Jeff Szpirglas

• May-2009
• / General Fiction
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Far more than just another picture book, Just a Minute couples a delightfully zany story with a fact-filled look at just what can occur in the course of a minute  -- or an hour, a day, a month, or a year. The story follows Gary, who’s a mere 5 mi...

• May-2009
• / General Fiction
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Far more than just another picture book, Just a Minute couples a delightfully zany story with a fact-filled look at just what can occur in the course of a minute  -- or an hour, a day, a month, or a year. The story follows Gary, who’s a mere 5 mi...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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Jamie loves sharks. He reads about them. He talks about them. Sometimes he even pretends to be a shark. Too bad no one else wants to join his Shark Club. His peers and parents are quickly growing tired of his current obsession. When Jamie's teacher, ...

• Aug-2012
• / Science Fiction
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Jake knew that a field trip to the cemetery would lead to bad things. Bad things like an angry class bully. Bad things like a mysterious tombstone. Bad things like a scratched eyeball. Most scratched eyeballs heal up in no time. They don't pop out of...

• May-2015
• / General Fiction
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A natural-born explorer, Leo loves to make maps and experiment with new ways of getting around the schoolyard. But explorers sometimes get sidetracked, which can lead to getting in trouble. When Leo’s teacher, Mr. Chang, announces he’ll be giving...

• Feb-2017
• / General Fiction
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Matt loves Monster Zap cards. No, no, Matt LOVES Monster Zap cards. He has Monster Zap toys, reads Monster Zap books and wears Monster Zap underwear. Matt and his friends like to trade the cards at school, as the schoolyard is so empty and dirty, the...

• Mar-2017
• / Horror
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"Horror you can sink your teeth into Fast paced, darkly funny and jam packed with hair-raising suspense. This book bites (in a good way)."

--Arthur Slade, Governor General's Award winning Author of The Hunchback Assignments

TEN THI...

• Jun-2018
• / General Fiction
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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive!Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, Canadian style!You begi...

• Sep-2019
• / General Fiction
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Imagine walking home from school one day and seeing a brain on the side of the road, a brain that, it turns out, is looking for a new home.Or instead of paying attention to the teacher, you shoot a paper airplane across the room and accidentally rip ...

• Apr-2020
• / General Fiction
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Dragged fresh from the grave and pulled out of the haunted corners of a school locker, these thirteen new stories are a nod to the storytelling style of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone.Most kids don’t have to stress about things like exo...

• Jun-2020
• / General Fiction
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30 minutes. 30 dangerous paths. YOU choose the path to survive!Readers choose their own path as they dodge obstacles like giant sea monsters, double-crossing villains, hungry great white sharks . . . and maybe even a Canadian Bermuda Triangle!What st...

• Apr-2021
• / General Fiction
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Shark-obsessed Orly spends every summer with her family on the coast. This year her parents have signed her up for sailing lessons, hoping to teach her some water safety while they're busy with her baby brother. Orly is excited to be on the water...

• Jul-2022
• / General Fiction
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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive -- in the spookiest Countdown to Danger yet!This spooky installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, horror style! Readers determine the...

• Jul-2023
• / General Fiction
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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive -- in the most terrifying Countdown to Danger yet!Face off against the horrors lurking below the city in this latest action-packed installment of the choose-your-own-path seri...

• Sep-2023
• / General Fiction
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Tanya is a huge fan of horror author Joel Southland...AND he's coming to visit her school!Even though she is his biggest fan, she barely gets a chance to say hello. But he does give her a signed bookmark: For Tanya. Stay Scared! Reading later that ni...

• Mar-2024
• / Fantasy
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Nine-year-old Bailey Kaufman is nervous for their first day of school at the Hero Academy, the elementary school for young superheroes.Surrounded by classmates with incredible powers, like flying and super snot, Bailey isn't sure where they fit in. H...

• Sep-2024
• / General Fiction
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Middle grader Tanya has managed to stop famed horror writer Joel Southland from stealing people's nightmares for his books. The malevolent, sentient ink that had been the source of all his powers and successes now belongs to Tanya. But the ink—...