Chris Grabenstein
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS ... but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"--
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kyle participates in the last of Mr. Lemoncello's fantabulous games with the hopes of winning ownership of the entire Lemoncello empire.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old P.T. Wilkie may be the greatest storyteller alive. But he knows one thing for a fact: the Wonderland Motel is the best place a kid could ever live! All-you-can-eat poolside ice cream! A snack machine in the living room! A frog slide! A giant rampaging alligator! (Okay, that last one may or may not be made up.) There's only one thing the Wonderland doesn't have, though -- customers. And if the Wonderland doesn't get them soon, P.T....
7) Free Fall
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The new novel in the award-winning mystery series that "moves like lightning" (Kirkus Reviews) "I didn't do it!" is something cops hear all the time. But when the plea comes from a close friend who's fallen on hard times, it's tougher to ignore, especially for young Officer Danny Boyle. It's the start of another action-packed summer for the wise cracking Boyle and straight-arrow cop (now Chief of Detectives) John Ceepak down the Jersey Shore as...
8) Fun House
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Reality TV can be murder in the Jersey Shore mysteries from the #1 New York Times—bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series.
What if a reality TV show like Jersey Shore set up production in the fictional seaside resort Sea Haven? What if hitting the gym, tanning, and doing a little laundry aren't the only things the contestants get into. By-the-book officer John Ceepak and his wisecracking young partner, Danny Boyle, have to babysit...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
There's more fireworks down the Jersey shore in Chris Grabenstein's sixth fast-paced John Ceepak mystery Rolling Thunder. A prominent citizen suffers a heart attack on opening day of a brand new boardwalk roller coaster in the seedy seaside resort town Sea Haven, New Jersey. Initially ruled a tragic accident, it isn't long before there are suspicious hints of foul play-especially after another dead body is discovered: a stunning young beach beauty.
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Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!"--
11) Evil genius
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universe--or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might be wearing off right when he needs his smarts most! Jake needs to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why? Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
13) Genius Camp
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"--
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 5
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Six lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a Titanium Ticket"--
Author
Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.
16) Dog Squad
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn't always stop on screen"--
17) Cat crew
Author
Series
Dog Squad volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fred, a stray dog who became the star of the show Dog Squad, is working on a new show called Cat Crew-but when he notices the felines acting strange, he wonders if the cat crew is being electronically controlled"--
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"P.T. and Gloria try to save the Wonderland again by getting a teen singing sensation to shoot a movie at the motel"--
Word gets out that the hottest teen idols in Hollywood (plus current YouTube sensation Kevin the Monkey!) will be filming the movie Beach Party Surf Monkey right in St. Pete's Beach, Florida. P.T. and his friend Gloria know that the Wonderland would be the perfect location. Now they just have to convince the producers! But dealing...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The author of the Mr. Lemoncello books brings his wit and humor to a pint-sized audience in this picture book debut that turns the universal dilemma of getting kids to sleep on its head. It's time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won't have anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encourage sleepiness by pushing her around the park in her stroller. Along the way, they pass a man sitting on a bench, dog...
Author
Language
English
Description
This December, a girl who hates Christmas is in for the surprise of her life Ten-year-old Christina Lucci absolutely despises everything about Christmas. The carols, the eggnog, the decorations-and most of all, Santa Claus. And for good reason: It all reminds her of her firefighter father, who loved the holiday season but died on the job last Christmas. For Christina, no Christmas will ever be merry again. To make things worse, this year, her grandfather's...