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Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.

In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.

Children's author William Steig describes and illustrates what life was like in his neighborhood when he was a boy nearly one hundred years ago.

"Before he can begin the story he wants to write, an author hears an insistent call for more bears and soon the pages are crawling with them"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Elio, son of a teaching professor in Italy meets a young American scholar, Oliver, and is immediately attracted to him. Their relationship develops into a hidden passionate affair for the summer, and years later when they reunite they remember their intense feelings for each other.

Andy and Terry live together in a 26-story treehouse where they tell stories and have crazy adventures.

Provides biographical and bibliographical information on more than one thousand of the most influential authors of the twentieth century, including novelists and short story writers, dramatists, poets, contemporary literary figures, genre writers, and twentieth-century thinkers; and includes nationality/ethnicity and genre/subject indexes.

When friends Eddie, Harris, and Maggie discover that the scary adventures in their favorite author's fictional books come true, they must find a way to close the portal that allows evil creatures and witches to enter their hometown of Gatesweed.

Omar Phillips, Bridgewater High's favorite teen author, is having horrible visions of death and destruction, and when they start coming true, goth girl Sophie tells him how he can end them, but the only thing worse than her cure may be what happens if he ignores it.