Books with author SAUNDERS

Patti’s Uncle Nick is staying at her house for a few weeks while her parents are away. He’s been miserable and depressed ever since his girlfriend dumped him, and he’s making Patti’s life miserable, too. So the Sleepover Friends set out to fix up poor Uncle Nick with a date. But they just can’t seem to make a match.Meanwhile, Patti has another problem. Mrs. Mead’s out sick, and the substitute teacher chooses Patti as her pet. Patti is mortified, so she decides to do something about it. But her plan has some unexpected results!

Explore the world of history’s greatest detective as you’ve never before imagined!A sinister plot surfaces in Victorian London. The Queen herself, scion of House Pendragon, appears to be the focus. Yet with all the power at her disposal, including the vaunted might of the Dreaded Ebony Guard of Warlocks, none can make sense of the paltry clues.Enter history’s most astounding detective, Holmes. With keen insight and nearly unmatched intellect, he alone can decipher the trail left behind by the perpetrators. Working with a varied cast of characters, some familiar and some new, Warlock Holmes embarks on a mission to unravel the puzzle and find the culprits. But has he finally met his match in the shadowy mastermind of the conspiracy? Or will his reliance on his most dreadful of familiars, a dark shade that only he can outwit and control, prove his ultimate undoing…

For fans of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Oz and Lily’s magical chocolate-filled adventure continues in the sequel to The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop. In the wrong hands, chocolate can be very dangerous indeed. . . . Oz and Lily have a top-secret mission. Alba the witch has gotten her hands on a magical chocolate phoenix and is plotting to use it for some serious evil. With the help of an army of rats and an unreliable talking cat, the children must pursue her not only across London but through time itself. This might be their toughest adventure yet. Praise for The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix “Saunders weaves the supernatural with the ordinary with ease. Readers who enjoyed The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop will not be disappointed.”—Booklist “Clearly, Saunders has honed her deft and breezy comic style while affectionately channeling mild echoes of Harry Potter and The Hobbit....It’s official: more magical chocolate equals even more perceptive and magical fun for all.”—Kirkus Reviews “Saunders’s imagination is out in full force. Hand this to readers who love adventure, fantasy, and Mission Impossible–type adventure.”—SLJ

Kate has won first prize in a raffle—six tickets to Wilderness World! And Kate’s parents have offered to take the family and the Sleepover Friends for their upcoming spring vacation. But with four people in Kate’s family, there are only two tickets left for the Sleepover Friends—so one of them won’t be able to go! How can Kate choose between her best friends?Fortunately, the girls come up with a plan: They’ll do odd jobs to earn money for one more ticket. But they only have two weeks. And raising the money turns out to be a lot harder than they’d expected!

Kate, Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti love having sleepover parties. What could beat eating munchies, watching creepy movies, and playing Truth or Dare all night long? But then one night Kate is kidding around and she casts a bad-luck spell on Patti. Everyone laughs about it at first . . . until some really unlucky things start happening whenever Patti is around. It seems like Patti is one big bad-luck charm. If she doesn’t get rid of that spell, the girls won’t be the Sleepover Friends for long. They’ll be the Sleepover Enemies!