New Releases by Peter Lerangis

A high school drama club on Long Island stages a controversial play written by a fellow classmate that puts their faculty advisor''s career in jeopardy.

Rumor has it that there’s a casting director coming to see the Big Spring Musical, Grease, and immediately the drama in Drama Club starts heating up. Auditions are swamped, emotions run high, and everyone is stressing to make sure that every last detail—in both performance and production—is exactly right. Meanwhile, it’s all just a bit too much for Brianna, who takes some desperate measures to keep her head above water. Can the Drama Club nail their performance and keep Brianna from falling apart? And if they do, will the casting director take notice? It could be the chance of a lifetime, and no one wants to be the one to blow it.

It’s a new school year, and for Casey Chang it’s a chance to make a fresh start away from the bad memories in her old town. But for the Drama Club of Ridgefield High, it means a chance to recruit new members. And Brianna Glaser—the Type A co-president of the club—has her sights set on the new girl. But Casey soon finds herself sucked into the excitement and drama. For these kids, Drama Club isn’t just about a school play, it’s about passion and dreams and the future. All Casey wanted was a new life for herself, but Drama Club has opened up a whole new world.

When it is announced that the Big Spring Musical will be Grease, immediately the drama heats up. Auditions are swamped, emotions run high, and everyone is stressing to make sure that every last detail is exactly right. Meanwhile, its all just a bit too much for Brianna, who takes some desperate measures to keep her head above water. Can the Drama Club nail their performance and keep Brianna from falling apart? It could be the chance of a lifetime, and no one wants to be the one to blow it.

A "hugely fascinating" (Kirkus), "wonderful" (VOYA) historical novel based on the harrowing true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy seized in the name of exploration and brought to New York in the 1900s. In 1897, famed explorer Robert Peary took six Eskimos from their homes in Greenland to be "presented" to the American Museum of Natural History. Among the six were a father and a son. Soon, four were dead, including the father (whose bones, unbeknownst to the son, were put on display). One returned to Greenland. And the other -- the young boy -- remained, the only Eskimo in New York for twelve years. His name was Minik. This is his story. A story of lies and deceptions. A story about the price of exploration. A story about discovering the truth of a culture.

When Andrew and Evie finally find their mother, they must go underground with her in order for all of them to be safe, but the Company''s agents make it more difficult than it should be. Twins Andrew and Evie search for their mother, a secret agent hiding from the Company, by solving the clues she has left for them in San Francisco, while trying to avoid the Company''s agents, who hope the children will lead them to her. It''s been almost a full year since Andrew and Evie''s mom disappeared, and the twins are determined to find her. They''ve been following her trail, decoding the clues she''s left them. And that trail is drawing them closer to their mother than ever before. But now the Company is on to the fact that Mom is communicating with the twins and they will do anything to get to her first. The Company''s agents are desperate to intercept Mom''s messages. It is up to Andrew and Evie to stop them and to find Mom before her enemies do.

Chronicles Bruce Wayne''s transformation into Batman, as he overcomes a childhood fear of bats and other drawbacks to fight crime in Gotham City.

Offers a collection of jokes, riddles, comic lists, quizzes, and other humor based on the characters and situations in the animated film, "Madagascar."

Check in and die... The hooded figure wielding a scythe is still at large on the glamorous east coast resort of Essex Island, but will he claim another victim? Erica, Anna, Martin and Carter are walking a knife edge, not knowing when or where the killer will strike next...

It''s been 2 weeks since Andrew & Evie received the first message from their missing mother. Two weeks since they discovered the truth about her disappearance. And now the twins are living in a new city, going to a new school-and they have another mysterious package from Spy X.

A year after their mother disappeared, twelve-year-old twins Andrew and Evie move to yet another town with their soldier father only to receive a mysterious package full of strange objects from "Spy X" along with a warning to trust nobody.

Leaving only a cryptic note, Andrew and Evie''s mother vanishes on their eleventh birthday. Now, almost a year later, the twins receive a mysterious package from someone named Spy X. They soon learn that the contents of the box will lead them on an incredible journey toward finding their mother - and into a world where no one''s identity can be trusted. In Book #1, Andrew and Evie aren''t initially sure what to make of the package that arrives at their door soon after they move to a new town. It''s filled with random things--a key, something that looks like a kaleidoscope, (continued).

Join Max, Jessica, Quincy, and Selena as they try to save Crump''s Playworld from being shut down.

Money won''t save you... An exclusive, glamorous resort and celebrity hotspot sounds like the perfect holiday destination to five teens all hoping for a summer to die for. But when the murders begin, their fun-filled holiday island starts to seem like less of a luxury escape and more like a grisly death-trap...

A hilarious, goofy, fast-paced, exciting series for young readers, with fun, smart characters.

When the Abracadabra Club is invited to perform magic tricks and act as Colonial children in the grand opening of Olde Brattle Village, they begin to suspect there is more than magic at hand, and the village may be haunted.

Tulio and Miguel want just two things in life: fame and fortune. Then fate hands them a map to the place of their dreams: the city of gold, El Dorado.

After Jessica and the other members of the Abracadabra Club start hearing ghost sounds all over school, especially around the theater in which they are about to stage their first big show, they decide to investigate.

When Max attempts to pull a fake rabbit out of a hat and pulls a real one out instead, starting a wave of bunnies popping up all over school, he and his friends in the Abracadabra Club must figure out how to stop them.

The Abracadabra Club goes on a field trip and finds a secret treasure map.

After Quincy finds a strange-looking statue in the Abracadabra Club''s new magic chest and hears a funny rattling sound inside when the statue is shaken, he becomes convinced that a hidden treasure is inside.

From Shrek''s favorite recipes (ratatouille, vomelets, french flies) to an A to Z glossary of grossness, this hilarious collection will turn readers'' stomachs as they turn the pages.

It is 1799, the eve of a new century. In New York City, young Constable Ichabod Crane is eager to use the latest scientific methods to solve the most brutal of crimes. But nothing can prepare him for the shocking murders that take him far from the city''s cobblestones to the eerie town of Sleepy Hollow. Awaiting him are three beheaded bodies, all apparently victims of a legendary Headless Horseman returned from the grave to exact revenge. Ichabod uses reason to confront the horrors of the unexplained, but the reality of Sleepy Hollow''s waking nightmare is always before him. A reality where witches cast spells in the darkened woods.trees bleed.and a demon rides at night.

A novel based on the movie.

On a secret American expedition to the South Pole in 1910, Jack Winslow and his sons face mutiny, doubt, and disaster, and must risk their lives to make a daring rescue attempt.

In 1909, a secret group of American explorers, including the leader''s teenage son and stepson, and their sponsor''s nephew, must concede defeat and give up their dreams of reaching the South Pole, yet going back to civilization isn''t nearly as easy as they thought it would be and so each passing day becomes a battle for survival against the elements.

Hundreds of teacher-tested activity pages to build students'' problem solving skills.