Aaron Starmer
Author
Description
After being framed for stealing bake sale money, the five smartest boys in the eighth grade are imprisoned in a small room beneath their junior high school in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and must use their nerdish powers to expose a conspiracy involving fast food, standardized testing, and a school full of overachieving zombies.
2) The riverman
Author
Series
Riverman trilogy volume 1
Formats
Description
"The first book in a trilogy about a girl who claims she is visiting a parallel universe where a nefarious being called The Riverman is stealing the souls of children and the boy she asks to write her biography because she fears her soul may be next"--
Author
Series
Riverman trilogy volume 3
Formats
Description
Along with stories, Keri Cleary records in her diary the strange and terrifying events surrounding the disappearance of Fiona Loomis and Alistair Cleary's efforts to find her in Aquavania, a world where wishes can nearly come true, as well as the repercussions of the shooting of Kyle Dwyer.
4) The whisper
Author
Series
Riverman trilogy volume 2
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Alistair continues his quest to find his missing friend, Fiona, in Aquavania, a world where wishes can nearly come true, but he learns that the Whisper, once a boy named Charlie from his own world, has plans for Alistair and has used Fiona to try to get to him.
6) Spontaneous
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Appears on list
Description
A darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes--and spontaneous combustion.
Author
Series
Locker 37 volume 001
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When Carson Cooper learns magical Locker 37's combination, he is only seeking something to fix the stain on his pants, but gets a pink rubber eraser that can erase absolutely anything.
Author
Series
Math mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Odd Dot
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"It's the first day of the fourth grade at Arthimos Elementary and things are already off to a strange start--poisonous cookies, a zipline disaster, a missing iPad, and what are those strange sounds coming from the school custodian's wheelbarrow? Luckily the Prime Detectives--Abby "the Abacus" Feldstein, Cameron "Cam" McGill, and Gabriel "Gabe" Kim--are on the case! Using arithmetic, geometry, and logic, the Prime Detectives are sure to figure out...
Author
Series
Locker 37 volume 002
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Hidden away at Hopewell Elementary School is a magical locker that always delivers a solution to your problems--just not quite in the way you might expect.
When Keisha James forgets to do her science homework, Locker 37 gifts her with a clock that can rewind time--how will she use her second (or third...or fourth) chances?
10) The only ones
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2011
Description
After setting off from the island where he has been leading a solitary existence, thirteen-year-old Martin discovers a village with other children who have been living similarly without any adults, since the grown-ups have all been spirited away.
Author
Series
Locker 37 volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Locker 37 at Hopewell Elementary has been helping fourth graders solve their problems for as long as anyone can remember. So when Riley Zimmerman needs help pulling off the most ridiculous and wonderful prank the school has ever seen, the magical Locker 37 provides her with an equally ridiculous and wonderful rainbow hat that can clone anything that wears it. But will a group of clones, an untrustworthy bully, and 10,000 Ping-Pong balls be enough...
12) Meme
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Cole Weston--former friend, former boyfriend--was becoming erratic, dangerous. Something had to be done. Getting rid of Cole is practically a public service. So high school seniors Holly Morse, Grayson Hobbs, Logan Bailey, and Meeka Miller devise a plan: kill Cole. Bury him in the woods behind Meeka's house along with four old cell phones, wiped except for their video confession--insurance that no one will ever betray the group. And it seems like...
Author
Series
Locker 37 volume 004
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
To solve his Halloween costume dilemma, fourth-grader Bryce Dodd turns to magical Locker 37, which, through interdimensional fish sticks, transports him to different parallel universes where things get weird, weirder, to off-the-walls weird.
14) Spontaneous
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last. As unexpected romance blossoms between them, Mara and Dylan discover that when tomorrow is no longer promised, they can finally start living for today!