New Releases by Greg Trine

Eleven-year-old George Mullin knows crazy when he sees it. Or at least he thinks he does. When his grandfather disappears and his grandmother tells the world that he was abducted my aliens, George is fairly certain that she has a screw loose...maybe several. But everything changes when his younger brother vanishes in the same way.

Judy Hopps, the first rabbit in the Zootopia police, and her partner, former con artist Nick Wilde, the first fox, are on traffic duty when they are sent to investigate a robbery at a cheese warehouse.

Melvin Beederman, superhero extraordinaire, faces his greatest challenge yet when a mysterious villain threatens his favorite rock band! Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! But this time, Melvin Beederman may have met his match. The Grateful Fred, Melvin''s all-time favorite rock-and-roll band, is in danger. Someone has been sending threatening letters, and Fred himself has requested Melvin''s help: From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear Melvin, We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don''t know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in case. Sincerely, Fred of The Grateful Fred Can Melvin and his partner-in-uncrime, Candace, find the culprit before it''s too late? Or will Joe the Okay Guy turn into Joe the Bad Guy and put an end to The Grateful Fred once and for all? In this third installment of the Melvin Beederman series, only the narrator knows for sure!

Melvin Beederman is back and ready for action, but this time he''s up against an unexpected foe: Valley girls! Fresh out of bad guys to catch, Melvin thinks he can finally catch a break. Little does he know that trouble is brewing in a dressing room at a large department store... Devious and sinister Valley girls Chantele and Brittany aren''t just trying on clothes. They''re hatching a totally cool plan to take over the city. With their clever disguises and manipulative charm, these fashion-obsessed fiends might just outsmart our favorite superhero. Will Melvin and his trusty sidekick Candace be able to see through their schemes and save the day? Or will they be outmatched by two not-so-smart girls from the Valley? Attack of the Valley Girls is the latest installment in the hilarious Melvin Beederman, Superhero series. Filled with laugh-out-loud moments and eye-catching illustrations, this graphic novel is perfect for young readers who love comedy, action, and unexpected twists.

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Crime is at an all-time low in Los Angeles—but not for long. The McNasty Brothers have escaped from prison, and they want REVENGE. The superheroes need all their noggin power, and a little help from a pretzel-loving rat, to capture the baddest-smelling villains around.

The three members of the Bad Guy Brotherhood have broken out of jail, and now they''re coming after the superhero who put them there: Melvin Beederman! Goofball McCluskey, Max the Wonder Thug, and Calamity Wayne are building a time machine so they can get Melvin before he ever became a superhero. Can Melvin and Candace travel back in time and reach the Superhero Academy to save young Melvin?

A few million miles away from Los Angeles, danger is lurking. Evil aliens with some seriously hard to pronounce names like Zzykrkv are visiting earth from their home planet, Dork—to kidnap earthlings for their science class! While busy on a snack food errand . . . uh, mission . . . Melvin Beederman, official superhero of Los Angeles, senses that something doesn''t feel quite right. Can Melvin, Candance, and friends from the Superhero Academy prevail over extraterrestrial bad guys with a spaceship powered by a Gamma drive? Holy alien invasion!

Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Meet Melvin Beederman. He''s a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains—once he''s airborne. Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk! This series has it all: hilarious story lines, amazing classic-comic-inspired illustrations, fearless new superheroes, and SNACKS! Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name! Melvin loves fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the McNasty Brothers, the baddest guys of all, start robbing banks—and Melvin''s superpowers mysteriously disappear. Enter Candace, a third-grade actress with some surprising new talents. Once they team up, nothing can beat these partners in uncrime. Nothing but bologna, that is . . .

When Melvin goes to Las Vegas for the Superhero''s Convention, Candace is left in charge of Los Angeles. Between the horrible bullies at school and the devious and sinister Spaz brothers (Major and his brother, Big), Candace has her hands very full. And someone has stolen her cape! How will she stop all the bad guys before the city is overrun with crime? The super-sidekick gets her turn in the spotlight in this fifth hilarious book in the Melvin Beederman series.

Willy Maykit is stranded on Planet Ed during a class trip to outer space. But will he be able to outwit the monsters inhabiting Ed and find his way back home?

In the third hilarious adventure of this series, fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo discovers a very unusual talent for shape-shifting as she and her dog Raymond try to stop a crime wave in San Francisco. Illustrations.

Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her sidekick Raymond face Dr. Dastardly and Numbskull, who break out of jail and join forces with Pinkbeard''s band of time-traveling pirates in an evil revenge plot.

"I am retiring from my life as a superhero and have enclosed my cape. Use it well. Sincerely, Uncle George." Jo Schmo comes from a long line of crime fighters, but she''s just a normal fourth grade girl into boys and skateboards--until her uncle''s cape arrives on her San Francisco doorstep. Time to join the family business! Gramps shows Jo the tricks of the trade, and her dog, Raymond, becomes her slobbery sidekick. Just in time, too. Can Jo stop Dr. Dastardly and his deadly gang of dead dinos? Stay tuned for more adventures of Jo Schmo, complete with hilarious black-and-white illustrations.

"Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her drooling dog Raymond go back in time to stop the infamous and stinky outlaw Wyatt Burp."--

Elroy''s got one thing on his mind: girls. In an effort to get to second base, he offers to tutor the hot new girl in math, forms a band with his two best friend (okay, so he gets a face full of tomato for his efforts) and joins the wrestling team. He''s a little vague on the whole bases thing, but the jocks have a club dedicated to getting there with every girl they can. And now that he''s a jock (sort of), maybe Elroy will find out for himself what it means to be a member of the Second Base Club.

Is Melvin Beederman DOOMED? Mysterious threatening e-mails, a sad sidekick, and . . . country music? Melvin Beederman and his partner in uncrime, Candace, are really in trouble. Once again someone is out to get them, and this time not even the Superhero''s Code can save Melvin from a terrible bologna-filled plight. Candace alone can rescue him—if only she can remember the country singer''s motto: "When all else fails, sing about your dog." Melvin Beederman has launched himself as a flying success with kids and adults alike. And the sky is the limit with this fourth book!