Books with author Kathy Mackel

Can a jock, a geek, and a weird band girl team up to save the earth from total destruction?Ever since he hooked up with geeky Mike Pillsbury and discovered that there really is life in outer space, weird things keep happening to Scott Schreiber. For one thing, he discovers an inexplicable talent for flying. For another, he's tormented by an unbearable screeching noise--a noise that only he and Stacia Caraviello, a Weird Band Girt, can hear. Things get really bizarre when a sinister stranger shows up at school and tries to snatch Scott's science project, an odd nest he found in the woods near his home. Scott, Stacia, and Mike team up to protect it, only to learn that they've landed themselves in the middle of an intergalactic battle--a battle that could destroy the earth itself. Does Scott have what it takes to be a true hero--or is he just a middle-school jock, with all his eggs in one basket?Kathy Mackel returns to the vividly realized, wonderfully original universe she created in the acclaimed Can of Worms to tell the talc of a middle-school football hero and the most amazing Hall Mary play of all. Readers will find this fast and funny book absolutely irresistible.

It's time for a troublemaker and a homecoming princess to save the universe!When the target of his teasing tries to punch him into next week, Nick Thorpe ends up only a few hours into the future.It's weird. Nick can't touch anything. Nothing moves. He can't step back into the real world until time catches up with him. And it keeps happening. At last he finds out that a horned-horse Zephyr is running through Earth, searching for something, ripping the space-time continuum apart! Following the Zephyr are the fire-spitting Conflagrons, the perfectly evil Draconians, and everyone's worst nightmare -- a slimy Born attorney, armed with a Galactic court order.Nick's best friend, super-genius Mike Pillsbury, won't help him this time. Mike's sick of aliens and scared of what's happening to his world. But Nick knows that if he can help the Zephyr find what it needs, then it won't be dangerous.And his only hope -- his only help -- is Mike Pillsbury's gorgeous sister, Jill. Until she got swept up in the Zephyr's time warp, helping her kid brother's best friend was the last thing on her mind! Their horrific and hilarious adventures will thrill readers, as Kathy Mackel returns to the amazing universe she created for Can of Worms and Eggs In One Basket.

MadCat Campione is the best twelve-year-old catcher in New Hampshire..And this year her fastpitch softball team, the Norwich Sting, is going National. They'll be shooting to make the National Fastpitch Softball World Series, playing against the best teams from around the country. MadCat is thrilled. But going National isn't quite what MadCat expected. Almost half the girls from the Sting -- girls who have played together for years -- have been cut to make room for hotshots from nearby towns. Their coach tells them the most important thing is to play to win. MadCat's best friend, Jess, isn't fun anymore: all she can think about is beating the competition, both inside and outside the team. Things are getting tenser and tenser. The Sting's winning all their games; they're sure to make it to the big time. They know nothing can stop them, not when their motto is Eating Dirt Is Better Than Losing. But is winning really more important than anything? Or will all their victories just add up to nothing?

Can a jock, a geek, and a weird band girl team up to save the earth from total destruction?Ever since he hooked up with geeky Mike Pillsbury and discovered that there really is life in outer space, weird things keep happening to Scott Schreiber. For one thing, he discovers an inexplicable talent for flying. For another, he's tormented by an unbearable screeching noise--a noise that only he and Stacia Caraviello, a Weird Band Girt, can hear. Things get really bizarre when a sinister stranger shows up at school and tries to snatch Scott's science project, an odd nest he found in the woods near his home. Scott, Stacia, and Mike team up to protect it, only to learn that they've landed themselves in the middle of an intergalactic battle--a battle that could destroy the earth itself. Does Scott have what it takes to be a true hero--or is he just a middle-school jock, with all his eggs in one basket?Kathy Mackel returns to the vividly realized, wonderfully original universe she created in the acclaimed Can of Worms to tell the talc of a middle-school football hero and the most amazing Hall Mary play of all. Readers will find this fast and funny book absolutely irresistible.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Eager to get off the bench, basketball players Callie and her younger sister, Savvy, yearn for the greater physical strength and better endurance it takes to play in primetime. When steroids are found in Savvy's gym bag and she denies that they are hers, the accusations and lies become plentiful as the search for the truth begins.

Thirteen-year-old Savvy is six two and full of raw basketball talent; her three-point shot is deadly. But she’s also skinny and gets pushed around on the court. Her older sister, Callie, is a freshman on varsity cheerleading, but she’s not quite light enough to be a flier—her coveted position. Both girls need to boost their level of competition to get off the bench and into the action. When steroids are found in Savvy’s gym bag, she claims they are not hers. Suddenly, accusations are flying and nobody knows who is telling the truth. When it comes to competitive sports, no one is exempt from being offered a boost.