Mark Elliott

Starting over at a new school is never easy, but for identical twins Ray and Jay Grayson, it is about to become the ultimate experiment. When the boys move to a new town right before the start of sixth grade, they expect to face the usual challenges together. But when Ray stays home sick on the very first day, Jay makes a shocking discovery: the school has made a massive mistake. There is no record of Ray anywhere. No attendance list, no locker, and no student folder. Realizing that the school thinks there is only one Grayson boy, Jay decides this clerical error could be incredibly useful. Soon, the twins are sharing a single identity, pulling off the ultimate prank, and tricking their teachers and classmates. It starts out as a hilarious and exciting game, but living a double life quickly becomes complicated. As the boys push their secret to the limit, they begin to discover new things about friendship, honesty, and who they really are when they are not just part of a matching set. Dive into this clever and funny school story about identity and the trouble with telling tall tales.

There she was, chartreuse and warty and smiling at him. Such a nice smile. Something in his heart fluttered.

The young maiden, Parsley, will eat nothing but parsley, which in Snettering-on-Snoakes grows only in the fairy Bombina's garden. All is well -- until Bombina is released from the fairy queen's dungeon. Her crime? Failing to get along with humans. And turning them into toads!

Meanwhile, twin princes Randolph and Rudolph are causing trouble at Biddle Castle and pinning everything on their younger brother, Tansy. Prince Tansy cares about Biddle. Randolph and Rudolph don't. But one of the twins will be king, unless Prince Tansy accepts help from a green Biddlebum Toad!

A delightful retelling of the little-known German fairy tale "Puddocky." this fifth Princess Tale from Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shows that nothing is quite as it seems and that anything is possible, with a dash of magic and a barrel of love.

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There she was, chartreuse and warty and smiling at him. Such a nice smile. Something in his heart fluttered. The young maiden, Parsley, will eat nothing but parsley, which in Snettering-on-Snoakes grows only in the fairy Bombina's garden. All is well -- until Bombina is released from the fairy queen's dungeon. Her crime? Failing to get along with humans. And turning them into toads! Meanwhile, twin princes Randolph and Rudolph are causing trouble at Biddle Castle and pinning everything on their younger brother, Tansy. Prince Tansy cares about Biddle. Randolph and Rudolph don't. But one of the twins will be king, unless Prince Tansy accepts help from a green Biddlebum Toad! A delightful retelling of the little-known German fairy tale "Puddocky." this fifth Princess Tale from Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shows that nothing is quite as it seems and that anything is possible, with a dash of magic and a barrel of love.

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In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.

Have you ever heard the story of Sleeping Beauty? Get ready for a surprising new twist with Princess Sonora! She isn't just any princess; she's ten times smarter than anyone around her. When a wicked fairy puts a curse on her, saying she'll prick her finger on a spindle and fall into a long sleep, Sonora decides she won't just wait for it to happen. No way! Princess Sonora is determined to be in charge of her own destiny. She vows to choose the perfect moment to be pricked, not let fate decide for her. But can even the smartest princess outsmart a powerful fairy's curse? Join Sonora on an exciting adventure as she tries to take control of her future. Will her clever plans work, or will she still find herself falling into that enchanted sleep?

The Loudest Class The fifth graders at Laketon Elementary School are famous for one thing: they are the loudest, chattiest, most disruptive group of kids in the entire building. The teachers are exhausted, the principal is frustrated, and nobody can figure out how to get them to just be quiet. The Ultimate Bet Everything changes when the boys and the girls get into a massive argument. To prove who is truly the best, they make a legendary bet. They challenge each other to a strict, two-day contest of absolute silence. The rules are simple: no talking at all, not even at home, unless a teacher asks a direct question. And even then, they can only answer with three words! A Quiet Chaos Suddenly, the noisiest grade in school is completely silent. But as the contest drags on, the students realize that communicating without words is incredibly difficult. The silence causes hilarious misunderstandings, creative new ways to talk, and a whole lot of unexpected trouble for the teachers!

Abby Carson is not a bad student, but she really does not like doing her schoolwork. When a warning letter arrives in the mail, Abby learns she is in danger of having to repeat the sixth grade. To save her school year, she takes on a special extra-credit project: finding a pen pal in a faraway country. Her very first letter travels all the way to a small village in Afghanistan. The village elders decide that the best student in their school, a boy named Sadeed, should be the one to write back. But in their culture, it is not proper for a boy to write letters to a girl. To solve the problem, Sadeed writes the letters and his younger sister signs her name. As the letters travel back and forth across the world, Abby and Sadeed must navigate huge cultural differences and strict traditions. Through their secret correspondence, these young students are about to discover that they have much more in common than they ever imagined.