retreated from the world of humans. To the men and women of Draconis, they became legends and myth. When Princess Skye returns to Rivven she discovers a city in chaos.After an attack by the fearsome dragon Firedreamer, everyone is preparing to go to war with the Dragonseer Guild!But Skye knows the Guild is not a threat, and something is terribly wrong. Can she stop it before the dragons disappear forever and in doing so find her own dragon, Soulsinger?The eighth book in an exciting new fantasy series from the highly acclaimed author of Orion Lost, brilliantly illustrated throughout, and perfect for fans of Beast Quest and Dragon Mountain.
