Paul Zindel

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New York

Join the millions of readers who have discovered The Pigman, the beloved bestselling young adult classic from Paul Zindel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.

The Pigman is the perfect read for fans of modern classics like The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton and Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.

When high school sophomores John and Lorraine made a prank phone call to an elderly stranger named Angelo Pignati, what starts as a practical joke quickly turns into a friendship that changes all of their lives forever. But when their friendship ends in tragedy, the only way for John and Lorraine to find peace is to write down their friend's story--the true story of the Pigman.

"Headline news...remarkable...Zindel has written a story that will not be denied." --Publishers Weekly

"An intensely moving story of believably alienated young people." --School Library Journal

The Pigman

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A Most Unusual Friendship When sophomores John and Lorraine played a practical joke a few months ago on a stranger named Angelo Pignati, they had no idea what they were starting. Virtually overnight, almost against their will, the two befriended the lonely old man; it wasn't long before they were more comfortable in his house than their own. But now Mr. Pignati is dead. And for John and Lorraine, the only way to find peace is to write down their friend's story -- the story of the Pigman.

Four friends,

Two couples,

One year that will change their lives.

Liz and Sean, both beautiful and popular, are madly in love and completely misunderstood by their parents. Their best friends, Maggie and Dennis, are shy and awkward, but willing to take the first tentative steps toward a romance of their own. Yet before either couple can enjoy true happiness, life conspires against them, threatening to destroy their friendships completely.

My Darling, My Hamburger

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning play by the author of "The Pigman" focuses on the ups and downs of the relationship between an embittered, eccentric woman and her two teenage daughters. Illustrations.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man

Alaska

Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures.

Loch

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A Novel

Loch and his sister are with their father on a scientific expedition to track lake monsters. Their father's boss, Anthony Cavenger, a ruthless publishing mogul, is determined to prove that the legends are fact. Until now, it has been a fruitless exercise. But suddenly, on a routine exploration, a hideous water beast explodes out of the water, and a photographer, hoping to get the picture of a lifetime, loses his life instead. The plesiosaurs terrorize the secluded lake community, but Loch encounters a baby plesiosaur and realizes that the monsters only attack when threatened. So he risks his life-and the lives of his family and friends-to save the prehistoric creatures from destruction.

North Carolina

When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge.

The Doom Stone

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Jackson is always psyched to visit his aunt Sarah when she's working on an anthropological dig. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson can't wait to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he witnesses a vicious attack on a young man, and another on his beloved aunt Sarah. A savage beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl. Now it's up to Jackson and his new friend, Alma, a gravedigger's daughter, to stop the beast. All the clues lead back to Stonehenge, where he and Alma must risk their lives to solve the mystery of the monster stalking the countryside-before it's too late. "Even reluctant readers won't be able to put this one down."-Booklist

ISBN 978-0440229513
4 ounces
184 pages
Ages 12+ 
4.19 x 0.5 x 6.81 inches
Laurel Leaf; Reissue edition (February 11, 2003)

Synopsis:

Near the end of World War II, scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, are working on a project that will alter the fate of the world. Thirteen-year-old Stephen Orr is living at a top secret military base with his father who is a leading physicist building the atomic bomb. Stephen realizes the dangers involved when one of the scientists becomes hospitalized as a result of working with the project. The scientist alerts him to disasters that could come from The Gadget. Stephen feels it is up to him and his friend Tilanov
to find the answers that lie behind this veil of secrecy.

New Jersey

Near the end of World War II, scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, are working on a project that will alter the fate of the world. Thirteen-year-old Stephen Orr is living at a top secret military base with his father who is a leading physicist building the atomic bomb. Stephen realizes the dangers involved when one of the scientists becomes hospitalized as a result of working with the project. The scientist alerts him to disasters that could come from The Gadget. Stephen feels it is up to him and his friend Tilanov
to find the answers that lie behind this veil of secrecy.

The Gadget

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While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier Reef, 17-year-old P.C. finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Reef of Death

Teenage Jake joins his father, a bat biologist, on an expedition to study bats in the Brazilian rain forest and finds the project menaced by a giant brain-eating bat.

Night of the Bat

Ex-library copy #hardcover #YA #YoungAdult #fiction 

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel comes another white-knuckle thriller teens will love. Mutant rats escape from a dump on Staten Island and wreak havoc on the town's citizens. But it is the quick thinking and courageous actions of teenager Sara and her younger brother Michael that stops the rats from taking over New York City and ending civilization as we know it.

Rats

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#paperback #pigman #fiction #ya #youngadult 

The Pigman's Legacy

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The Pigman has been dead for four months when John and Lorraine visit his empty house-and discover a down-and-out old man on the run from the tax collector.  Convinced he's a sign from beyond the grave, John and Lorraine decide they've been given a chance to make up for what happened to the Pigman.  Suddenly they're deep in another zany adventure with a surprising old man.  What the learn along the way is the Pigman's Legacy.

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Eight hundred and fifty-three horrifying things had happened to me by the time I was a teenager. That was when I met my Pigman, whose real name was Nonno Frankie. The year Paul Zindel, his sister, Betty, and their mother lived in the town of Travis, Staten Island, New York, was the most important time of his teenage life. It was the year he and Jennifer Wolupopski were best friends. It was the year of the apple tree, the water-head baby, and Cemetery Hill. And it was the year he met Nonno Frankie Vivona, who became his Pigman. Every word of his story is true. And The Pigman & Me has an added bonus--one crucial piece of information: the secret of life, according to the Pigman.

The Pigman and Me

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An account of Paul Zindel's teenage years on Staten Island, when his life was enriched by finding his own personal pigman, or mentor.

Two alienated teenagers learn to cope with their personal problems by being honest with each other.

Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!

Arizona

When Darkness Falls

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Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Pages have some yellowing.

P.C. Hawke Mysteries 6

P.C.'s anthropologist dad invites P.C. and Mac along for a holiday boat trip down the Amazon, but Mr. Hawke's dream trip turns into a nightmare for everyone when they realize they're trapped on board a little steamer with a big killer...

Death on the Amazon

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A Begonia for Miss Applebaum

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Cover is worn. But the pages themselves arent bent, folded, or written on. 

Arkansas

Wacky Facts Lunch Bunch 

Funny, realistic story about the adventures of 5 fifth grade friends. The group nominates Max for student council rep.

Attack of the Killer Fishsticks

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South Carolina

Deep in the Amazon jungle, members of a scientific expedition are disappearing. Jake fears his dad, a bat specialist, is in danger, and embarks on his own investigation. High up in the rainforest canopy a dreadful foe awaits him.

Bats

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P.C. and Mackenzie's junior class trip ends in disaster when practically all the kids witness classmate Timmy Warner plunge to his death over a 300-foot waterfall. But several months later, the class vice president swears that he's seen Timmy at Venice Beach, California. P.C. and Mackenzie follow a trail of clues that evolve from deception to abduction to a second murder - and a life-and-death chase along the cliffs of Malibu Canyon.

The Surfing Corpse

When their friend Tom is accused of murdering the chief biologist at the Museum of Natural History, P.C. and Mackenzie discover a mystery involving a world-famous necklace, an anthropologist trained in hypnosis, and a fat hairy tarantula named Aristotle.

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