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Series
Genius Files volume 1
Language
English
Description
On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files.
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 3
Language
English
Description
Twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald dodge criminals all the way to Graceland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In honor of Presidents' Day, A.J. and Andrea from Ella Mentry will compete against their Dirk School rivals in the ultimate Presidents' Day Challenge! The winning school will get bragging rights, a free trip to an amusement park, and a top-secret prize. The only problem is that A.J. doesn't know anything about U.S. presidents unless it involves their use of toilets! Will A.J. and Andrea be able to work together as a team and bring home the win?
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fun, funny, and informative guide to the weird world of American politics. How does the president get his job? How do people know who will win an election before everybody's voted? Do the candidates hate each other? Dan Gutman takes on his strangest subject ever: the American political system. Reaching through history from the days of the founding fathers to today's voting system, Gutman tackles complex subjects in a clear, easy-to-understand...
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
6) Ted & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. Includes notes about Williams' life and career.
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Series
My weirder school volume 8
Language
English
Description
In this eighth book in the My Weirder School series, college professor Dr. Nicholas visits A.J.'s class to help the students improve their standardized test scores in history. The weird thing is, Dr. Nicholas doesn't care about the date Christopher Columbus came to America, who wrote the Declaration of Independence, or other important historical facts. She's more interested in weird information like the history of the toilet bowl! She even built a...
8) Jim & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 8
Language
English
Description
He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero-until his medals were taken away. Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe-an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame. His name was disgraced. Join Stosh and Fuller on a quest to save Jim's...
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tween twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald have finally reached the last leg of their wacky and dangerous cross-country road trip, but they must fend off a host of strange assassins before they reach their home in California"--
10) Roberto & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 10
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sometimes you can change history . . . and sometimes history can change you.
When Stosh travels into the past to meet Roberto Clemente, a legendary ballplayer and a beloved humanitarian, he's got only one goal: warning Roberto not to get on the doomed plane that will end his life in a terrible crash. In the sixties, Stosh meets free-spirited Sunrise, and together they travel across the country to a ball game that leaves them breathless—and
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Series
Language
English
Description
Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School! Did you know that the word "independence" never appears in the Declaration of Independence? Did you know that soldiers in World War I collected thousands of glowworms in jars to help them see at night? Learn more weird-but-true U.S. history facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman's bestselling My Weird School series. This all-new series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts,...
12) Never say genius
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
As their cross-country journey with their parents continues through the midwest, twins Coke and Pepsi, now thirteen, again face strange assassins at such places as the first McDonald's restaurant and Cedar Point amusement park.
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Series
Flashback Four volume 4
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Flashback Four are coerced by a secret government organization, NOYB, to travel to July 1804 Weehawken, New Jersey, to witness the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 4
Language
English
Description
The McDonald twins are on a road trip to the Southwest dodging villains and see true American landmarks.
15) Satch & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Language
English
Description
"You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever? " Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast-whether it's his talking, driving, or getaways. But...
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Miss Z, a mysterious billionaire and a collector of rare photographs, is sending her four recruits back in time on a mission to capture, for the first time, one of the most important moments in American history--Abraham Lincoln giving his famous Gettysburg address"--
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel are headed to the deck of the doomed Titanic. Their mission? Capture a shot of the sinking ship, then come right back. The only problem is, once they arrive aboard the ship, the four friends can?t agree on what to do next. Should they try to save the passengers? Or maybe bring back a priceless book before it sinks with the ship? With real historical photographs to put young readers right in the action, plus back matter...
18) Mickey & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Language
English
Description
"This chapter book series by Dan Gutman is a more advanced version of the Magic Tree House series where the historical adventures are all baseball focused. I highly recommend this book to baseball fans and action/adventure fans" (Brightly. com). When Joe Stoshack's dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident, he has two words to say to his son: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power-with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this jaw-dropping final installment of New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's action-packed series, four risk-taking friends travel back in time to record the most infamous duel in American history.
Billionaire Miss Z might be out of the picture, but a top-secret agency wants to send Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel on one final mission. This time, the Flashback Four are headed to Weehawken, New Jersey-in 1804-to videotape the fateful duel...
20) Willie & Me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
With more than 1.5 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures series brings the greatest players in history to life. Featuring black-and-white photographs and stats throughout, plus back matter separating fact from fiction, Willie & Me is the perfect mix of history and action for every young baseball fan. Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh's help. In 1951,...
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