Best Selling Books by Pseudonymous Bosch

The Secret Series continues in this dangerous and daring fourth adventure. Cass finds herself alone and disoriented, a stranger in a dream-like, medieval world. Where is she? Who is she? With the help of a long-lost relative, she begins to uncover clues and secrets--piecing together her family''s history as she fights her way back to the present world. Meanwhile, back home, Cass is at the hospital in a deep coma. Max-Ernest knows she ate Time Travel Chocolate--and he''s determined to find a cure. Can our expert hypochondriac diagnose Cass''s condition before it''s too late? And will he have what it takes to save the survivalist?

Read the series that''s sold more than 2 million copies—if you dare! Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch. As much as he''d love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn''t want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest. Or about how a mysterious box of vials, the Symphony of Smells, sends them on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange (and stinky) circumstances. And he certainly wouldn''t want you to know about the hair-raising adventures that follow and the nefarious villains they face. You see, not only is the name of this book secret, the story inside is, too. For it concerns a secret. A Big Secret.

Do you want to finally, conclusively, and at (very) long last, learn the Secret? Are you REALLY sure? Because now''s your chance to escape... No? You''re staying put? Have you any idea of what lies between these perilous pages? (How could you? ... except perhaps if you were to smell that faint aroma of musty mummy, or catch a glance of the deviously despicable Lord Pharaoh). Well, if you really want to learn the Secret I suppose you''ll HAVE to read this. But you won''t like it. The fifth and final fantastical adventure in the ''Secret'' series in which Cass, Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji are accused of stealing a very-valuable-and-not-to-be-touched ancient Egyptian mummy from the local museum. They are determined to clear their names, but after getting accidentally trapped in a crate with a mummified cat, the three youngest members of the Terces society unwittingly find themselves on their way to the great pyramids of...Las Vegas. Amongst the dusty corridors of the Cairo Hotel and mysterious hieroglyphs of the Nile Nail Salon, Cass draws ever closer to uncovering the Secret...

This imaginative companion to the New York Times bestselling Secret Series teases, prompts, and leads readers through the steps of writing a story. Bosch''s signature rip-roaring voice delivers an engaging narrative (for the reader to help complete!) and interactive puzzles and games. Readers get the chance to create their own story while enjoying a satisfying mystery as well. Here''s a note from our fearless "author":I feared this might happen. I knew reading was a dangerous business, but now it''s not safe for writers either! You see, the author of this book is missing. Well, maybe not "missing." A certain author whom I won''t name (okay, me) has abandoned his book and has left his readers hanging out to dry. This is a crime, I admit, but there it is. Most of this book, well, I just haven''t written it. And I''m not going to, either. Why? Oh, I have my reasons. Big. Grown up. Author. Reasons. Unfortunately, I can''t reveal them yet. Let''s just say a life is at stake (mine) and leave it at that. So will you do it? Pretty please? You''ll do it? Thank you! But please hurry! Time is of the essence and you can''t wait any longer. You must WRITE THIS BOOK!

If you didn''t read "The Name of This Book is SECRET", then this is another book you should definitely NOT read. No, really. There''s a terrible monster grown in a lab, a strange carved ball that sings of distant secrets, and an evil threat against the mysterious Terces Society. And you really shouldn''t visit www.ifyourereadingthisitstoolate.co.uk. You won''t like it. "This is the quirky, original and deliciously dark sequel to the hilarious "The Name of This Book is Secret". Bursting with inventive characters and laugh-out-loud moments, readers will be instantly hooked once more by the stylish storytelling of Pseudonymous Bosch." - Lovereading4kids.co.uk

Jack Kaiser is a professor of English at a Los Angeles community college. He presents himself as an enlightened, politically progressive metrosexual teaching courses with names like Film and Feminism. In his free time, however, he prowls the brothels of Tijuana and the sex-tourism hot spots of Cuba. Without his being consciously aware of it, his classroom lectures begin to turn into psychodramas in which he attempts to reconcile the contradictory worlds in which he lives. His life is brought to crisis when he busts a female student for plagiarism and she responds with a bogus sexual harassment charge that becomes a lawsuit. Kaiser, awaiting trial and seeking some kind of redemption, precipitously undertakes a mission to smuggle books into Cuba to deliver to a mysterious fellow named Lázaro Perdomo. His trip becomes an odyssey through Havana''s sexual underground, a world of party girls, drag queens and Santería, and culminates with a final confrontation in a Los Angeles courtroom.

The magical, bestselling series from Pseudonymous Bosch, the author of the Secret Series! Magic is BAD. As in fake. Cheesy. Unreal. At least, that''s what Clay, who has seen one magic show too many, thinks. When words from his journal appear mysteriously on his school wall as graffiti, he never imagines that magic might be to blame. And when the same graffiti lands him at Earth Ranch, a camp for "troubled" kids on a remote volcanic island, magic is the last thing he expects to find there. But at Earth Ranch, there is one strange surprise after another, until Clay no longer knows what to expect. Is he really talking to a llama? Did he really see a ghost? What is the scary secret hidden in the abandoned library? The only thing he knows for sure is that behind the clouds of vog (volcanic smog), nothing is as it seems. Can he solve the riddle of Earth Ranch before trouble erupts? Elusive author Pseudonymous Bosch introduces an extraordinary new series that will have you believing in the unbelievable.

The can''t-miss final installment of beloved author Pseudonymous Bosch''s bestselling Bad Books trilogy! At Earth Ranch, Clay encountered a haunted library, a castaway boy, and a fire-breathing dragon--not to mention incredible magic. Now he faces his most dangerous foes yet: the mysterious white-gloved members of the Midnight Sun, whose scheming leads Clay to a dragon reserve. Up against impossible odds, will Clay and his Secret Series Allies be able to triumph over these villains once and for all? Packed with action, humor, magic, mystery, and dragons, Pseudonymous Bosch answers long-simmering questions as he delivers his most exciting adventure yet.

For those foolish enough to have read "The Name of this Book is Secret" and too foolhardy to have turned away from "If You''re Reading This, It''s Too Late", the third book in the series is best avoided. This book contains none of the following: A cursed Aztec artefact, an evil and deranged chef, a secret jungle lair inhabited by cocoa-crazed monkeys, the most dangerous chocolate ever created. Never visit www.keepthesecret.co.uk if you know what''s good for you. "What child could resist it? A deliciously dark and chocolatey book full of big chunks of crazy humour and a cast of mouth-watering characters... "This Book is Not Good for You" is actually very good for you...the teasing, topsy-turvy world created by the scrumptious Mr Bosch is guaranteed to have you laughing all the way to the next instalment." - Lancashire Evening Post

Not only is the name of this series a secret, but the story is, too. For it concerns a secret--a big secret--that has been tormenting people like you for over . . . oh no! Did I just mention the secret? Then it''s too late. I''m afraid nothing will stop you now. Read this series if you must. But please, tell no one. Catch up on the adventures of Cass and Max-Ernest with The Secret Series Collection. This boxed set includes all five hardcover novels in the New York Times bestselling Secret Series: The Name of this Book Is Secret; If You''re Reading This, It''s Too Late; This Book Is Not Good for You; This Isn''t What It Looks Like; and You Have to Stop This.

From the author of the bestselling Secret Series comes this funny chapter-book mystery about a third-grade magician and the wisecracking rabbit who is the secret brains behind his act. Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright. And now, his friends Teenie and Bea have gotten him invited to a classmate''s birthday party as the paid entertainment! Desperate for help, he visits The Great Zoocheeni''s Magic Emporium, but comes away with nothing more than a moth-eaten top hat. Oliver is in for a lucky surprise, though. Inside that top hat hides a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But at the party, Oliver is accused of robbery! He''ll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat to clear his name before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.

In this second hilarious installment of the series that Kirkus called "ridiculous fun," Oliver is performing at a wedding rehearsal when one of the grooms goes missing in the middle of his magic act! Oliver is new to the magical arts. In fact, he has only performed one act so far, and that one was interrupted by a theft-in-progress that he, his friends the twins Teenie and Bea, and his wisecracking rabbit, Benny, managed to thwart. Now Oliver has been hired for an even more important gig: a wedding. Teenie and Bea''s fathers are finally getting married, and Oliver is supposed to entertain at the rehearsal brunch. He has chosen the classic sawed-in-half trick, which will be especially amusing when he calls up the grooms as volunteers. What could go wrong? Except that weddings are supposed to be about bringing people together, not splitting them up . . . and before the trick is over, one of the fathers will have disappeared. Luckily, Oliver seems to be a better sleuth than a magician!

Dos niños tienen que resolver la extraña desaparición de un mago.

Es una farsa. Un engaño. Simples trucos. Al menos, esto es lo que Clay, que ha asistido a muchos espectáculos, piensa de la magia. Por eso cuando llega al campamento de verano, adonde lo envían para evitar una expulsión, magia es lo último que espera encontrar allí. Pero en aquella isla volcánica se topará con extrañas sorpresas, una tras otra. ¿Y cuál es el misterio que esconde la biblioteca? Lo único que sabe seguro es que detrás de las nubes de humo que envuelven la isla nada es lo que parece.

Haciéndose pasar por un campamento de supervivencia para delincuentes juveniles, el Rancho de la Tierra es en realidad un campamento de magia para jóvenes adeptos, que aprovecha su situación remota y su omnipresente nieblánica como protección. Los chicos del campamento tienden a confundir el delito con la magia. En esta segunda aventura, mientras Clay ayuda a su nuevo amigo, Brett, un chico náufrago que quiere mantener su presencia en secreto, empieza a desvelarse un ardiente misterio, pues todos los indicios apuntan a la imposible idea de que los dragones habitaron en otro tiempo la isla... y tal vez sigan en ella.

Se il titolo di questo libro è segreto, la sua storia lo è ancora più. Perché racconta di un segreto - un grande segreto - che tormenta persone come voi...

Peligro, aventura, travesuras, misterio, nuevos amigos, viejos enemigos y un narrador divertido y esquivo convierten la última novela del exitoso Pseudonymous Bosch en completamente irresistible. ¡En la lista de los más vendidos del New York Times! ¿Una reserva de dragones en medio del desierto? Eso solo puede significar una cosa. Ariella, que es la última dragona de la Tierra, ha sido otra vez capturada por el nefando Sol de Medianoche. Pero las noticias que recibe Clay son aún peores: Cass, la amiga de su hermano, ha desaparecido mientras investigaba un misterioso destino turístico. La misión de rescate lleva a Clay, a escondidas, hasta aquel sitio que se encuentra en la otra punta del mundo. Allí hay un cráter donde tienen encerrados a los dragones para divertir a gente adinerada y sin escrúpulos. O eso parece. ¿Podrá Clay descubrir los horribles planes del Sol de Medianoche?

Cass and Max-Ernest discover the Museum of Magic, unscramble more coded messages, and solve new mysteries in their attempt to thwart the Terces Society''s ambitions of discovering immortality.

Ho sempre temuto l''arrivo di questo giorno. Un segreto è tale se resta segreto, no? Invece ci siamo arrivati: al quinto e ultimo (giuro!) libro della saga sui miei segreti, appunto. Una gita di classe al museo locale di storia naturale diventa di colpo pericolosa - mortale, oserei dire... e non nel senso che si muore di noia - quando Cass rompe accidentalmente il dito di una mummia di inestimabile valore. Come punizione per questo "crimine" vandalico, Cass e i suoi amici Max-Ernest e Yo-Yoji vanno a lavorare per il curatore della mostra egizia e finiscono per prendersi tutta la colpa quando scoppia la tragedia. Per lavare ogni macchia dai propri nomi - e, sperano, per svelare finalmente il Segreto - i tre devono inoltrarsi in una terra di maestose piramidi, tombe polverose, misteriosi geroglifici e morti che camminano. Che sia l''Egitto? Io direi un luogo ancora più bizzarro... Intanto, il Segreto è sempre annidato chissà dove. Voialtri ve ne state là fuori, tranquilli, a parlarne, mentre la mia vita - e la mia scorta di cioccolato - sono già in grave pericolo. Quindi vi prego... anzi no, qui ci vuole la ciliegina sulla torta, vi supplico: fermate questa folle corsa! E, soprattutto, non toccate questo libro!

Clay''s adventures at a magical camp continue as he befriends a new ally and faces new adversaries in his journey to find his magical talent and solve new mysteries of Price Island.

Dva jedenáctiletí dobrodruzi na stopě vedoucí k záchraně života Benjamina Blakea. Zlo však nikdy dlouho nespí, a tak Kas a Maxe Ernsta čekají další tajné úkoly. Kasandra a Max Ernst se po nalezení tajemného kufříku Symfonie vůní vydávají pátrat po jeho majiteli. Patřil kouzelníkovi, který záhadně zmizel během požáru v jeho domě.

Un pequeño acto de vandalismo arrastra a Cas y a sus amigos, Max-Ernest Yo-Yoji, a una expedición hacia una majestuosa tierra de pirá, tumbas polvorientas y muertos vivientes. ¿Estaré hablando de Egipto? ¿O de algo mucho más extraño?

Dua anak laki-laki bernama Cass dan Max-Ernest menemukan sebuah kotak yang berisi botol-botol wewangian dari aneka rempah. Mereka secara tak sengaja terjerumus ke dalam sebuah misteri di balik buku harian si pesulap yang telah meninggal dan juga perburuan orang yang tak bisa mati.

Attention ! Ce livre contient un secret si dangereux qu''un seul regard sur ses pages peut être fatal. Une fois dévoilé, il hantera le lecteur jusqu''à l''obsession