Books with author Gibbs Davis

Danny's been bragging that he's a champion swimmer. But he can't even float! Now he's at Camp Kickapoo, where swimming is a major activity. Danny desperately tries to learn how to swim, but fails miserably. Then the neighborhood bully, an overweight girl nicknamed "Two Ton Tonya," secretly teaches Danny how to swim while Danny teachers her how to stop some of the name-calling jerks. Here is a funny and touching story about two sworn enemies who unexpectedly become friends. A perfect addition to summer reading lists!

They're major-league friends who practice hard and play to win. And they're going to be the best in the league!Featuring cleanup hitter Tony Pappas.The Never Sink Nine can't wait to play their big rematch game against the Bug Busters on Saturday. But not Tony Pappas -- he's filling in for ace batter Mike Lasky. Tony needs lots of practice at the plate and he's afraid he'll disappoint the rest of the team. But with Walter Dodd's help, Tony might just find a way that could lead to victory over the Bug Busters!

Angry at having to leave behind her friends, baseball team, and everything she’d grown to love in her old neighborhood, Mad Maggie Dupree is anything but happy having to move to the Stillwater Psychiatric Hospital grounds. Her family’s new home sits in the shadow of the patient dorms and the idea of crazy people living so close is disconcerting no matter what her father says.Settling into her new home isn’t easy for the headstrong, slingshot-toting twelve year old girl. Her temper and stubbornness not only get her into trouble with the mean brothers living on one side of her but also with the nerdy boy desperate to be her friend living on the other.Causing trouble and getting noticed only succeeds in getting her into more trouble. But it isn’t until she stumbles across something incredible left behind by the patients discharged from the hospital years ago things begin to spiral out of control. Uncovering a decades old secret proves terrifying, taking Maggie and her new friends on an incredible journey. But when a powerful storm rips through the grounds and her father goes missing, Maggie realizes just how high the stakes are.With the first book in his new series, award winning author, David J. Gibbs, takes the reader into the exciting world of Mad Maggie Dupree. The temperamental young girl leaves an indelible mark with every mistake, success, and struggle to find her place in the strange and wonderful world around her.