Dan Poblocki, Random, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-375-84256-6
Seventh-grade best friends Timothy and Stuart are both upset when Timothy accidentally volunteers to be a project partner in class with a surly new girl named Abigail. But although Timothy and Abigail clash, after viewing a dire-looking painting...
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Dan Poblocki, illus. by James Rey Sanchez. Penguin Workshop, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-75106-0
Potty humor drives this tale of frightening flatulence from Poblocki and Sanchez. When two siblings visit Gramma and Grampa’s new house, the elders joke that there’s a resident phantom. First-person narration goes on to describe a stenchful night:...
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Dan Poblocki, illus. by Marie Bergeron. Penguin Workshop, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-5933-8747-4
With an opening that states “DON’T READ THIS BOOK” in spindly scrawl, Poblocki (The Ghost of Graylock) sets the scene for this bone-chilling collection couched in an overarching narrative about a girl seeking to uncover the truth about her missing...
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Eureka O’Hara and Dan Poblocki, illus. by Ricardo Bessa. Amulet, $18.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4197-7365-5
After Jackson, who reads as white, wears a pink-and-white polka-dot dress to school, the blowback he receives from ill-intentioned teacher Miss Felton motivates the 12-year-old to crank up the dial on his fabulous meter. With encouragement from his...
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