Zero believes that he is a hero, but the counting numbers think he is worthless until they get into trouble with some Roman numerals, and only Zero can help.
Humorous stories
- Author:Holub, JoanSummary:
- Author:Harris, DougSummary:
Winner, Quiddity Award for Best Book Trailer. Shortlisted, Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and QWF First Book Prize. You're the kind of guy who falls in love after one date. Marginalized and alienated, perennial fuck-up Lee...
- Author:Thurber, JamesSummary:
- Author:Korman, GordonSummary:
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
- Author:Rees, DouglasSummary:
A humorous picture book in which Edna the very first chicken faces off against a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex. Tyrannosaurus Rex wants breakfast. He stomps and he roars and he gnashes his pointy teeth-and he scares all the other dinosaurs...
- Author:FENTON, KateSummary:
Once upon a time, Miss Theodora Dunstan proposed marriage. More specifically, she proposed that the MP for Tadstone West would do the decent thing by herself. Readers of the tabloid press may recall what happend next. Teddy prefers...
- Author:Pastis, StephanSummary:
Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe.
- Author:Pastis, StephanSummary:
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total...
- Author:KORMAN, GordonSummary:
As they seem to be at the bottom of every prank at Macdonald Hall, the headmaster decides to separate roommates Bruno and Boots, but to little avail. Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka The Fish, separates them...
- Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:
After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats....
- Author:Buckley, MichaelSummary:
When a virus infects Arlington, Virginia, home of NERDS headquarters, transforming victims into criminal masterminds, it is up to Flinch to stop its spread by miniaturizing himself and entering the head of the Villain Virus's...
- Author:John, Jory, Barnett, MacSummary:
It's Miles' and Niles' final year, and the Terrible Two have one goal: an epic prank, something that will leave a lasting legacy at their school; but will the new superintendent ruin their plans?
- Author:McDonald, MeganSummary:
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including their long line of actor ancestors, creative family dinners, toe marshmallows, swearing in Shakespeare, and the Sisters Club.
- Author:Petty, J. T.Summary:
When the rogue changeling Inky Mess tries to take over the Make Believe using the Forgetting Book, feisty fairy-killer Clemency Pogue must put aside worries about her parents and learn to communicate with some frightening bees in order...
- Author:Baker, E. D.Summary:
Thirteen-year-old Grassina vies with her older sister, Chartreuse, to see who will inherit the family's talent for magic and become the Green Witch, while each ponders which prince will be at her side during her "happily ever...
- Author:McDonald, MeganSummary:
In Acton, Oregon, sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives, including auditioning for the same part in the school musical, baking contest-worthy cupcakes, and becoming obsessed with "Little Women."...
- Author:JAIN, MaSummary:
A satirical novel exploring the absurdities and cruelties of society in post-Tiananmen China. Journeys into the world of individuals whose lives are controlled, shaped, and beaten by politics and fate.
- Author:Pinkwater, Daniel ManusSummary:
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending...
- Author:Baker, E. D.Summary:
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.
- Author:Benton, Jim.Summary:
Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can get way out of hand. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one...