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In 1948 Milwaukee, twelve-year-old Nick's expectations for summer crumble when he ends up working at a frozen custard stand at the zoo, but with a competitor who plays dirty tricks and a runaway polar bear Nick's summer turns out more eventful than he imagined.

In this historical fiction companion to The Rhino in Right Field, Nick's summer gets way more exciting when a polar bear escapes from the local zoo?perfect for fans of Stuart Gibbs and The One and Only Ivan.It's 1948, and twelve-year-old Nick is ready for the best summer ever. He's going to hang out with his best pal, Ace, and maybe with Penny too?she is a girl, but she has a great throwing arm! Then things get wild when a polar bear escapes f...

Laugh-out-loud fun…A winner in every way." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Funny and good-hearted." —Publishers Weekly A boy who loves baseball must get past his hard-working immigrant parents—and the rhino in the outfield—to become a batboy in this laugh-out-loud middle grade novel in the tradition of The Sandlot.Nick wants to change his life. For twelve years, he's done what his hard-working, immigrant parents want him to do. Now he's look...

A boy who loves baseball must get past his hardworking immigrant parents--and the rhino in the outfield--to become a batboy for the local minor league team in this laugh-out-loud novel in the tradition of "The Sandlot.

An enchanted coin. A witch's curse. And rats, rats everywhere! What's a boy to do? "Fresh and satisfying for middle grade readers” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). When Rudi Bauer accidentally takes a witch's coin, he unleashes her curse. Accident or not, he knows he's got to fix things, so he tries to return the coin, only to lose it on the witch's magic mountain just as the snows come. Plagued all winter by terrible dreams, Rudi tries to f...

Twelve-year-old Rudi stumbles upon a witch's lair while out hunting, takes a gold coin he finds there but loses it again, then must deal with the witch's servant who promises to end the town's rat infestation only if he receives that gold coin, in a story reminiscent of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Illustrations.

Magic beans quickly lead to danger in this standalone companion to The Brixen Witch, which Kirkus Reviews called "fresh and satisfying” in a starred review. When Rudi Bauer sets out for town one morning to trade, he never dreams that Susanna Louisa will sell his family's cow—for magic beans, no less! But that's exactly what she does, and the consequences will be disastrous unless Rudi can return the magic beans to their rightful owner, the ev...

Magic beans quickly lead to danger in this standalone companion to The Brixen Witch, which Kirkus Reviews called "fresh and satisfying” in a starred review.When Rudi Bauer sets out for town one morning, he never dreams that Susanna Louisa will sell his family's cow—for magic beans, no less! But that's exactly what she does, and the consequences will be disastrous unless Rudi can return the magic beans to their rightful owner, the evil witch of...

In this fast-paced thriller, the action revolves around a frustrated but strong-willed teen girl who finds herself as both rescuer and abductor of a child at risk.