David Pittu
41) Vespers Rising
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 11
Language
English
Description
The Cahills aren't the only family searching for the Clues. . . .The Cahills thought they were the most powerful family the world had ever known. They thought they were the only ones who knew about Gideon Cahill and his Clues. The Cahills were wrong. Powerful enemies -the Vespers- have been waiting in the shadows. Now it's their time to rise and the world will never be the same. In Vespers Rising, a brand new 39 Clues novel, bestselling authors Rick...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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"Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the prestigious Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be more proud--though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can't be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or the student digging a little too deep into Teddy's personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he...
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Language
English
Description
At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world--using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets...
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
The kidnapped king: Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. Then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
The lucky lottery: L is for Lucky ... And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him turns out to be a million-dollar winner! But before Lucky can cash it in, someone sneaks...
46) Nowhere to Run
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The 39 Clues is unstoppable! The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning four explosive books and a website that places readers right in the action.
The Cahill family has a secret. For five hundred years, they have guarded the 39 Clues -- thirty-nine ingredients in a serum that transforms whomever takes it into the most powerful person on earth. If the serum got into the wrong hands, the disaster would rock the world. So certain Cahills...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
The orange outlaw: While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting
The panda puzzle: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the kidnapping of the new baby panda at the petting zoo
The quicksand question: When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief
The runaway racehorse: Dink, Josh,...
Author
Series
Sherlock files volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister living in London for a year, discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing painting
49) Zen shorts
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. "Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? In [this book], Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, marvels at their unflagging inventiveness, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he invites us to fall in love all over again by showing us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Listening Library
Pub. Date
℗2003
Language
English
Description
The absent author: Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.
The bald bandit: Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.
The canary caper: Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.
52) Mission Titanic
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Follow the Leader
At only seventeen years old, Ian Kabra is head of the Cahills, the most powerful family in the world. He has presidents on speed dial, generals at his beck and call. Ian knows he's an ideal leader and the only man enough for the job. There's just one small problem: He's already messed up big-time. A Cahill from the past calling himself the Outcast has risen to challenge Ian with an impossible test. The Outcast has re-created four...
53) Mission atomic
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amy and Dan are shocked to learn that Outcast, a violent renegade who is threatening the lives of innocent people, may be a Cahill family member who is determined to exact revenge.
54) Zen ghosts
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Noah wants to go home. A seemingly easy request from most four year olds. But as Noah's single-mother, Janie, knows, nothing with Noah is ever easy. One day the pre-school office calls and says Janie needs to come in to talk about Noah, and no, not later, now - and life as she knows it stops. For Jerome Anderson, life as he knows it has stopped. A deadly diagnosis has made him realize he is approaching the end of his life. His first thought - I'm...
56) Outbreak
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"CALLING ALL CAHILLS! Announcing a 39 Clues Superspecial adventure -- the gang is back, and called to investigate one of their own: Sinead Starling."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
K is for Kidnapped!
Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. For safety's sake, their son is staying with Dink until they are safe. But then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
L is for Lucky. . . .
And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him for
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The Absent Author
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
The...
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
THE ORANGE OUTLAW
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
THE SCHOOL SKELETON
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...