New Releases by Debbie Dadey

Wanting to help a lost baby polar bear return home, Kiki Coral and her mermaid friends worry that the cost of the bear''s transportation will prevent them from seeing a concert performance of their favorite boy band.

It''s sister versus sister when siblings Echo and Crystal fight over a precious human object.

When her great-aunt, the Queen, comes to visit, Shelly is nervous about receiving such a royal guest and concerned that she will be forced to leave Trident City.

When Allie MacAllister’s best friend, Leaf Sweetwater, invites her to try on her buckskin dress, Allie couldn’t be happier. Until soldiers interrupt the girls’ fun and round up Leaf’s family, forcing them from their home and taking Allie with them. Together they are swept along the harsh Trail of Tears, and joined by thousands of other Cherokee families.

While preparing for a unit on storytelling, the mermaids of Trident Academy learn of a legendary pirate treasure in their own city and Pearl decides to find it, despite a warning that it is guarded by a ghost.

Experiencing occasional visions of the future, mermaid Kiki Coral receives a psychic warning that her classmate, Rocky Ridge, will have a dangerous encounter with a giant leatherback turtle, a premonition she fears nobody will believe. By the award-winning author of the Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series. Simultaneous.

Donald doesn''t even know he''s being insulted by Louisa, the class bully, when she names him King of the Kooties-but that''s just the beginning of Louisa''s war against Donald. And Donald doesn''t do a very good job of protecting himself. So it''s up to his best friend Nate to teach Donald to defend himself from a bully without resorting to violence.

Echo Reef loves sea horses so much, she wants one for a pet…no matter what! Of all the creatures in the ocean, sea horses are Echo Reef’s favorite. They’re sweet and gentle and they glide through the water so gracefully. When Echo discovers that Rocky Ridge, one of her Trident Academy classmates, has his own pet sea horse, she wants one right away. Not everyone agrees sea horses should be pets, however—perhaps they are happiest when swimming freely. But Echo thinks that if Rocky can make a sea horse happy, she can too! Can’t she?

Includes an excerpt of the author''s next sequel in the series entitled, The secret sea horse.

Pearl’s fear of sharks is not unfounded—but can she find a way to feel safe in this Mermaid Tales adventure? Late-breaking news from the Trident City Tide: There have been shark sightings in Trident City! No swimming alone! Pearl’s father even hires a Shark Guard to escort her to school. Pearl starts stirring up lots of trouble with anything that has to do with sharks, even denouncing the skeleton Kiki has in her room. And then, to make matters worse, Pearl accuses Kiki of stealing her precious pearl necklace! And though the undersea waters are indeed filled with danger, Pearl just might discover that true friends can provide a sense of safety!

In this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure, can Kiki overcome her fears and enjoy her first-ever trip to the ocean’s surface? The third graders at Trident Academy are traveling to the surface of the ocean for the first time ever for a “hugely” exciting activity: They’re going to visit a pod of humpback whales! But Kiki is less than thrilled. In fact, she’s scared from the top of her head to the tip of her tail. After all, the enormous creatures could swallow her (and maybe her entire class) in one giant gulp! Kiki’s pals Shelly and Echo try to help shrink her fears, and when a new friend comes along—a very big, whale-size friend—Kiki’s courage emerges, and the fun looms large.

In this splashy new Mermaid Tale, a megapopular boy band is set to perform at an undersea celebration—but what if a mean girl keeps Shelly from joining in the fun? Echo, Shelly Siren’s best friend, is doing tail flips because she’s going to see the hottest boy band around—The Rays! It’s her classmate Pearl’s birthday, and the Rays are going to perform at her exclusive party. Troublemaker Pearl has invited just about everyone—everyone, that is, except Shelly! Shelly urges Echo to go anyway, but Echo doesn’t want to leave her friend out of the exciting celebration…so Shelly hatches a plan to make sure Echo sees her favorite group. And when the Rays do come to town (amidst plenty of under-the-sea, boy band drama), Echo returns the favor so that Shelly is included in the festivities—in the most unexpected of ways!

Mermaids Shelly and Echo are excited to begin third grade at the prestigious Trident Academy, but snooty Pearl, jokester Rocky, brilliant Kiki, grumpy Mr. Fangtooth, and an argument over their first project challenge the best friends. Includes facts about marine plants and animals and words to the Mermaid Tales Song.

Investigating a strange new counselor at Bailey School, the students attempt to discover why he avoids sunlight, lives in a basement, and has icy cold hands.

The kids at the Bailey School wonder if the new worker at Burger Doodle, who has pale skin and sad eyes, is a ghoul spying for a vampire family

Visiting the new Jewel''s Pizza Castle, the kids from Mrs. Jeeper''s class begin to suspect that a fire-breathing dragon is doing the cooking

This Side of Magic is the first in a series of light fantasy chapter books set in Morgantown, a town on the border between the real world and the magical world, by the authors of the Publishers Weekly best selling BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS—a series of 50 books with more than 30 million copies sold! "You are my chosen apprentices," said Mr. Leery. Penny and Luke aren''t sure they want to be apprentice Keyholders. A Keyholder''s job, explains their neighbor, Mr. Leery, is to guard the border between the real world and the magical world. But when they meet their "links"—magical helpers from the other side of the border—they change their minds. Penny''s link is Kirin, a sarcastic unicorn. Luke forms a link with a clumsy baby dragon named Dracula. And just in time! For the evil Queen of the Boggarts is determined to invade their world—and only the Keyholders and their links can stop her. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Natalie learns that she might be a Keyholder like her classmates Penny and Luke; but first, she must form an alliance with a rat named Buttercup.

Professional wrestling comes to Bailey City, and Viking Vince the Invincible defends his belt in the main event. But could this wrestler be a real-life Viking planning to conquer Bailey City? Includes illustrations. Chapter Book: 13 chapters.

Jake has promised his parents that he won''t leav the swamp again. But when The Big One--the biggest, meanest alligator in the swamp--tries to eat his human friend Emily, Jake has no choice. He has to save Emily! But how can he stop The Big One? Swamp monsters are pretty strong, but Jake will need some help if he is going to mess with this giant gator! and to make matters worse, Principal Pellman wants Jake to speak at the school graduation. Will he be a hero or a zero?

"It''s a boys-versus-girls battle! Big bully Andrew is determined to prove that boys are better than girls -- after all, boys are cool and totally rule. But Cassidy and Nina know that he''s wrong, since girls smell sweet and can''t be beat. But when classroom ghosts join the competition, the rest of the school realizes that something''s not right. A ghost fight? not that''s scary! The competition is on -- may the best ghoul win!"--Backcover.

The Bailey School kids wonder if a mad scientist could turn a snow sculpture into a dragon.

Andrew, the class bully, brings ghost-stopping slime to the school basement, but the Ghostville ghosts aren''t planning on being caught.

Two poems by Jack Prelutsky.

Get ready for more spooky fun from the best-selling authors of THE BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS. And you thought YOUR school was scary? These third-graders are haunted by a classroom full of GHOSTS! The Read-a-Thon is On! The kids at Sleepy Hollow Elementary are having an all-night reading marathon. Their goal is to read more books than any other school and earn a brand-new computer. But when the kids read about a treasure hidden in their own school basement, the Read-a-Thon turns into a treasure hunt. Cassidy wants the treasure and the computer, but one thing stands in her way: Nighttime is ghost time! And there''s a whole lot of haunting going on. Readers beware!

When the students in Mr. Morton''s third grade class decide to turn the corridor outside their classroom into a haunted house for the school''s Harvest Festival and invite their grandparents, the ghosts whose classroom it also is do everything they can to stop them.

The school carnival is coming up, and the kids with the coolest booth win a free trip to Fun Zone.

Short stories include: Wally''s first Christmas, Jigsaw Jones: The case of the Santa Claus mystery; Midnight gets a star; Take a penny, leave a penny; The nutcracker retold; Holiday disaster; Christmas on the prairie; The rocking chair: a classroom play; A visit from St. Nicholas.