Books with author Elizabeth Hathon

A collection of cheeky, funny, high-energy poems."Squeezed Fresh Daily"Mothers lurk behind doorsand lunge at you like Jawsmaking careersout of things in your earssaying how much they miss youfinding excuses to kiss you.Elizabeth Honey’s funny and accessible poems capture every day life in all its splendor from a child’s point of view. She takes as her subjects stick-loving dogs, messy siblings, beleaguered parents, kindly grandparents, and the wild boys down the street. And though many are silly, and a couple downright rude, taken together these poems exude enormous warmth and affection between young and old. The characters represented here are part of an extended family that we can all recognize and love.

A supercharged, international, Internet adventure.Ned is a wizard with a computer. The king of the remote control. He adores snakes, lizards, and skinks, but people are less appealing. Less reliable. Ned is . . . Remote Man. What will it take to peel away his protective layer of indifference? How about a mother on the edge? A wild cousin from the Northern Territory? A sudden extended trip to the States? A goofy new neighbor? Nope, it’ll take a snake. Or two–one an endangered Australian python, and the other a smuggler who sells wild animals to the highest bidder. When Ned discovers what this animal poacher is doing, his anger forces him into action. Now Remote Man is more like a superhero or super sleuth–tracking down clues and enlisting the help of some Web-wise teens. Can five kids on four continents linked only by the Internet manage to foil a very real-world criminal? You bet your Oenpelli python they can.From the Hardcover edition.

Twelve-year-old Henni offers a fast, funny, action-filled account of a camping trip that no one will forget.The friends and neighbors of Stella Street have found the perfect camping spot–miles of forest all around, a grassy clearing, and a swift-moving stream with a lovely swimming hole. Three moms, three dads, one older neighbor, five kids, and one blissed-out dog explore, build camp fires, and skinny-dip. It’s the kind of magical place where nothing bad could possibly happen. Well, except for the shady loggers who try to poach some valuable old-growth trees. And the juvenile delinquent who follows them from the city and steals their food. And a horrendous storm that washes out the road they drove in on. And the very pregnant mom’s chilling announcement: “I think it’s time. . . .”

In this heartwarming tale of growing up, a crew of neighborhood pals—Henni, Danielle, Zev, Frank, and Briquette, who call themselves "the Stella Street Mob"—head off to Cauldron Bay for a vacation in an old beach house. When a new girl, Tara, intrudes on the trip, reveling in boys and trendy fashions, the friendships begin to unravel with new social challenges and pressures. This fun and moving story touches on the struggles of being a teenager and the excitement of new adventures and relationships still left to discover.

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