Books by James Preller and Complete Book Reviews

James Preller, Author . Feiwel and Friends $16.95 (147p) ISBN 978-0-312-36763-3
Preller, author of the Jigsaw Jones mysteries, raises his game with this perceptive group portrait of boys who play Little League baseball. The structure couldn't be more hackneyed—a championship game with everything on the line—but
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James Preller, Author . Feiwel and Friends $16.99 (226p) ISBN 978-0-312-37906-3
The question at the heart of this story turns on what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the appalling silence of the good people.” Is it just as bad to see someone get mistreated and not act as it is to be the bully? The villain is Griffin...
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James Preller, Scholastic Press, $15.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-545-03301-5
Preller revisits the fifth grade at Spiro Agnew Elementary (the setting of Along Came Spider), this time focusing on Justin Fisher, a class clown whose antics have worn exceedingly thin. Recurrent clashes with the teacher and the increasing...
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James Preller. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-312-56107-9.
Like the Beatles’ hit for which he’s named, 16-year-old Jude Fox is, in fact, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. His is a gloomy story, conveyed by an omniscient narrator, which opens with a fatal car crash and flashes back to...
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James Preller. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-312-64301-0
Preller returns to themes addressed in his 2009 novel, Bystander, in an equally painful story about the aftermath of a teenager's suicide. After relentless bullying online, high school outcast Morgan Mallen throws herself off a water tower, leaving...
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James Preller. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-06648-0
After a skateboarding accident leads to his death and inexplicable reanimation, Adrian Lazarus is forced to start seventh grade as a decomposing and slightly smelly zombie. In addition enduring bullying, Adrian is being watched, but he’s not sure by
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James Preller, illus. by Iacopo Bruno. Feiwel and Friends, $14.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-250-01887-8
Preller (the Jigsaw Jones mysteries) serves up gasp-worthy scenes and chilling twists in this illustrated chapter book that launches the Scary Tales series. Suspense builds gradually: when eight-year-old Liam, his widowed father, and older sister,...
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James Preller, Author, Matthew Cordell, Illustrator , illus. by Matthew Cordell. Feiwel and Friends $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-312-36764-0
Reworking Ernest Thayer’s poem “Casey at the Bat” for Little Leaguers, Preller (Along Came Spider ) and Cordell (Righty & Lefty ) knock out a spirited celebration of a team with the right attitude, if not skills. The Delmar...
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James Preller, illus. by Greg Ruth, Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-312-36928-6
This rambunctious first day tale is fit for any young buccaneer. Leading an imaginary crew who are drawn in pale pencil, the red-haired protagonist shines his “snappers” (brushes his teeth), breakfasts on grub and grog, and boards the “great, grand...
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James Preller, illus. by Greg Ruth. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-00515-1
Using the same blustery pirate slang and vintage-style artwork that propelled A Pirate’s Guide to First Grade, Preller and Ruth transform a school playground into a swashbuckling adventure featuring two rival captains—Red (from the previous book)...
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James Preller, Author, Inc Scholastic, Manufactured by Tangerine Press $9.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-40786-1
In addition to a chance to win a free trip to the 2002 World Series, The Major League Baseball Card Collector's Kit offers young baseball fans an attractive tin, decorated with players' images both nostalgic and new, which holds four packs of ...
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James Preller. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-250-17485-7
Set over six days, this harrowing survival story follows two siblings as they struggle to stay alive in the wilderness. Responsible and level-headed, 13-year-old Grace Taylor is easily frustrated by her 11-year-old brother, Carter, who is impulsive...
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James Preller, illus. by Mary GrandPré. Feiwel and Friends, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-15588-7
The creator of the Jigsaw Jones series switches creative tacks with this sequence of haiku that propels classmates through a busy opening day of school, highlighting their activities, personalities, and emotions. In the spirit of the title, a new...
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James Preller, illus. by Kevin Keele. Scholastic, $7.99 paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-338-81044-8
Otherworldly hotel horrors interrupt a family’s summer trip in this page-turning, humor-tinged series kickoff from Preller (Blood Mountain). On the road, the family of 11-year-old Ash McGinn becomes lost in a heavy fog, far from accommodations that...
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