Chris Grabenstein

Series

NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback

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Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--

2) Mr. Lemoncello's great library race

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--

3) Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

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Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say... HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on... books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library....

4) Fun house

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Series

Pub. Date

2011

Description

"By-the-book officer John Ceepak and his wise-cracking young partner, Danny Boyle, have to baby-sit the buff and boozy kids partying it up in a Jersey shore rental house for TV's summertime hit Fun house while simultaneously trying to stop the rowdy kids from breaking the law up and down the beach. But even Ceepak and Danny can't stop one young cast member from being murdered--and others from being threatened with the same fate."--Flap p. 1 of dust...

5) Free fall

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Series

Pub. Date

2013

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"It's the start of another action-packed summer for the wise-cracking Boyle and straight-arrow cop (now Chief of Detectives) John Ceepak down the Jersey Shore as they do their best to help Danny's friend, an attractive young nurse, who claims she has been falsely accused of aggravated assault by a prestigious Sea Haven resident. Ceepak's unshakable code of honor is tested when he trusts that the nurse is telling the truth. It's stretched to the limit...

6) Rolling Thunder

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Series

Pub. Date

c2010

Description

There's more fireworks down the Jersey shore in Chris Grabenstein's sixth fast-paced John Ceepak mystery Rolling Thunder. A prominent citizen suffers a heart attack on opening day of a brand new boardwalk roller coaster in the seedy seaside resort town Sea Haven, New Jersey. Initially ruled a tragic accident, it isn't long before there are suspicious hints of foul play-especially after another dead body is discovered: a stunning young beach beauty. ...

7) Mr. Lemoncello and the titanium ticket

Author

Series

Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 5

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"Six lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a Titanium Ticket"--

8) Mr. Lemoncello's all-star breakout game

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Book, eAudiobook

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"To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!"--

9) Mind scrambler

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Series

Pub. Date

2009

Description

John Ceepak and Danny Boyle are making the rounds in Atlantic City when Danny runs into his former crush, Katie. She's working for a magician named Rock, and her life seems to be in better order than Boyle could have hoped for. But Ceepak and Boyle soon find themselves on another case when Katie is found strangled to death. It is up to Ceepak and Boyle to find out who killed her. Their lives and the lives of others depend on it.

10) Hell Hole

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Series

Pub. Date

c2008

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Hell Hole is the fourth book in the mystery series featuring former hardened military PD and current Sea Haven, NJ police officer John Ceepak and his partner, wise-cracking Danny Boyle. In Hell Hole, Ceepak is confronted with his most personal case yet when he must investigate the alleged suicide of a military corporal who recently returned from Iraq. When it turns out that this "locked stall" rest stop suicide is anything but an open-and-shut case,...

11) The island of Dr. Libris

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Book, eAudiobook

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A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.

12) Whack a mole

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Pub. Date

c. 2007

13) Mad mouse

Author

Pub. Date

2006

14) No more naps! : a story for when you're wide-awake and definitely not tired

Author

Kids Books: Baby/Toddler Storytime Favorites

Pub. Date

[2020]

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Description

The author of the Mr. Lemoncello books brings his wit and humor to a pint-sized audience in this picture book debut that turns the universal dilemma of getting kids to sleep on its head. It's time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won't have anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encourage sleepiness by pushing her around the park in her stroller. Along the way, they pass a man sitting on a bench, dog...

15) Tilt a whirl

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Pub. Date

2005

16) Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game

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Pub. Date

2022

Description

Before Mr. Lemoncello became everyone’s favorite game maker, he was a kid who liked to roll the dice . . . Discover the origins of what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in the world” in this PREQUEL to the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.
Go back to the START and meet thirteen-year-old, PUZZLE-obsessed Luigi Lemoncello!
Luigi has a knack for games and puzzles....

17) Dog Squad

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Series

Dog Squad

Pub. Date

2021

Description

Introducing DOG SQUAD, the crime-fighting, tail-wagging, hilarious new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor of Max Einstein!
When trouble calls . . . it's DOG SQUAD to the rescue!
Duke is not your average dog. Along with his crew, he fights crime and goes on claw-biting adventures helping dogs in peril in the hit streaming sensation—DOG SQUAD!...

18) The Explorers' Gate

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Pub. Date

2014

Description

In New York City's Central Park, remarkable things happen after the sun goes downNikki Van Wyck knows everything about Central Park. She can tell you how many benches it has, how many acres it is—and exactly where to find an adventure after dark. When she teams up with a few new friends to track down a treasure in the park, her expert knowledge comes in handy. But the place she thought she knew is transformed before her eyes as the statues

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19) Don't Call Me Christina Kringle

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Pub. Date

2013

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This December, a girl who hates Christmas is in for the surprise of her lifeTen-year-old Christina Lucci absolutely despises everything about Christmas. The carols, the eggnog, the decorations—and most of all, Santa Claus. And for good reason: It all reminds her of her firefighter father, who loved the holiday season but died on the job last Christmas. For Christina, no Christmas will ever be merry again. To make things worse, this year,

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20) Shine!

Author

Grabenstein, J. J

Pub. Date

[2019]

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