Best Selling Books by Stephen McCranie

In the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes, MAL AND CHAD is a funny comic-strip graphic novel that makes a perfect first chapter book! Mal is a super kid genius and Chad is a talking dog, but no one knows it. What''s it like to be so extraordinary and yet so invisible? Not even Megan, Mal''s secret crush, has any idea that Mal is anything more than a dork. Fortunately, Mal and Chad are best friends with a penchant for adventure . . . even if the time-traveling does get them grounded by Mal''s mom. Introducing the first in a series of illustrated chapter books by talented newcomer Stephen McCranie that are laugh-inducing, clever, and full of heart. Give this to any kid who''s a reluctant reader or is just leaving picture books and be prepared to answer the question: "When can I read the next one?"

Kid Power, the leader of Operation Lunch Line 3D, believes kids have the Power to Feel Great by eating healthy foods and exercising daily. Join Kid Power on an amazing journey inside the human body of a boy named Max. Readers will educate and motivate Max, and in doing so, learn they too are special, filled with all the kid power needed to make health-enhancing choices and feel great!

A player is determined to build his empire, but a crafty little pig seems to be one hoof ahead of him at every turn. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Novels is an imprint of Spotlight, a division of ABDO.

In the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes, MAL AND CHAD is a funny comic-strip graphic novel that makes a perfect first chapter book! Mal is a kid genius with a talking dog . . . so why doesn''t anyone seem to notice him? Poor Mal. It''s not easy being a kid genius who wears a lab coat to school ("It''s not a bathrobe!"). Megan, his not-so-secret crush, has formed a club that has a no-boys-allowed policy - especially not Mal, who would do anything to feel like he belongs. Fortunately, Mal always has Chad, his talking dog. When Chad begins having scary dreams, Mal builds a dream portal to defeat Chad''s nightmare beast once and for all. Something goes wrong, though, and the beast follows Mal back to reality. Now Megan and her friends are in danger . . . but Mal is there to come to the rescue, showing that, just maybe, he''s someone to pay attention to. With kid-friendly humor and a deft touch, Stephen McCranie continues his breakthrough series perfect for any kid who''s one book away from either Big Nate or Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

"The origin of Space Boy revealed! Deep in space, the Arno closes in on their destination...the artifact. Oliver spends his days in school, with his little brother, and battling Wargles! After his father, Wyatt, gave him a family heirloom, a compass, Oliver fears he broke it when the needle starts spinning uncontrollably. This new discovery alarms his father who begins to suspect that the ship they all live on may be in grave danger. However, Wyatt''s warnings and suspicions only bring dismissal and rebuke from his superiors along with a demotion to the maintenance crew. Will Wyatt and Oliver figure out what''s happening to the Arno in time to save everyone? A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years."--Back cover.

In the wake of the excitement leading to the school dance everyone''s flavors seem subdued, but once Amy discovers a startling secret about Oliver, a burst of flavor is brought back into her life! Amy''s suspicions over Oliver are put on hold when she

Something dark grows at the heart of the First Contact Project, and the investigation into the Homecoming Incident turns deadly in the latest explosive volume of Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy! Amy’s new life at the FCP takes some getting used to, as she struggles to adjust to her life as a prisoner, though the presence of friends both old and new help her keep her out of trouble. But trouble seems to follow her, and soon Amy becomes drawn into a conspiracy that could lead all the way to the top of the FCP. Back in Kokomo, Cassie, Zeph, Schafer, and the rest of Amy’s classmates struggle to make sense of the tragedy that seems to have consumed their lives. And deep in space, Oliver’s ship races towards the mysterious Artifact, and his final fate. A sci-fi drama of a high school aged girl who belongs in a different time, a boy possessed by emptiness as deep as space, an alien artifact, mysterious murder, and a love that crosses light years. Collects Stephen McCranie’s Space Boy volumes 13–15.

Thanks to National Security agent, James Silber, the investigation of the Homecoming Incident is closing, but things don''t add up. But Amy isn''t dead, she''s a prisoner at FCP Headquarters where she''s finally begun to form a true friendship with Special Ops agent, Qiana, and her relationship with Oliver is continuing to grow as they spend long hours chatting. The more time she spends on base, the more Amy realizes the world at large has no idea that the First Contact Project is not at all what it seems. Through everything, Amy strives to stay true to her ideals and treat everyone with kindness, even when it''s hard.

Despite being separated by thousands of miles, Oliver and Amy''s relationship grows even closer, and the boy from space reveals more about his mysterious past. Back on earth, Qiana finds a new angle in the ongoing investigation into the secrets of the First Contact Project, one that will lead her and Amy into a whole new world of dangers.

After destroying the cake and presents at a birthday party, Mal hopes to impress Megan, his secret crush, with his performance at the school talent show.

Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

When Chad begins having scary dreams, Mal builds a dream portal to defeat Chad''s nightmare beast once and for all. Something goes wrong, though, and the beast follows Mal back to reality. Now Megan and her friends are in danger ... but Mal is there to come to the rescue.

Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

Mal tries to help Chad, his talking dog, defeat the monster that has been tormenting his dreams and invents a dream portal, but instead of defeating the creature, Mal manages to bring it back through the portal and into reality.

Stuck at the First Contact Project facility, Amy and Qiana begin to pull at the threads of a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the FCP. Meanwhile, deep in space, Oliver must come to terms with his new feelings for Amy, and what that may mean for the two of them, and the entirety of the project he''s devoted his life to. And somewhere, out in the void, The Wanderer watches them all, waiting ...