Most Popular Books by Obert Skye

When Leven, Winter, and sidekicks Geth and Clover battle fantastical creatures in Foo, contrary forces in Reality plan to reconstruct the destroyed gateway between the mythical Foo and their own land.

For Rob Burnside, things are going pretty well. His friends are behaving, school isn''t too bad, his family''s getting along, and Janae, the girl of his dreams, occasionally notices him. Yep, life''s okay—until the lying starts. Meet Pinocula, the new creature from Rob''s closet. He is a liar and a jokester and is determined to drive Rob crazy. Obert Skye doesn''t let his fans down in this hilarious installment in The Creature from My Closet series, which started with Wonkenstein and Potterwookiee.

The latest creature to emerge from Rob''s closet is a cross between Chewbacca from Star Wars and Harry Potter. Rob names him "Potterwookiee" ("Hairy" for short) and soon Rob finds himself treading water as he tries to figure out how to care for his mixed-up friend. Great laughs and great books help Rob along the way.

Rob Burnside''s life is in ruins. After his escapades with Pinocula and his resulting outrageous lies, everyone is fed up with him. In this Creature from My Closet book by Obert Skye, Rob needs help. And his science laboratory closet is there to give him a hand. Meet Katfish, a mashup of Katniss from the Hunger Games and the Little Mermaid. This girl is strong as nails and sports a tail. Everyone at Rob''s school is excited about an upcoming riff on the Hunger Games created by Principal Smelt: the Fun-ger Games. Rob is less excited because the principal and his mom have roped him into participating. But Katfish is sticking around to help Rob out with girl advice, Fun-ger Games tips, and how to get people to stop hating him. What could go wrong?

"A strange combination of Ebenezer Scrooge and Lego Batman helps Rob Burnside save his school"--

As Leven, Geth, and Winter continue their quest to save Foo from the invading armies of rants, a new threat arrives, the Dearth.

Presents "The Gateway to Foo" in which Leven and Winter destroy the gateway between Reality and dreams so that mankind can continue dreaming, and "The Whispered Secret" in which contrary forces in Reality plan to reconstruct the destroyed gateway.

"Charlotte and Tobias make more strange discoveries as they attempt to escape the sinister Witherwood Reform School."--

First in a new series. In a post-apocalyptic world, AV (Anti-Violence) Club members Tip, Mindy, Owen, and Xen develop semi-super powers and use them to try to save their middle school. Illustrations.

While Leven, Winter, and sidekicks Geth and Clover battle fantastical creatures in Foo, contrary forces in Reality plan to reconstruct the destroyed gateway between the mythical Foo and their own land.

“Dystopia meets Wimpy Kid in this mash-up.”—School Library Journal Obert Skye''s Bigger, Badder, Nerdier is the second book in the post-apocalyptic parody Geeked Out series! Otto Waddle Junior High School is worse than ever. Tip and his geeky friends have finally come into their superpowers—well, their mediocre powers—and now have a whole new cast of impersonators to take on. Their foursome is being challenged by a rival group of students who are pawns in Darth Susan’s evil plot against them. If middle school has any chance of survival, Tip and his friends must take their unusual powers to a whole new level and nerd things up big time. Christy Ottaviano Books

Twelve-year-old Rob has stuffed his closet with old laboratory experiments, unread books, and more, and when a creature emerges from that chaos causing a great deal of trouble, Rob has to do such horrible things as visit a library and speak at a school assembly to set things right again.

Rob Burnside thinks he''s getting the hang of things. It almost seems as if he has learned all he needed to from his unusual closet. Beardy, the doorknob, has it locked up and there are no signs nor sounds of the closet door opening again. But something has slipped from the closet unnoticed and that something is part Gollum, part Cat in the Hat. He''s an intense creature with mad rhyming skills. And when Rob''s family wins a trip to Colorado, something extra makes it into his luggage. Get ready for school fights, train rides, long mysterious hikes, and a creature unlike any of the others. What Rob will discover is epic.

Leven discovers that he must travel to the island of Alder to find the answer that will save the realm of Foo from destruction.

After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles, siblings Tobias and Charlotte Eggars find themselves abandoned by their father at the gates of a creepy reform school. Evil mysteries are afoot at Witherwood, where the grounds are patrolled by vicious creatures after dark and kids are locked in their rooms. Charlotte and Tobias soon realize that they are in terrible danger—especially because the head of Witherwood has perfected the art of mind control. If only their amnesiac father would recover and remember that he has two missing children. If only Tobias and Charlotte could solve the dark mystery and free the kids at Witherwood—and ultimately save themselves.

Welcome to Foo: a magical place that shall remain hidden no longer...

The second book in this hilariously inventive trilogy from Obert Skye, author of the bestselling Leven Thumps series, comes with all the spills, chills, and thrills you''d expect—along with zany fully illustrated comic-style chapters to enliven the adventure! When Perry is invited back to Bunny Island for its first-ever Carrot Con, he''s beyond happy to have the chance to reconnect with his favorite uncle, Zeke, and his friends, Juliet and Rain. After stopping Mayor Lapin and his dastardly plan to turn everyone into rabbits, Perry is psyched just to have a normal visit. But then freak microstorms pop up all over the island, ruining his fun before its even begun. Perry is quickly convinced that it isn''t the weather that''s to blame for all the destruction. Perry''s ready to gather his friends to solve another Mutant Bunny-style mystery when Uncle Zeke gets locked up for a crime he didn''t commit. Can Perry and his friends prove Uncle Zeke''s innocence and save Bunny Island a second time around? Perry is going to have to pull off something drastic and heroic to foil this hare-rrificly evil plot. It''s second title in the much-loved series that School Library Journal said would amuse young readers who are looking for "fast-paced books with unlikely, hyperactive heroes, and outlandish adventures."

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The first book in a new trilogy. When 15-year-old Beck Phillips travels by train to the secluded village of Kingsplot to live with his wealthy but estranged uncle, Beck discovers some dark family secrets.