Culpepper Adventures — by Gary Paulsen

• Jun-1992
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A tired old parrot in the pet store spells adventure for Dunc Culpepper and Amos when they learn that the parrot speaks four languages and has outlived ten of its owners....

• Jun-1992
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Dunc Culpepper and his accident-prone friend, Amos, are up to their old sleuthing habits once again. This time they're after a band of doll thieves! When a doll that once belonged to Charles Dickens's daughter is stolen from an exhibition at the loca...

• Jul-1992
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While researching a Civil War cannon, Dunc and Amos discover a time portal that transports them back to downtown Culpepper on March 8, 1862--the day before the historic clash between the Monitor and the Merrimac....

• Aug-1992
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Best friends Dunc and Amos meet up with a new buddy named Lash when they enter the radical world of skateboard competition. When somebody "cops" -- or steals -- Lash's prototype skateboard, the boys are determined to get it back. After all, Lash is a...

• Sep-1992
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Dunc and his best friend, Amos, are planning the best route to get the most candy on Halloween. But their plans change when Amos is slightly bitten by a werewolf. he begins scratching himself and chasing UPS trucks: He's become a werepuppy!...

• Oct-1992
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Best friends for life Dunc and Amos have a small problem when they try hang gliding -- they crash in the wilderness. Luckily, Amos has read a book about a boy who survived in the wilderness for 54 days. Too bad Amos doesn't have a hatchet. Things go ...

• Dec-1992
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Dunc's not afraid of ghosts, although Amos is sure that the old Rambridge house is haunted by the ghost of Blackboard the Pirate. Then the best friends meet Eddie, a meek man who claims to be impersonating Blackbeard's ghost in order to live in the h...

• 1993
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Deciphering a code they find in a library book, best friends for life Amos and Dunc stumble onto a burglary ring. The burglars' next target is the home of Melissa, the girl of Amos's dreams (who doesn't even know that he's alive). Amos longs to be a ...

• 1993
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In order to impress Melissa, the girl of his dreams, Amos Binder decides to perform on the trapeze at the visiting circus. Look out below! But before his best friend for life Dunc Culpepper can talk him out of his plan, the two stumble across a myste...

• 1993
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Polluters are putting toxic waste in the school dumpster. Dunc and Amos set out to find these environmental criminals, and Amos even begins to glow in the dark....

• 1993
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Best friends for life Dunc Culpepper and Amos Binder are at it again. Some older residents of their town have been bilked by con artists, and the two boys want to look into these crimes. They meet elderly Betsy Dell, whose nasty nephew Frank gives th...

• 1993
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Dunc and Amos head for camp and face two weeks of fresh air -- along with regulations, demerits, KP, an inedible food. But where these two best friends go, trouble follows. They overhear a threat against the camp director and discover that camp funds...

• 1993
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It's Christmastime! And Dunc, Amos, and Amos's cousin, T.J., hit the mall for some serious shopping. But when the seasonal magic is threatened by some disappearing presents and Santa Claus himself is a prime suspect, the boys put their celebration on...

• 1993
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When Amos wins a "Why I Love My Dog" Contest, he and Dunc are off on the Caribbean cruise of their dreams! But there's something downright fishy about Amos's suitcase, and before they know it, the two best friends wind up with more high seas adventur...

• 1993
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When Dunc and Amos are invited to spend a week in Scotland, Dunc can already hear the bagpipes a-blowin'. But when the boys spend their first night in an ancient castle, it isn't bagpipes they hear. It's moans! Dunc hears groaning coming from inside ...

• 1994
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Git along little doggies! Dunc and Amos are bound for Uncle Woody Culpepper's Santa Fe cattle ranch for a week of fun. But when they overhear a couple of cowpokes plotting to do Uncle Woody in, the two sleuths are back on the trail of serious action!...

• 1994
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When their fifth-grade class spends a weekend interning at the state capital, Dunc and Amos find themselves face-to-face with Amos's walking double -- Gustav, Crown Prince of Moldavia! His Royal Highness is desperate to uncover a traitor in his ranks...

• 1994
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Amos and Dunc have their hands full when their school principal asks them to coach the local T-ball team. For one thing, nobody on the team even knows first base from left field, and the season opener is coming right up. And then there's that siniste...

• 1994
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When Amos and his best friend Dunc have a close encounter with an extraterrestrial named "Girrk," Dunc thinks they should report their findings to NASA. But Amos has other plans. Not only does he promise to help Girrk find a way back to his plant, he...

• Dec-1993
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Why is mild-mannered Amos Binder dressed in leather with slicked- back hair, strutting around the cafeteria and going by a phony name? Could it be because of that new kid, Slasher, who's promised to eat Amos for his lunch? Or has Amos secretly gone u...

• 1994
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Five . . . four . . . three . . . two . . .  Olympic superstar Francesco Bartoli is about to hurl  himself down the face of a mountain in another  attempt to clinch the world slalom speed record.  Cheering fans...

• 1994
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Amos is desperate. He's desperate for two tickets to the romantic event of his young life . . . the Road Kill concert! He'll do anything to get them because he heard from a friend of a friend of a friend of Melissa Hansen that she's way into Road Kil...

• 1995
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Everybody knows Amos Binder is crazy in love with Melissa Hansen. Only Melissa hasn't given any indication that she even knows Amos exists as a life-form. That is, until now. Suddenly, things with Melissa are different. A wave, a wink-an affecti...

• 1995
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Amos has more than a monkey on his back. It's a gorilla. Her name is Louise. And she's in love with him. Dunc isn't much help. He's convinced that Louise is the key to solving a really big-time case involving some assassins and a respected senator.&#...

• 1996
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Anyone who knows Amos knows that in his case, dogs are definitely not man's best friends. Even his own dog growls and shows his teeth whenever Amos is around. Amos isn't exactly fond of Scruff either. It's a dog-eat-dog world. But when Scruff gets mi...

• 1996
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Amos's big sister Amy is always dating rejects. But this time, her boyfriend was rejected by the grave! He's got pale skin, dark hair, mesmerizing eyes, an annoying tendency to disappear, and he wants to have the Culpeppers over for a late night Hall...

• 1996
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She's a master of disguises -- able to change identities at will. She's wanted in five states. They call her the Chameleon. Dunc thinks he and Amos are just about to crack the case wide open. And all they have to do is sneak into this dangerous felon...

• 1997
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It's spy vs. spy when Amos is mistaken for a government double agent and give a top-secret assignment. He's got the trench coat, he's got the dark sunglasses, he's go that smooth and debonair James Bond way about him. Now all he needs is Dunc to bail...

• 1997
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Best buddies Dunc and Amos are at the winter sports events. A pretty skater needs their help to defect from North Korea, but suddenly Kim Su-Yong doesn't seem to remember asking the boys for their help. In fact, she's downright hostile. Does she have...

• 1997
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Dunc thinks Mr. Smith is just an old man who owns a junkyard and a mean junkyard dog. But Amos is convinced Mr. Smith is Lightning Man, a retired superhero, and the dog is his super sidekick. Meanwhile, Mr. Smith's sinister new neighbor, Professor Br...