The Barrel in the Basement; There's No Place Like Home

Wallace, Barbara Brooks

Scholastic Audio Books

Ghosts in the Gallery

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Demco Media

A very proper English gentleman's gentleman is not what a ten-year-old American boy needs in his life. But one appears on Harvey Small's doorstep when he enters a "free" contest without being aware of the prize. So it's candlelight dinners alone served by an impeccable Hawkins, and other indignities, Harvey has to suffer. But a gentleman's gentleman turns out to have its advantages as this young "bachelor" soon finds out! "A winning book for the 4th through 6th grade set."—Midwest Book Review Televised as an ABC-TV Special.

The Hawkins Series

Humor

iUniverse

Victoria

Timid, eleven-year-old Dylis Rattenbury, afraid to cross the street without holding someone's hand, idolizes bold, free-spirited, indifferent Victoria Corcoran. When both are sent to boarding school, Dylis is miserable at being separated from her parents, while Victoria seems only concerned that boarding school does not provide room service. With their two roommates she forms a secret club, ostensibly to ward off the "evil forces" in the school, but privately to help get herself expelled."A boarding school story far from the old formula junior novel."Children's Books"An unusual and entertaining novel, well told."Publishers Weekly

"Ive heard that when thing get really bad, they can't go anyplace but up. I have news for the person who invented that saying. He hasn't met me… that's yours truly, Andrew Schofield Kellogg."So says Andrew, who thinks things have hit rock bottom when his family moves from California to Washington, DC. But his biggest problem is the same as always, being a brainy, straight-A misfit in a family of sports enthusiasts. Not to mention encounters with the school bully. Disasters? Yes! But as Andrew wryly relates them, "laugh aloud" funny.

Andrew, the Big Deal

Teen & Young Adult

Backinprint.com

This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs.Text for author bio box:Please use the author's bioText for book description Box:Belonging to the V.I.G.'s and B.'she Very Important Girls and Boyss the ultimate achievement in Lizabeth's sixth-grade class. Of course, being a V.I.G. or B. has a price. It often means being something she isn't or saying things she doesn't mean. But the price doesn't seem too highntil she comes to know a boy who for no accountable reason has become a class outcast. When Lizabeth's friendship with him grows, she finds her loyalties torn, trying to keep the secret friendship from the V.I.G.'s and B.'s.NLAPW Children's Book Award.

The Secret Summer of L.E.B.

Contemporary

What's a skunk to do when he finds himself encased in a cardboard box, surrounded by possible enemies, and with his "weapon" taken from him? Luckily he is simply surrounded by the friendly Patch family animals — a cat, two dogs, a goat, and a duck.But Palmer thinks they're all just foolish backyard pets whose blind trust in humans is sure to be betrayed. When the animals hear they are to be "farmed out" and separated, Palmer lears the meaning of true friendship."Enthusiastic affection for animals overflows in Wallace's warm story."—ALA Booklist

Palmer Patch

Hello, Claudia!

In this prequel to Claudia, aged eleven and in the sixth grade, Barbara Brooks Wallace introduces us to a Claudia aged nine and in the fourth grade. She and her best friends are like twins, even to the same number of scabs on their knees! But her friend leaves, the letters between them fade, and Claudia desperately looks for a replacementin all the wrong places, it seems, until she realizes that the most unlikely person in the world might be what shes been looking for! Wallace has an easy way with dialogue and sure instinct for capturing kids personalities. School Library Journal

Claudia and Duffy

Having once been snubbed by a former best friend, Claudia knows what it feels like to be dumped. Now shes faced with having to do the same thing. Only this is someone she still cares about, the precociously memorable Duffy Booth, her much younger neighbor who was featured in the earlier Claudia stories. But she is outgrowing him, wants now to have friends her own age, and he is smothering her with his dependence on her. The surprising solution to this dilemma is not exactly the one Claudia would have chosen. But she knows she must accept the fact that Duffy is growing up. And so, for that important matter, is she! Characters, situations, and family dynamics are credible and entertaining.Booklist

Claudia

In her three popular Claudia books, Barbara Brooks Wallace has created stories that have appealed to boys and girls alike. Misunderstood by her parents, snubbed by a former best friend, on the outs at school because of unjust rumors, and finally, forbidden by her family from playing with her only remaining friend, Claudias story comes to such a satisfying conclusion kids have written that they wish this would happen to them! Funny all the way throughdialogue, situations, descriptions.Young Readers ReviewNLAPW Childrens Book AwardInternational Youth Library Best of the Best

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