Meme

Meme

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

A tense, psychological thriller for the internet age about the destructive combination of self-important goals and self-serving plans.Cole Weston—former friend, former boyfriend—has become dangerous, erratic. Something needs 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. Bury him deep, deep in the ground along with four old cell phones, wiped except for their video confession as insurance that no one will ever betray the group. Everything is perfect, until the meme appears. It's a screenshot from their confession... a confession that's supposed to be entombed with Cole forever in the cold Vermont dirt.
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The Interdimensional Fish Sticks

The Interdimensional Fish Sticks

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

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. This highly illustrated series is a fun and accessible read, perfect for reluctant readers looking for a little magic!In the fourth book in the Locker 37 series, it's Halloween at Hopewell Elementary, but when fourth-grader Bryce Dodd shows up in a costume, he's told it's too distracting. All Bryce wants to do is express himself (and maybe also to impress Keisha James...), and luckily, the magical Locker 37 has a solution to Bryce's costume conundrum - interdimensional fish sticks! Each time he eats one, he's transported to a different parallel universe, and each time he travels to a new one, things get weird, weirder, to off-the-walls weird. Will Bryce be able to make it back to his home dimension and Keisha, or will he be stuck in an alternate universe forever?
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The Ridiculous and Wonderful Rainbow Hat

The Ridiculous and Wonderful Rainbow Hat

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." —Kirkus, starred reviewHidden 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. This highly illustrated series is a fun and accessible read, perfect for reluctant readers looking for a little magic!In the third book in the series, 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 to help Riley pull off the most legendary prank in Hopewell's history?
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The Magic Eraser

The Magic Eraser

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." —Kirkus, starred reviewEver wish you had a way to magically solve all of your problems? The kids at Hopewell Elementary School might have exactly what you're searching for—just walk down the hall and stop at Locker 37.Carson Cooper realizes that he has a very inconveniently located stain on his pants. That is NOT the way to start things off on the first day of school. Fortunately, Carson finds a letter written by last year's fourth graders stuck to the bottom of his desk with some watermelon bubble gum. The note explains the existence of Locker 37, which will provide a solution to any problem! And when Carson sneaks off to the locker it does, indeed, provide a solution—an eraser! But the problem is that the eraser works a little too well, erasing anything it's rubbed against three times. ANYTHING.
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The Rewindable Clock

The Rewindable Clock

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

"A laugh-out-loud tour de force." —Kirkus, starred reviewHidden 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.The unthinkable happens. Keisha forgets to do her science homework! The morning it's due, she rushes to Locker 37 and the locker gives her a clock. Not just any clock, mind you. It's a time-travel device that sends Keisha back to whatever time of day she wants during that particular school day, which means she can scrape together enough time in between her classes to finish her homework. Still, there's no time to help Carson with his stained shirt or to answer Bryce's gummy bear questions (don't ask). Keisha only has time to make things right—but should she use it for herself or for her friends?
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Math Mysteries

Math Mysteries

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

A page-turning mystery brimming with lighthearted intrigue and essential middle-grade math skills, Math Mysteries: The Triplet Threat by author Aaron Starmer will have readers on the edge of their seats as they unravel the who-done it using math. Perfect for both mystery and math lovers, as well as kids who love puzzles, riddles, brainteasers, and adventure stories! 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 who did what, when, and why! A gripping new middle grade mystery series, each book contains multiple, interlinked mysteries that...
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A Million Views

A Million Views

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

Brewster Gaines just wanted to make a video and get a million views - he didn't count on needing friends to get there. From the author of Spontaneous and the Locker 37 series comes a heartfelt story of friendship, family, and filmmaking.“A well-rounded, heartfelt tale of creativity and family.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“A Million Views turns its lens on YouTube fame in a way that’s fun, educational, and inspiring.”—Ryan North, New York Times best-selling author of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl“A celebration of the creative spirit in all of us!”—Rob Harrell, author of WinkBrewster Gaines loves everything about making videos. The planning, the filming, the editing, and especially the feeling of watching his YouTube views tick up and up. So what if he doesn’t have friends to film with or parents who are home every night for dinner? He’s...
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The Whisper

The Whisper

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

Twelve-year-old Alistair Cleary has washed up on shore. But where? It seems to be Aquavania, the magical realm where children create entire worlds from their imagination. There's something wrong, though. The creators have disappeared and the worlds are falling apart. All Alistair wants is to find his friend Fiona Loomis and go home. Easier said than done. Animals made of starlight, a megalomaniacal boy king, and astronauts who peddle riddles are hard enough to outwit, but they're only the beginning. To find Fiona, Alistair must travel from world to world. He must confront the mistakes of his past. And he must face countless monsters, including the soul-stealing stalker that some people call the Riverman, the merciless but misunderstood servant of Aquavania who refers to himself as the Whisper.
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Spontaneous

Spontaneous

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

A darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes—and spontaneous combustion. Mara Carlyle's senior year is going as normally as could be expected, until—wa-bam!—fellow senior Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period pre-calc.Katelyn is the first, but she won't be the last teenager to blow up without warning or explanation. As the seniors continue to pop like balloons and the national eye turns to Mara's suburban New Jersey hometown, the FBI rolls in and the search for a reason is on.Whip-smart and blunt, Mara narrates the end of their world as she knows it while trying to make it to graduation in one piece. It's an explosive year punctuated by romance, quarantine, lifelong friendship, hallucinogenic mushrooms, bloggers, ice cream trucks, "Snooze Button™," Bon Jovi, and the filthiest language you've ever heard from the President of the United States.Aaron Starmer rewrites the rulebook...
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The Storyteller

The Storyteller

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

Keri Cleary is worried about her brother, Alistair. Everyone is worried about Alistair. As the one witness to a shooting, he has been shocked into silence. But everyone needs to know three things: Who shot Kyle Dwyer? Where is Charlie Dwyer? What does this all have to do with the disappearance of Fiona Loomis?Perhaps the answers lie in stories. As Alistair makes strange confessions to his sister, Keri becomes inspired. She tells stories, tales that may reveal hidden truths, fiction that may cause real things to happen. In the concluding volume of the Riverman Trilogy, readers are asked to consider the source of inspiration, the borders of reality and the power of storytelling. They are asked to forgive monsters, to imagine alternate dimensions, and to believe in a phosphorescent wombat who assures us that gone for now is not necessarily gone for good.
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The Only Ones

The Only Ones

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

"Call it coincidence, call it fate. This is the place you come. There's no one else. This is the entire world."These words welcome Martin Maple to the village of Xibalba. Like the other children who've journeyed there, he faces an awful truth. He was forgotten.When families and friends all disappeared one afternoon, these were the only ones left behind. There's Darla, who drives a monster truck, Felix, who uses string and wood to rebuild the Internet, Lane, who crafts elaborate contraptions, and nearly forty others, each equally brilliant and peculiar.Inspired by the prophesies of a mysterious boy who talks to animals, Martin believes he can reunite them with their loved ones. But believing and knowing are two different things, as he soon discovers with the push of a button, flip of a switch, turn of a dial . . .From the Hardcover edition.
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Dweeb

Dweeb

Aaron Starmer

Children's Books / Literature & Fiction / Travel

A smart and funny tale of perseverance, teamwork, and the true meaning of success.Strange things are happening at Ho-Ho-Kus Junior High. The cafeteria is covered in a sea of burger wrappers. Bullies aren't bullying anymore. And there's an eerie growling coming from the walls. If anyone can get to the bottom of these mysteries, it's Denton, Wendell, Eddie, Elijah, and Bijay. They may be misfits, but they're also the smartest kids in the eighth grade. There's just one problem. Vice Principal Snodgrass has framed them for a crime they didn't commit and imprisoned them in a secret room in the bowels of the school. His terms: Ace the dreaded Idaho Tests and all will be forgiven. Their plan: figure out who--or what--is to blame for the changes at school. It will take the nerdiest of skills. It will be scarier than talking to girls. It will be a true test, one that can be passed only by a select few. And those five boys are known as DWEEB.From the...
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