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  • af Arthur Slade
    142,95 kr.

    Can two modern-day kids solve the mystery of the ghost that haunts the old hotel--or will they be trapped in the past forever?Walter Biggar Bronson (a.k.a. Wart) and his friend Cindy meet a ghost one night after school. The small, mournful boy leads them across the Broadway Bridge to the gracious Bessborough Hotel. After a strange incident in the elevator, they find themselves still in the hotel-but back in 1936.Some spooky things are going on. The room numbers are all mixed up. The library on the mezzanine is filled with hundreds of copies of the same book. And out on the street, the cars are all the same-vintage Studebakers.Back in the present, Wart and Cindy follow their motto-"Gather, identify, solve"-as they attempt to crack the case, with help from Wart's distinctly odd parents and the loan of his mother's time-travel-proof cell phone.If they fail, they may be trapped in the ghostly past forever . . .

  • af Arthur Slade
    142,95 kr.

    Can two kids stop a sinister plot to steal the brain power of the people of Nanaimo?Someone is delivering plates of scrumptious Nanaimo bars to every household in Nanaimo, and the people who eat them are behaving very strangely. Gordon Whillickers doesn't get to eat his because, at the last minute, a hairy arm reaches through his window and steals them. He and Sophia chase after the thief and meet an amazing Sasquatch named Cheryl, who is also puzzled by the sudden appearance of the mouth-watering delicacies.With the help of Cheryl and the technological wizardry of a local librarian, the two kids move ever closer to the alien creature at the centre of the plot. They must stop him before the Nanaimoites' IQs are lost forever!

  • af Arthur Slade
    144,95 kr.

    Terror stalks the halls of St. Wolcott School . . .When Daphne's sixth-grade teacher, Miss Vindez, plummets from the belfry of St. Wolcott School, Daphne and her friends Nick and Peach are plunged into a mystery that includes a long-ago fire that left behind twelve dead schoolchildren, tiny ghosts with nowhere to go, and an ancient evil just dying to break through into modern-day Moose Jaw.Miss Vindez survives her fall, but things just aren't the same-she's spouting gibberish, and both Principal Peterka and the school janitor are definitely not themselves at all any more.Determined to get to the bottom of what's going on, Daphne, Nick, and Peach dig up the troubled history of Grudstone, the school that used to stand where St. Wolcott is now. They uncover evidence of a crime so terrible it can hardly be believed. Worse, the terrifying perpetrator of that crime isn't done yet-he has more horrible plans in mind. And all that stands in his way are three Moose Jaw school kids.

  • af Arthur Slade
    87,95 kr.

    A famous father. A brilliant mind. Can he survive grad week? Percy's father, a famous anthropologist, died in Africa four years ago; and Percy has taken on his father's eyes to see the world as a brilliant Observer. He and his friend Elissa are fascinated by the ritualistic world called Grade Twelve: the Jock tribe; the Teacher tribe; the Born Again tribe; the Cool and Detached tribe; the Lipstick/Hairspray tribe, not to mention Mr. Verplaz, the Shaman. For Percy it's crucial to withdraw, analyze, and remain above it all. But wait--he's studying real people, who complicate things. Like Elissa, the only person who can come close to him, maybe too close. The only person who knows how painful it was last year when their best friend Willard died. As graduation approaches, the looming ritual ratchets up Percy's deepest, hidden feelings and reveals the truth about his father's disappearance.

  • af Arthur Slade
    117,95 kr.

    In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Michael accidentally finds himself in an alternate universe being chased by scary lizard men in gray suits.

  • af Arthur Slade
    157,95 kr.

    From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Cold War to spy scandals, this book recreates the tensions of the Diefenbaker era, when the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war.

  • af Arthur Slade
    127,95 kr.

    The wolf chased after her in her dream. It was such a horrible nightmare. Even worse when it became real...When Angie dreams about being devoured by a giant wolf, her parents tell her it is only her imagination. But later, while on vacation in Iceland with her grandfather and two cousins, she begins to wonder if the dream wasn't a warning. First, there are strange scratches outside her window. Then she finds out that sheep have recently been disappearing from her uncle's farm. But it isn't until she and her cousins go to the old croft house that they discover the horrifying truth.

  • af Arthur Slade
    97,95 kr.

    Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead is the most fun anyone can have with some of the nastiest creatures ever imagined! Who can resist morsels like the fact that "Drakul” means "son of the dragon” in Romanian, that the first Golem may have been Enkidu, who appeared in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, and that Frankenstein's Monster was first inspired by Mary Shelley's nightmare?Governor General's Award-winner Arthur Slade has gathered together fifteen scary critters, ranging from Dracula to Golem, from Frankenstein to Baba Yaga and even a zombie. He provides facts, real history, imagined history, and lots of jokes to make these creatures come to life. Slade's hilarious text presents delicious imagined gossip, favorite blood types, favorite movies, and even favorite haunts (you should pardon the expression) with character descriptions and thoroughly researched background information. Lively black-and-white illustrations by Derek Mah make this a book that is sure to be a hit with every monster-loving reader.

  • af Arthur Slade
    112,95 kr.

    In a small town, a long lost relative is coming back from the dead..."Are you afraid of the dead?" her grandfather asked.Sarah Asmundson will discover the answer to that question. She, along with her twin brother Micheal and their cousin Angie go to visit their grandfather in Gimli, Manitoba for the summer. They come prepared for a quiet vacation in the rural community and their grandfather''s scary stories based on Icelandic mythology; however all of this changes when events from the story about a draugr--a man who comes back from the dead--begin to happen around them. A tale to frighten and entertain the young and the young at heart.The first book in the bestselling series by Arthur SladeGet Draugr today!

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