Bøger af Patrick Carman

Harold Fuzzwonker, Floyd, and the Fizzies are under attack: Floozombies have invaded Pflugerville! Bestselling author Patrick Carman and Emmy-winning illustrator Brian Sheesley return with the second book in the hilarious and zany Fizzopolis series, perfect for fans of Big Nate and Stick Dog.What do you get when you mix burptastic Fuzzwonker Fizz with crummy Flooze candy in the Fizzomatic machine? Floozombies, of course!Harold Fuzzwonker, his best good buddy, Floyd, and the Fizzies have a real problem on their hands, in the shape of slimy, gloppy monsters. Not only must Harold protect Floyd and the secret recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz from the sneaky Snood family, he also has to stop the Floozombies before they take over the town, all while guarding the biggest secret of all: Fizzopolis!

Welcome to Fizzopolis! Home to the world's greatest soda pop, Fuzzwonker Fizz, and the Fizzies?fuzzy, fizzy creatures that live only in Fizzopolis. Join Harold and Floyd in this wacky new illustrated series from bestselling author Patrick Carman and Emmy Award?winning illustrator Brian Sheesley.Harold Fuzzwonker is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary fizzy friend, Floyd. But Floyd's a secret?like a top super-secret. Harold must protect him, as well as the family recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz, from the evil Snood Candy Factory. But it's hard to guard a secret when he's your best good buddy and he always escapes from your backpack!Harold chronicles his epic adventures?with a little artistic help from Floyd?that are sure to have Fuzzwonker Fizz squirting out your nose!

Bestselling author Patrick Carman and Emmy Award-winning illustrator Brian Sheesley will have fans of Big Nate and Timmy Failure bubbling over with laughter in this third installment of the Fizzopolis series. Help! Gone missing: 100,000 bottles of Fuzzwonker Fizz! Harold Fuzzwonker and his best good buddy, Floyd, find Fizzopolis in a state of emergency. No Fuzzwonker Fizz! Only one villainous and crummy candy family could have stolen it: the Snoods. Harold and Floyd go on their wildest mission yet and must rescue all the Fuzzwonker Fizz bottles to save Fizzopolis. Burps everywhere are counting on them!

Skeleton Creek is a fast-paced mystery that alternates between book and videos. Sarah and Ryan have followed clues and discovered secret societies. They've found their answers. Or so they thought...

There's something in Jenny's armpit, and it's getting bigger. Ten-year-old Jenny Kim and her two buddies, Fen Stenson and Barker Mifflin, live in the town of Nevermind, where strange happenings are so normal that finding a mysterious thing growing in your armpit isn't even considered a big deal en the mysterious thing gets so big Jenny has to haul it around in a wheelbarrow, it's cause for concern. She's going to need some help sorting this out! Enter Fen Stenson and Barker Mifflin--dancing Swedish exchange student and doomsday prepper extraordinaire--and you've got a team of friends made for the moment. Go with Jenny, Fen, and Barker as they visit an abandoned chemistry lab, discover curious creatures called Snerbs, and uncover a secret so big it might just eat the entire planet. It could happen!

If Lemony Snicket rebooted the Goosebumps franchise, you'd have something close to Bonkers: the quirky, creepy, hilarious new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman.Barker Mifflin never leaves home without his go bag, his army boots, and his trusty flyswatter. As the town of Nevermind's resident eleven-year-old survivalist, Barker knows catastrophe can strike anytime, anywhere. But now that school is out for the summer, he might be able to let his guard down. After all, he and his friends all got jobs picking strawberries at McFadden Farm. What could possibly go wrong?Turns out: everything.Things get weird from day one when Barker meets Supreme Commander McJerry--a teenage crew boss who loves making kids miserable--and his younger sister Megan, a kid with more secrets than an international superspy. And the terror in Jenny's armpit seems downright normal compared to what's hidden in the barn!Join Barker Mifflin as he pieces together a forty-foot-tall mystery that could crush the whole town of Nevermind. No amount of training could prepare anyone to survive THIS!

"Sarah and Ryan are in deep trouble...they've discovered a dark secret ... something that everyone in their hometown of Skeleton Creek, Oregon, seems to want to keep from them. Why? It just doesn't make sense. The answers are at the old, abandoned dredge. The last time the two teenage detectives went out to the creepy dredge, Ryan ended up unconscious and in a cast at the hospital. Ryan is stuck at home, but Sarah can continue to solve the mystery by taking videos. Forbidden to speak with or contact Sarah anymore, they communicate through text messages, midnight meetings and Sarah's videos posted on her secret website using passwords given throughout the book."--Provided by publisher.

Although forbidden to see each other, Ryan and Sarah continue their investigation of the mysterious happenings at the dredge by communicating through video clips, text messages, midnight meetings, and journaling.

"Sarah and Ryan are in deep trouble...they've discovered a dark secret ... something that everyone in their hometown of Skeleton Creek, Oregon, seems to want to keep from them. Why? It just doesn't make sense. The answers are at the old, abandoned dredge. The last time the two went out to the creepy dredge, Ryan ended up unconscious and in a cast at the hospital. Ryan is stuck at home, but Sarah can continue to solve the mystery by taking videos. Forbidden to contact each other anymore, they communicate through text messages, midnight meetings and by watching Sarah's videos posted on her secret website using passwords given throughout the book."--Provided by publisher.

Book five in the Land of Elyon series. A magical menace is on the loose . . . forcing Alexa to take to the seas and save a secret community located in a strange land known as the Five Stone Pillars.

Part of the Land of Elyon series. Before the walls went up ... there were adventures. Follow young Thomas Warvold and his brother as they journey through Elyon, discovering new mysteries, new challenges, and new magical creatures that will alter the history of the land.

The third thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Land of Elyon series! The Land of Elyon has begun to fail, poisoned by the evil that creeps across the Dark Hills and into Bridewell. As she moves toward a thrilling conclusion, Alexa must find a way to overcome the Lonely Sea, rescue Yipes from the clutches of Victor Grindall, and unlock the mystery of the Tenth City. But can she find the answers she needs in time to save The Land of Elyon?

"Ryan and Sarah have lived in skeleton creek all their lives, uncovering ghostly mysteries no one else can figure out. but when their investigations lead to the skeleton creek cemetery and a haunted room, they discover a chilling secret even they're not ready for. Nothing could prepare them for what they found in the phantom room. Enter if you dare."--Publisher's description.

Omnibus edition of the bestselling, award winning Land of Elyon trilogy. Three books in one volume: The Dark Hills Divide, Beyond the Valley of Thorns, and The Tenth City.

Alexa thought her troubles were over when she defeated the man who had threatened to bring down Bridewell from within. But now that the walls around her land have fallen, a new, unexpected threat has risen from outside. Suddenly, Alexa is involved in a battle much, much larger than her own life . . . a battle in which she is destined to play a key role. In order to help good defeat evil, Alexa and her friends must venture farther than they've ever gone before -- confronting giants, bats, ravenous dogs, and a particularly ghoulish mastermind in order to bring back peace.

This non-fiction reference work collects the interviews and submissions of fiction and non-fiction writers who discuss the impact of libraries on their career development. Numerous transcripts, photos, biographies, library quotations, footnotes, a glossary, and an index present the information as a teaching tool for the reader. The contributors cross gender, race, political, philosophical, cultural, subject, and genre lines. Each had something significant to share about the importance of the library to the writer.

The highly anticipated Book Five of the #1 bestselling The 39 Clues series.FORMAT: 4 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: David PittuA strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth about the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible . . . what will Amy and Dan risk to find out what really happened on the night their parents died?

Read the stories, watch the videos, and always keep one eye open. Welcome to the first collection of Skeleton Creek short stories, complete with video endings that will scare the daylights out of you. Skeleton Creek series main character Ryan McCray has gone into hiding. But someone has found him, a mysterious person who calls themselves SEVEN. And SEVEN has sent Ryan something terrifying. Seven Secret Stories.That's right. Seven terrible things that happened to seven people just like you. And you want to know what's even worse?They all included video footage of what happened to them.Was it Sarah Fincher, Ryan's video making friend from Skeleton Creek, who made the videos and found the stories? It's just the sort of thing she would do. But if Sarah isn't SEVEN, then who is?After reading the stories and watching the videos, Ryan is convinced of three important things:1. He will never sleep without having nightmares again.2. There are ghosts and goblins and monsters out there he knew nothing about.3. The videos were all made by the same person to reenact the endings of the stories they found.Ryan can't be the only one who carries these stories around in his head. He needs to know other people have heard and seen them. He needs to know he's not alone.Ryan is going to share all seven secret stories with you. It's up to you whether or not you read and watch them, but he will give you a warning: you can't unhear what you have heard or unsee what you've seen. Once you consume these stories, they will try to eat you alive. They'll dig into your brain and root around in there and you'll wake, like Ryan, at midnight.And you will know.You will know about a mysterious box that should never have been opened.You'll know about a strange device called a Spin Ruler, and the terrible trouble it caused.You're going to climb up on the roof of a house, because something is up there.As weird as this sounds, you'll encounter a frying pan phantom. It's scarier than you'd think.You're going to be introduced to the oldest door in the world, and the terrifying thing that waits behind it.You will feed a monster you should not have fed.And unfortunately for you, you'll discover a creature that howls at midnight.By the time you realize you should not have picked up this book, it will be too late.You'll be just like Ryan.At least then he won't be alone.

An extraordinary debut weaving magic and heroism into a classic tale of good and evil, featuring a heroine you'll never forget. Inquisitive twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell. This year, she is set on solving the mystery of what lies beyond the walls. Legend says the walls were built to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills. But what exactly is it that the townspeople are so afraid of? As Alexa begins to unravel the truth, pushing beyond the protective barrier she's lived behind all her life, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment -- and exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear.

The final adventure in bestselling author Patrick Carman's delightfully wacky Floors trilogy! Taking mystery and adventure to the next level. It's not every day that a hotel loses its top floor. Then again, the Whippet Hotel is no stranger to wackiness. So when the entire floor is hoisted into the night sky by a nearly invisible airship, Leo and Remi know they're in for the ride of their lives. But little do the boys know just how amazing their voyage will become. They are headed to the field of wacky inventions, where they will have to compete against a number of foes for an incredible prize. It will take all of Leo and Remi's bravery, skill, and burping power to decode the outrageous puzzles hidden among the floors of Merganzer D. Whippet's newest and most peculiar construction. But they must -- because if they don't, they'll lose their beloved Whippet Hotel forever.

Fans of action-packed sci-fi thrillers such as I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner will love bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse, with its epic action scenes and memorable love story.In the year 2051, who has the power called a pulse?With the help of her mysterious classmate Dylan Gilmore, Faith Daniels discovers that she can move objects with her mind. This telekinetic ability is called a "pulse," and Dylan has the talent, too.In riveting action scenes, Faith demonstrates her ability to use her pulse against a group of telekinesis masters so powerful they will flatten their enemies by uprooting streetlights, throwing boulders, and changing the course of a hurtling hammer so that it becomes a deadly weapon. But in order to save the world, Faith will have to harness not only the power of her mind, but the power of her heart, too.The first in a stunning trilogy, Pulse is a triumph about the power of the mind?and of love.