eccentrics and eccentricities

Fraternal twins Abigail and Dorcas Mather could not be more different, have always been the best of friends, but when the new man in town takes an interest in both of them, their close relationship is tested.

A photographer in her late forties chronicles her friendship with a young man she has known since his childhood and tries to help him overcome a heroin addiction.

"Rich in poignant detail, Niederhoffer paints a fascinating portrait of six sisters engaged in the merciless age-old fist-fight, struggling to love and best each other in turn."--Nicola Kraus, co-author of "The Nanny Diaries.".

Discover the oddities and curiosities from the world of Ripley's Believe It or Not from tattooed ladies to the largest skateboard to a portrait created with fire ants.

Agatha heads to India to help out her uncle Raymond -- wildlife photographer and a snake charmer. This time Agatha and her uncle are on a mission to find the famous pearl of Bengal, an ancient artifact that was stolen from the temple of the goddess Kali.

"Eleven-year-old Brendan Doyle doesn't get along with his foster mother, he's failing fifth grade, and he's bullied mercilessly by a band of boys in his class. Then Brendan meets two potential friends--an eccentric old man and a girl from summer school--and he sees that there may be hope for him after all"--.

Agatha Mistery, a twelve-year-old detective with a photographic memory, and her cousin Dash are summoned to Niagara Falls to investigate a jewel heist.

In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.

Upon the death of his Aunt Julia, twelve-year-old Jack is whisked by his scheming and dreaming parents from Pennsylvania to a small Caribbean island, Compano, and soon finds himself alone on a deserted island.

Aurelie Bonhoffen, who has grown up in the circus, discovers a remarkable family secret on her twelfth birthday that may help in dealing with a sinister man who wants to take over her family's pier.