Books with author Matthew Fox

Malcolm and his sister Maria can’t believe it when their neighbor, the kind and elderly Mrs. Valentine, asks them to look after her house for the weekend. “It’ll be easy,” she insists. “Open and close the windows, flush the toilets and feed the cat. No big deal.” But then there’s the basement door at the end of the hallway. The door with the KEEP OUT sign in red letters. The door with the big padlock. And the soft knocking of someone- or something- trapped behind it. Malcolm and Maria don’t know it yet, but they’re in for the scariest weekend of their lives.

Randy Miller would do anything to be a better goaltender. His twin brother, Gordy, is the star of the team, and the girl he likes, Kelly, hardly notices him. Randy is jealous- why can’t he be the star hockey player in the family? And then one day Randy and his best friend, Jack, walk into a strange new store called Five Dimensions Curio & Pawn. The shelves are packed with spooky items and the air is filled with mysterious music. And then there’s the back room, where Randy finds an item that will change his life forever: a voodoo doll. But voodoo isn’t real. It can’t be… right?

It’s the first week of summer vacation. Eva can’t wait. Her best friend Sandra is coming over to go swimming, and it’s a beautiful day. What could be better? That was before her mom began working on her latest invention. She calls it The Diminisher. Eva doesn’t think much of it until there’s an accident in the basement- an explosion. Nobody is hurt, but her mother’s workshop is a mess. But that’s the least of Eva’s problems. Because Sandra’s seen too much of the strange invention. She’s curious. And when Sandra gets curious, bad things happen. They’re about to learn that the world is a dangerous place when you’re three inches tall.

Ralph McDuff is tired of being short. He’s tired of his sister bossing him around, of the kids at school who tease him in gym class, and he’s tired of feeling insignificant. If only he were tall, everything would be different. But it doesn’t work like that. You are what you are, right? Wrong. Everything changes when you’re abducted by aliens. And anything is possible. They say they want to help Ralph. They say he’s been selected to receive biological modifications. They say a lot of things, those aliens. But can they be trusted?

Jane is the new girl at school, and she doesn’t have many friends yet. Only Kim, a social outcast, who won’t stop bugging her. “Give the girl a chance,” Jane’s mother advises. “Everyone needs a friend.” So Jane decides to make the best of a difficult situation. She invites Kim over for dinner. She shows her the new toy her father, a toy-developer, has just brought home. A teddy bear. A prototype of what her father’s company believes will be the next toy-sensation: the Best Friends Forever Bear. It walks, it talks, and it wants to know everything about you. Just download a personality, enter a name and get to know your new best friend. It’s that simple. But sometimes things are more complex than they seem. And Jane and Kim are about to find themselves in the middle of a living nightmare.

Shelly can’t believe it- stuck in the woods for a whole week with her boring grandparents. What could be worse? She misses her friends, she misses the city, and she misses Wi-Fi! But there’s something strange about these old woods. Her grandparents won’t stop talking about an old legend, a legend about a spirit who dwells in a massive tree they call the Great Sycamore. Shelly thinks they’re crazy. Spirits don’t exist, she says. But now Shelly is finding out that there’s more to these woods than superstition. And the legend of the Great Sycamore is about to change her life in ways she could never imagine.

Jon and his brother Andy are back for more action at the world’s most secretive base: Area 51. And this time the stakes are higher. Andy’s future self has traveled back in time to deliver a grave message. The Earth of his time is in ruin. Civilization has collapsed, and the only way to save it is to find Doctor Watkins before it’s too late. First they’ll have to break into Area 51. Then they’ll have to track down Doctor Watkins in the maze of top-secret sectors. If that wasn’t bad enough, a maniacal billionaire is hot on their trail, determined to stop them from foiling his twisted plans for domination.