Showing posts with label genre humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genre humor. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Call the Shots

Calame, Don


Genre: drama, humor



Three boys.
One goal: make the next big low-budget horror film.


And . . . action! As the uproarious trio returns, sensitive Sean takes the spotlight — scripting a low-low-budget film while fielding unexpected female fans.

Coop is cooking up another sure-misfire scheme (big surprise), and this time the comedy plays out from Sean’s point of view. What’s the new master plan? Making a cheapo horror movie guaranteed to make Coop, Sean, and Matt filthy rich! It’s a terrible idea, and Sean knows it. But he actually is desperate for cash — and for a way to wipe that big fat L off his girlfriend-less forehead. But when he agrees to write a script about the attack of zombie-vampire humanzees, he has no idea just how powerful a chick magnet this movie will be. Suddenly Sean is juggling not one but three interested ladies. There’s his accidental-girlfriend-turned-psychotic-stalker, Evelyn. There’s the wicked hot actress from drama class, Leyna, who seems willing to do anything to land the starring role. And even his twin sister’s gothed-out best friend, Nessa, is looking at Sean in a whole new way. Will any of them wind up as Sean’s true leading lady? Will Sean stop being a doormat and finally start calling the shots?

Beat the Band

Calame, Don


Genre: drama, music, humor

Three boys.
One goal: to  keep their sophomore year from going up in flames

Cooper redmond has only one thing on his mind: tagging as many bases as possible by the end of sophomore year. He's already picked out a prime target: the divine Prudence Nash, whose sexy serpent tattoo haunts his dreams. But when Coop is paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a semester-long Health project on safe sex, his hopes of making it to the Majors are suddenly DOA. It's going to take something seriously epic to resuscitate his reputation -- something like winning the Battle of the Bands with his best buds, Matt and Sean.

There's just one problem: they totally suck.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Darth Paper Strikes Back

Angleberger, Tom

Darth Paper Strikes Back

Genre: humor

Series: Origami Yoda



This is book 2 of the series.


NOT SUCH A LONG TIME AGO, IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY...

Something amazing happened. A weird kid named Dwight made an origami finger puppet of Yoda that gave great advice. He could predict the date of a pop quiz, tell a guy if a girl likes him or not, and keep kids from embarrassing themselves in a dozen different ways. Most of the sixth graders were convinced he was using the Force.

But a year later, Dwight has been suspended and may be expelled, which means no more Origami Yoda. Even worse, Darth Paper, a puppet created by Dwight's nemesis, Harvey, has taken Yoda's place. He spews insults and evil and just may be responsible for getting Dwight kicked out in the first place. Now the kids of McQuarrie are building a case to save Dwight. This is their case file.


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Adams, Douglas


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Genre: science fiction, humor

Series: Hitchhiker's Guide


This is book 1 in the series.

Don’t leave Earth without the hilarious international bestseller The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: About the end of the world and the happy-go-lucky days that follow… About the worst Thursday that ever happened, and why the Universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel…

Thursday, March 24, 2011

There's a Bat in Bunk Five

Danziger, Paula


There's a Bat in Bunk Five


Genre: humor, romance


Marcy Lewis is thrilled when Ms. Finney asks her to be a junior counselor at a creative arts camp. Finally, she’s on her own for the first time, away from family and school. It’s her big chance to reinvent herself in a place where no one knows how insecure she used to be. This could be the perfect summer, but will nosy, noisy campers ruin it all?

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Pistachio Prescription

Danziger, Paula


The Pistachio Prescription


Genre: drama, humor


Cassie Stephens is dealing with a lot. She’s got asthma. World War III is waged daily in her home, beginning at the breakfast table and ending with slammed doors at night. She’s running for freshperson class president. The pressure is mounting, and there’s only one thing that can make Cassie feel better. Pistachio nuts. No matter how weird it sounds, those little red nuts are just the prescription for Cassie’s troubles.

This Place Has No Atmosphere

Danziger, Paula


This Place Has No Atmosphere


Genre:drama, science fiction, humor






It’s the year 2057 and fourteen-year-old Aurora couldn’t be happier with her life on Earth—she’s part of the "in" crowd, her best friend is a celebrity, and Matthew has asked her to Homecoming. But Aurora’s parents have new jobs on the moon, and she and her little sister must leave their friends and schools to go with them. Aurora is sure she will hate life on the moon, because there are only 750 people in the whole colony. What if none of them is a cute boy her age?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Falling Up


Silverstein, Shel

Falling Up

Genre: poetry, humor

Millie McDeevit screamed a scream
So loud it made her eyebrows steam.
She screamed so loud
Her jawbone broke,
Her tongue caught fire,
Her nostrils smoked...
Poor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous new book of poems and drawings by the creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. Here you will also meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold.
So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein open your eyes and tickle your mind.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

A Light in the Attic


Silverstein, Shel

A Light in the Attic 

Genre: poetry, humor


Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...


Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find "Backward Bill", "Sour Face Ann", "The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt", and the "Polar Bear in the Frigidaire". You will talk with "Broiled Face", and find out what happens when "Somebody Steals Your Knees", "You Get Caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink", "A Mountain Snores", and "They Put a Brassiere on the Camel."

Monday, November 23, 2009

The Day My Butt Went Psycho


Andy Griffiths 

The Day My Butt Went Psycho

Genre: Humor 


 Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story...the story of a brave young boy and his crazy runaway butt. The story of a crack butt-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Butt Hunter's formidable daghter, and some of the ugliest and meanest butts ever to roam the face of the Earth. A story of endurance that takes Zack on an epic journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest, and over the Sea of Butts before descending into the heart of an explosive buttcano to confront the biggest, ugliest, and meanest butt of them all!It's a story you and your butt will never forget!