Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Stand straight, Ella Kate Stand straight, Ella Kate Kate Klise A fictionalized biography of Ella Kate Ewing, born in 1872, who was eight feet tall by the age of seventeen and who became financially independent by traveling the country for nearly twenty years app… OL15530625W
Letters from camp Letters from camp Kate Klise Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the… OL15597261W
Deliver us from Normal Deliver us from Normal Kate Klise With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything b… OL15835737W
Regarding the bees Regarding the bees Kate Klise The seventh graders at Geyser Creek Middle School are preparing for a spelling bee and a horrible standardized test called the BEE, and try to smuggle their mascot--a bee that spells--into the local … OL15839439W
Regarding the trees Regarding the trees Kate Klise In this story told primarily through letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his administrative evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, due… OL15839440W
Trial by journal Trial by journal Kate Klise In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation… OL16050057W
Till death do us bark Till death do us bark Kate Klise In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive… OL16148723W
The phantom of the post office The phantom of the post office Kate Klise With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois. OL16167342W
Grounded Grounded Kate Klise After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, continues as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother … OL16211125W
The show must go on! The show must go on! Kate Klise Two mice and a crow, who travel with a circus, cleaning up the spilled popcorn after every performance, come to the rescue when a greedy con artist takes over the management of the circus. OL17895908W
Homesick Homesick Kate Klise Benny's parents are getting divorced, his mom left and his father has become a hoarder, to make matters worse his hometown has been entered into a contest, and now the pressure is on to get the house… OL17913433W
Greetings from the Graveyard Greetings from the Graveyard Kate Klise "The unsuspecting trio at Spence Mansion starts a greeting card company--and winds up on the adventure of a lifetime!"-- The unsuspecting trio at Spence Mansion starts a greeting card company and wi… OL19977216W
The circus goes to sea The circus goes to sea Kate Klise Many surprises are in store when Miss Flora Endora Eliza LaBuena LaPasta invites Sir Sidney's Circus to travel and perform aboard her elegant ship, the SS Spaghetti. Many surprises are in store when… OL19982794W
Loch Ness punster Loch Ness punster Kate Klise Twelve-year-old Seymour Hope and his ghostly "mother" Olive go to Scotland to claim a castle inherited from Ignatius Grumply's punster uncle, Ian, but while they tend an aged tortoise and face an uns… OL20001504W
Pop goes the circus! Pop goes the circus! Kate Klise Bert the circus mouse has gone missing! The members of Sir Sidney s Circus figure he s nearby, sulking after an argument with his sister, Gert. Little do they know that he s been carried away by a ro… OL20005018W
Little Rabbit and The Meanest Mother on Earth Little Rabbit and The Meanest Mother on Earth Kate Klise Upset that his mother will not let him go out until he cleans his playroom, Little Rabbit sneaks away to join the circus and sells tickets by promising the audience a view of The Meanest Mother on Ea… OL2005031W
Over my dead body Over my dead body Kate Klise In this story told mostly through letters, busybody Dick Tater tries to ban Halloween and ghost stories, as well as to break up the popular writing team of I. B. Grumply, ghost Olive C. Spence, and e… OL2005032W