Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Lizard Music

When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how. 50,000 first printing.

How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization

The Neddiad

Big Audrey, who has cat-like whiskers, and her telephathic friend Molly set out on a journey to find out why flying saucers are landing behind the old stone barn in Poughkeepsie, New York, and, more importantly, to determine whether another cat-whiskeredgirl really exists.

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl

Walter Galt, Winston Bongo, and their female friend Rat have an adventure involving a beatnik poet and a werewolf.

The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

Walter and Winston set out to rescue the inventor of the Alligatron, a computer developed from an avocado which is the world's last defense against the space-realtors.

The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

Calef Brown

In this suspenseful series to The Neddiad, Iggy finds himself wrapped up in a dangerous mystery as Valentino, La Brea Woman, and the ghosts of Los Angeles suddenly start disappearing.

How Iggy Wondered what Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out where They Went, and Went There

The Yggyssey

A Hoboken Chicken Story

Looking for Bobowicz

Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

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Ursula Bruski

Borgel. ( Ab 12 J.).

Fat Men From Space

Leonard's life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.

The Boy from Mars

Alan Mendelsohn

A bear with a secret admirer who leaves sweet, crunchy treats outside his cave each night tries to repay the kindness with honey, but comes to find out that his new friend is smaller, cuter, and fonder of carrots than any bear.

Bear in Love

The Wild Dada Ducks members cause all sorts of mischief around their junior high school, but although the boys are not bad, they like to pretend that they are true dadaists with unintentional and irrational behavior.

Young Adult Novel

The Big Orange Splot

The talking blue moose attempts to unravel the riddle of the Moospire, a vampire moose that reportedly lurks near the town of Yellow Tooth.

The Moosepire

The Magic Goose

One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a 12-year-old into one of the world's richest people and a spiritual guru.

The Last Guru

While visiting Rochester, New York, young Eugene meets the strange Professor Ambrose McFwain and goes out with him in his boat to search for a mysterious sea monster that has been sighted on Lake Ontario.

Yobgorgle, Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario

The Popsnorkle family test drives the Tooth-Gnasher Superflash, pleased with the car's ability to turn into several different animals.

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