Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the dead is now a part of life, but Veronica wishes that the ghosts would just move on. Instead, the ghosts aren't disappearing-they're gaining power.When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica's high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he's haunted by the po...

The phenomenon that's been sweeping the country seems to be here to stay. Not only are the teenagers who have come back from their graves still here, but newlydeads are being unearthed all the time. While scientists look for answers and politicians take their stands, the undead population of Oakvale have banded together in a group they are calling the Sons of Romero, hoping to find solidarity in segregation. Phoebe Kendall may be alive, but she feels just as lost and alone as her dead frie...

Bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater's story of how Neddie, a shaman, a ghost, three pals, and a maneuver known as the French substitution determine the fate of the world.Melvin the Shaman. Sandor Eucalyptus. Billy the Phantom Bellboy. Daniel Pinkwater's weird and wonderful tale of Neddie Wentworthstein's quest to save civilization features some of the most unique heroes and villains a reader could hope to meet. Despite the heavy responsibility that Neddie must carry (not every kid ...

Four farsighted mice get glasses — and a talking cat solves a family mystery — as the charmingly eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel returns.When Mrs. Noodlekugel’s four mice make a terrible mess with cookie crumbs at tea, she decides to take them on the bus to visit the eye doctor — and invites Nick and Maxine to come along! The mice ride on Mrs. Noodlekugel’s hat, while Mr. Fuzzface, her talking cat, has the indignity of riding in a carrier. Afterward, the hungry crew hea...

A wild new adventure from the author of The Yggyssey—"Pinkwater may be my single most favorite writer in the entire world" (Cory Doctorow).Big Audrey is a girl . . .with cat's whiskers . . .and sort of cat's eyes.But is there another cat-whiskered, sort of cat-eyed girl?Big Audrey waves goodbye to her friends Iggy, Neddie, Seamus, and Crazy Wig, in Los Angeles—and hitches a ride with bongo-playing-while-driving Marlon Brando ac...

**“I loved it. Gloriously strange, funny, sensible.”—Neil GaimanBestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) *returns in classic form with the illustrated, middle-grade adventures of one young Molly O’Malley: a dwarf (well, dwarf-ish) girl who just won’t settle for a boring life in the Catskills.“Captivating, cool and crazy!” —Sam Lloyd, author of* Mr. Pusskins“A Pinkwater whirlwind in all its glory.”—...

This witty picture book from children's luminary Daniel Pinkwater and Aaron Renier offers an insider's look that will make you completely abandon everything you thought you knew about vampires!Welcome to the village of Blinsh, Pinksylvania, famous for the many vampires that call it home. With a caring look at this town not so different from our own, we hope the reader will get to know more about vampires and see that they are not so different from you or I. It is t...

Internationally bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (The Big Orange Splot) brings his zany wit and wisdom to the magical adventures of a clever girl and her brave dog. Told with warmth and wit, this is a delightful exploration of growing up, the power of family, and how sometimes the best things in life happen when you least expect them."'Now what could be more fun than that?,' the...

Daniel Pinkwater, renowned for making young readers grin and chuckle, creates an imaginative odyssey into 1950s childhood nostalgia in The Neddiad. When young Neddie Wentworthstein is accidentally left behind by his family at a train stop in the Wild West, he suddenly finds himself at the center of a whirlwind adventure involving sinister villains and extraordinary new allies-all seeming to revolve around a little jade turtle given to him by a mysterious shaman.

Kat Hats is a wild picture book starring a world-renowned cat, his trainer, and a cast of quirky characters from award-winning creators Daniel Pinkwater and Aaron Renier.Thermal Herman 6-7/8 is the top Kat Hat in Matt Katz's company. A trained cat who is able to form himself into specialty hats, Thermal Herman is world-renowned for his warmth and agility.When a friend wanders off with a brain freeze and finds themself in peril, Th...

The Snarkout Boys are back with a wackier-than-ever tale! This time there' s a monster on the loose in Baconburg, and the teens are caught in the middle of all the happenings— from the silly to the sillier.High school sophomores Waiter Gait, Winston Bongo, and Rat Matthews take time off from their nightly "snarking" (secret moviegoing) to stop in at the beatnik-style Dharma Buns Coffee House— where there's a werewolf scare in the kitchen. Is there indeed a werewolf on the prowl— or...

Mick is a good kid, but maybe he can use just a little guidance. But it's unclear who will be guiding whom, because Mick's brother came home from Tibet with the self-proclaimed Guru Lumpo Smythe-Finkel and his dog Lhasa—and then promptly settled both of them in Mick's bedroom.The thing about this kind of guru is that he doesn't seem to know exactly what he's trying to do. He sure does seem to be hungry, though.So Mick agrees to something like a quest, roaming the s...