Bruce Coville
Aliens Ate My Homework (Alien Adventures, #1)
Bruce Coville
IT'S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER! "I cannot tell a lie," says Rod Allbright. And it's the truth. Ask him a question and he's bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher asks what happened to last night's math assignment, Rod has to give the only answer he can: "Aliens ate my homework, Miss Maloney!" Of course, no one believes Rod this time, so they don't bother to ask him why the aliens are here. It's just as well, since he is sworn to silence about their secret mission and the fact that he has been drafted to help them!
Aliens Stole My Body (Alien Adventures, #4)
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind
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Bruce Coville's Book of Ghost Tales to Haunt You
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Bruce Coville's Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You
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Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to Give You the Creeps
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares II: More Tales to Make You Scream
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville's Book of Nightmares: Tales to Make You Scream
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Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers: Tales to Make You Shiver
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Bruce Coville's Box of Thrills and Chills: Book of Aliens, Book of Ghosts, Book of Monsters & Book of Nightmares
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Bruce Coville's Ufos
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Bruce Coville - Unicorn Chronicles Collection: Into the Land of the Unicorns, Song of the Wanderer, Dark Whispers, The Last Hunt
Bruce Coville
Dark Whispers (The Unicorn Chronicles, #3)
Bruce Coville
In Luster, the world of the unicorns, a strange new menace arises! Beloved, the great enemy of the unicorns, has stolen one of the Queen's Five, the powerful amulets that allow a human to enter Luster. By combining her own magic with that of the amulet, Beloved hopes to open a gate between the worlds – a gate that will allow her Hunters to launch a full scale invasion. At the same time Grimwold, Keeper of the Unicorn Chronicles, comes upon hints of an ancient story that may hold the key to survival. Reluctantly, the Queen sends Cara and Lightfoot on a perilous mission to recover this story. On Earth, Cara's father begins a desperate quest of his own, a search that begins with one of the strangest bargains ever made. And deep in Luster's forest, the mighty Dimblethum is tormented by tempting whispers from what may be the greatest menace of all . . . Brimming with new characters, filled with magic, mystery, and adventure, the third volume of the Unicorn Chronicles will sweep you into a fantasy world like no other!
Goblins in the Castle (Minstrel Book)
Bruce Coville
Half-Human
Bruce Coville
Like us, but not quite...
A girl who hears the sea amongst the busy streets of Manhattan. A princess born with the strength to clutch a sword hilt. A winged boy who cannot fly. In these stories, the kind where trees can become men and girls wake up with snakes for hair, people are not always what they seem. But they still must discover who they are.
Compiled and edited by Bruce Coville, with contributions by Tamora Pierce, Gregory Maguire, Jane Yolen, Nancy Springer, D.J Malcolm, Janni Lee Simner, Jude Mandell, Tim Waggoner, and Lawrence Schimel.
I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (Alien Adventures, #2)
Bruce Coville
KIDNAPPED TO
DIMENSION X!
When Rod Allbright's cousin Elspeth arrived for a visit the day after school let out for the summer, Rod thought his vacation was ruined. But after they are kidnapped to Dimension X by a monster named Smorkus Flinders, Rod realizes that Elspeth is the least of his problems. After all, what's a bratty cousin compared to cranky monsters, furious aliens, and the discovery that you are stuck in the middle of an interstellar power play?
And that doesn't begin to take into account the horrifying personal decision that Rod will be forced to make before his adventures are over.
Into the Land of the Unicorns (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1)
Bruce Coville
One unicorn dwells on Earth.
Hundreds fight in Luster.
Their legends are recorded in
THE UNICORN CHRONICLES
Into the Land of the Unicorns
As each chime sounds, Cara climbs faster up the steep bell tower. Eleven! She must be on the roof when the next bell tolls. Twelve! With a deep breath, and only half believing she will survive, Cara jumps off the church roof and into Luster, land of the unicorns.
In Luster, Cara meets many wonderful creatures, but the most magnificent of all is Lightfoot, a rebellious young unicorn. Cara's band of friends comes to include a hairy creature named the Dimblethum and the monekey-like Squijim. Together, they set out to reach the Unicorn Queen before the mysterious man who is following them does - to prevent the destruction of all unicorns forever.
"Coville weaves traditional unicorn myths into his accessible fantasy...[with] an ending that hints at the next adventure." Booklist
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Magic Shop, #2)
Bruce Coville
If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop.
And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you buy? The Chinese rings? The Skull of Truth? Or the dragon's egg?
And if you did buy the dragon's egg, what would you do when you found out you were supposed to hatch it?
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love
Bruce Coville
Juliet Dove is a girl who doesn't like to be noticed. But though she may be shy, she has a wickedly sharp wit. Whenever someone does take notice of her, she tears into the person with a savagery that's earned her the nickname Killer. Juliet ends up leaving Mr. Elives' magic shop with Helen of Troy's amulet—that is, a virtual man magnet. Juliet doesn't know what she's got, but the boys in her class do—they start to notice her. Soon every boy in town is swoony for her. Yet, much as she'd like to lose all the unwanted attention, she can' The amulet won't come off! A sidesplittingly funny, heartbreaking whirlwind of a book about the high cost of loving, from the award-winning author of My Teacher Is an Alien and The Unicorn Chronicles.
Monster of the Year
Bruce Coville
Michael and his friend Steve decide to launch a Monster of the Year contest, setting the stage for one of the creepiest beauty pageants ever.
My Teacher Glows in the Dark (My Teacher Is an Alien, #3)
Bruce Coville
My Teacher Is an Alien (My Teacher Is an Alien, #1)
Bruce Coville
Sixth grade is just out of this world!Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face -- and realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien! At first no one will believe her except Peter Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Susan discover Mr. Smith's horrible plans for their classmates, they know they have to act fast. Only they can get rid of their extraterrestrial visitor -- and save the rest of the sixth-grade class from a fate worse than math tests!
Operation Sherlock (A.I. Gang, #1)
Bruce Coville
When their scientist parents are assigned to a top secret project on a small, remote island, the five members of the A.I. Gang have to come along, and find themselves trying to stop a spy from destroying the project.
Sarah's Unicorn
Bruce Coville
Song of the Wanderer (The Unicorn Chronicles, #2)
Bruce Coville
One unicorn dwells on Earth.
Hundreds fight in Luster.
Their legends are recorded in
The Unicorn Chronicles.
Book II: Song of the Wanderer
Cara must return to Earth to save her grandmother, the Wanderer. But to do so, Cara must first travel through the wilderness of Luster, land of the unicorns, full of unknown creatures and perilous adventure around every bend in the road. Only at the back of the dragon Ebillan's cave will she find the gate that can return her to Earth.
Embarking on the journey of her life, Cara will face vicious terrain, delver attacks, and a surly dragon. Beyond all this looms one more danger: Beloved, Cara's infamous ancestor, who has dedicated a lifetime to ridding the earth of unicorns. Is Cara strong enough to resist Beloved's ruthless magic and trickery? Can she bear betraying her own blood?
The Dragonslayers
Bruce Coville
To get revenge on King Mildred, Grizelda creates the fiercest dragon the kingdom has ever seen. He is such a terror that he must be killed. Now if only the dragonslayers could stop arguing long enough to face the greatest battle of all!
The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (Nina Tanleven, #3)
Bruce Coville
When sixth grader Nina Tanleven starts working at an antiques shop, she never expects to stumble onto a mystery -- or into danger. But that's exactly what happens when she and her best friend, Chris, go to pick up an antique wardrobe at old Miss Watson's. From the moment the girls set foot in the run-down mansion, they sense that it's haunted -- even before they discover the tower room with its big brass bed and grieving little girl ghost!
But the tower romm isn't the only place holding secrets. In the parlor there's a gruesome painting, which seems to have a terrible hold over Nina. Could there be a connection between it and the ghostly child crying upstairs? As Nina and Chris begin investigating, a second ghost puts in an eerie appearance. The girls realize this could be the biggest ghost-busting adventure of their lives -- if they survive!
The Ghost in the Third Row (Nina Tanleven, #1)
Bruce Coville
The Stage is Set...
For a Ghostly Scene!
For sixth-grader Nina Tanleven, trying out for a part in a play is pretty scary. But nothing can compare to seeing a ghost, a woman in white, sitting in the audience! Nina senses that she has nothing to fear from this apparition, but she is intrigued. Nina learns that fifty years ago, a beautiful actress was murdered--on this very stage! According to legend, she has haunted the theater ever since....
Strange things begin to happen---scripts are ripped up, sets are knocked down, a costume is torn to pieces--and everyone thinks that the ghost wants to stop the show from going on. Everyone, that is, except for Nina and her best friend, Chris, who decide to do some ghost hunting of their own. But only the Woman in White can lead them to the answer!
The Ghost Wore Gray (Nina Tanleven, #2)
Bruce Coville
" What A Hunk! Too Bad He's Dead ..."
Sixth-grader Nina Tanleven convinced her architect father to let her best friend Chris go with them to stay in the old inn he's restoring. On theafternoon they arrive, the girls find a faded Civil War photograph of a very handsome Confederate soldier. Nina and Cris are stunned when the ghost of the young soldier suddenly appears at the dinner table that night! They realize he's the ghost who they've heard haunts the inn.
When he appears to them again--no one else can see him--Nina and Chris know that the ghost is trying to tell them something. But what? To find out, the girls begin investigating the old country inn. And soon they are swept up in a frightening mystery that began more than one hundred years ago--a mystery involving danger, greed, a hidden room... and a buried treasure!
The Invasion of Luster (Unicorn Chronicles, #5)
Bruce Coville
The Wall Between the Worlds Has Been Breached!
As the Blood Moon rises, Beloved, the ancient and eternal enemy of the unicorns, launches her assault on Luster. But the very act of opening a passage between Earth and the world of the unicorns creates a danger more fearful and far-reaching than even Beloved could have imagined.
The unicorns gathered at Autumngrove feel the intrusion the moment the worlds are linked. It tells them that the long-feared invasion has begun. Knowing that they will need help in the struggle to come, the Queen sends Cara out on a perilous new mission.
In the meantime, Lightfoot finds himself in the last place he ever expected to be: Beloved's castle on Earth! As the Prince explores the home of the enemy, he makes an astonishing discovery . . . a discovery that will change everything for Cara and her family.
The danger grows, new mysteries arise, and the tension mounts in the riveting 5th volume of the Unicorn Chronicles, a book that will sweep you further into a fantasy world like no other!
Note: This is a revised version of the first third of the book originally published as THE LAST H
The Last Hunt (The Unicorn Chronicles, #4)
Bruce Coville
In the center if Luster stands an enormous tree called the Axis Mundi, the Heart of the World. But now that tree is wounded, pierced through by magic. And through that wound marches an army of Hunters, led by the sinister and vengeful Beloved. And they are all determined to destroy each and every unicorn. As the unicorns gather to defend their lives, the human girl, Cara, is sent on a mission to meet a ferocious and mysterious dragon. Faced with perilous danger, Cara must make a desperate decision that will change her life forever.
With a deft hand and keen imagination, master storyteller Bruce Coville brings this riveting epic fantasy series to a rousing conclusion as the secrets of Luster are finally and satisfyingly unveiled.
The Monster's Ring
Bruce Coville
Russell Crannaker, a rather timid boy who is eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster. Reprint.
The Search for Snout (Alien Adventures, #3)
Bruce Coville
Somewhere Snout is waiting.
Rod Allbright and his alien friends face the biggest mystery of their lives: where in the wide, wide galaxy is their missing friend Snout, the Master of the Mental Arts?
Their death-defying search for their friend leads them across the stars to the Mentat, the mysterious home of the Mental Masters. But the clues they uncover there only deepen the mystery — and the danger.
For Rod and his friends have stumbled into something far bigger and more dangerous than any of them had dreamed of. At stake are their honor, their lives, their sanity, and (just possibly) the fate of the universe.
The Skull of Truth
Bruce Coville
Mr. Elives’s magic shop is back, and this time it is on the other side of Tucker’s Swamp. And Tucker’s Swamp is where Charlie Eggleston heads to escape a beating—for lying. Charlie can’t seem to keep from lying, though sometimes his lies are for a good cause. When Charlie stumbles into Mr. Elives’s magic shop, his eyes light upon The Skull. Charlie steals The Skull and it puts him under some sort of spell—he can only tell the truth. Trouble is, now no one believes him…
The Thief of Worlds
Bruce Coville
What happens when the wind stops?
The air grows hot and still and hard to breathe.
Hospitals fill with patients.
The world begins to panic.
What happens when the wind stops?
For Hurricane, this global disaster strikes at his core; but he must recover the magical horn that will fix everything.
Can magic be real? And how can it finding the horn rest on Hurricane's twelve-year-old shoulders?
This classic epic fantasy from beloved author Bruce Coville will enthrall readers while it reminds them of the magic that lies in friendship and that friendship just might have the power to save the world.
For Hurricane, this global disaster strikes at his core. He got his name because he was born during a hurricane, and he has always felt a strangely intense connection to the wind. And now his mother is one of the sick people in the hospital. But what can he do? He's just a kid.
When all this turns out to be TRUE, Hurricane embarks on the adventure of his a journey to different worlds, where he will make friends unlike any people he has ever known. He will discover courage, strength, humor, and an ability to bring people together.
The Unicorn Chronicles (The Unicorn Chronicles, #1-2)
Bruce Coville
THE WOUNDED TREE (Unicorn Chronicles Book 6)
Bruce Coville
If the Axis Mundi Falls, Can Luster Survive?When Beloved used the magic of one of the Queen's amulets to drive a tunnel through the great tree at the heart of lLuster, she unwittingly put the entire world in danger. Now the unicorns face disaster on two the Hunters are spreading out in search of unicorns to kill, and at the same time the world of Luster is on the verge of tearing itself apart.While Amalia Flickerfoot, Queen of the Unicorns, makes plans to face the Hunters, her human granddaughter, Cara, is on a mission to enlist the aid of the dragon Graumag. At a desperate moment, Cara meets the mysterious Elihu, who presents her with the most fateful decision of her life.Overflowing with danger, painful choices, and dazzlng surprises, the enthralling sixth volume of the Unicorn Chronicles will sweep you into the heart of a fantasy world like no other! This is a lightly revised version of the middle third of the book originally published as THE LAST HUNT. It contains some minor expansions, as well as one completely new chapter.
William Shakespeare's: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Retellings, #2)
Bruce Coville
One night two young couples run into an enchanted forest in an attempt to escape their problems. But these four humans do not realize that the forest is filled with fairies and hobgoblins who love making mischief. When Oberon, the Fairy King, and his loyal hobgoblin servant, Puck, intervene in human affairs, the fate of these young couples is magically and hilariously transformed. Like a classic fairy tale, this retelling of William Shakespeare's most beloved comedy is perfect for older readers who will find much to treasure and for younger readers who will love hearing the story read aloud.
William Shakespeare's: Macbeth (Shakespeare Retellings, #3)
Bruce Coville
The story of Macbeth—a tormented man who is at once heroic and evil—has enthralled audiences for nearly four hundred years with its host of unforgettable sense. They’re all here in his stunningly illustrated prose version. Geared toward young audiences who may be meeting Shakespeare for the first time, this book is an exciting and accessible invitation to the play’s rich story, creating a gateway toward further enjoyment of the original.
William Shakespeare’s: Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Retellings, #4)
Bruce Coville
Joining Bruce Coville 's earlier prose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays is this picture book treatment of the Bard's most popular work ever. The tender story of the young star-crossed lovers from warring families, Romeo and Juliet has moved audiences to tears for four hundred years. And Coville tells it in a way that will surely whet the appetite of young audiences, who will then find even greater enjoyment in the original. As with his earlier adaptations, Coville expertly combines his own dramatic language with key lines from the play. Dennis Nolan , who illustrated Coville's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream , contributes stunning paintings, including a gatefold of the famous balcony scene. In addition to A Midsummer Night's Dream , which Publishers Weekly called "A first rate entree to the Bard," Coville also retold The Tempest and Macbeth . Of the latter, School Library Journal said, "Coville's muscular sentences, full of dramatic word choices, make this a good read-aloud." Both Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream were honored as ALA Quick Picks for Young Adults.
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