DescriptionHere's the highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling and laugh-out-loud funny How to Lose Friends and Alienate People . When even his friends refer to him in print as "a balding, bug-eyed opportunist with the looks of a beach ball, the charis…
DescriptionWhat do you when your world is turned upside down? If you're five young rats with music in your soul and dancing in your blood, you head for the Hollow, and the chance to dance at the Boom Boom Room. But not even wise old Uncle Switchtail can prepare Benny, Fletcher, Ella, Woody, and Monk for the dangers they'll face on the way to their dream. The kids have talent, grit, and determination. Will that be enough to survive unexpected treachery, and a trip to the world of the humans? The Red-Hot Rattoons is filled with laughs, hair-breadth escapes, and enchanting characters. Even better, it vibrates with the key ingredients of all great backstage stories: heart, hope, and the unique joy that comes from chasing a dream with every ounce of strength and courage you possess.
DescriptionA sizzling young adult novel about Chad, a teenager living near the New Jersey boardwalk who becomes obsessed with the Bozo - the clown who sits above a tank of water, taunting people until they pay a couple of bucks to try to dunk him. But even as he tries to master the slashing humor of the Bozo, Chad finds he also needs to learn humor's healing power if he is to help his best friend recover from a serious illness. Emotionally rich, filled with fascinating detail about life on the Boardwalk, this is David Lubar's breakthrough novel.
DescriptionKaren Jacobs has heard plenty of stories about Glorious Pictures and its co-founders, Phil and Tony Waxman, the notorious larger-than-life twin brothers who run their company with four iron fists. Their edgy films and take-no-prisoners deal-making had ear…
