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1) Nothing Rhymes with Orange

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date

2017

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

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We all know nothing rhymes with orange. But how does that make Orange feel? Well, left out! When a parade of fruit gets together to sing a song about how wonderful they are—and the song happens to rhyme—Orange can't help but feel like it's impossible for him to ever fit in. But when one particularly intuitive Apple notices how Orange is feeling, the entire English language begins to become a bit more inclusive. Beloved author-illustrator...

2) A little like waking

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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While stuck in a dream, eighteen-year-old Zelda explores the far reaches of the dreamscape with a timid boy named Langston, but as they grow closer and closer, they discover truths neither of them wants to face.

3) On account of the gum

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

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Improbable, ridiculous remedies accumulate when there is gum stuck in your hair.

4) Cold Cereal

Author

Rex, Adam

Series

Cold Cereal Trilogy

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

Description

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Cold Cereal Facts
Serving size 1 chapter
Number of servings 40
Primary human characters 3
Scottish Play Doe, aka Scottpossible changeling
Erno Utz genius
Emily Utz supergenius
Magical creatures at least 3
Mick Leprechaun (or Clurichaun)
Harvey Pooka (rabbit-man)
Biggs indeterminate origin (hairy, large)
Evil organizations 1
Goodco Cereal CompanyPurveyor of breakfast
foods aspiring

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5) The True Meaning of Smekday

Author

Rex, Adam

Series

Smek

Publisher

Books on Tape

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

Description

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It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her...

6) Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

Description

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Doug Lee is undead quite by accident—attacked by a desperate vampire, he finds himself cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he has no luck finding some goth chick with a vampire fetish, he resorts to sucking the blood of cows under cover of the night. But it's just not the same.

Then he meets the new Indian exchange student and falls for her—hard. Yeah, he wants to bite her, but he also wants to prove himself to her.

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7) Pluto gets the call

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Beach Lane Books

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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Just after learning that Earth's scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along the way.

8) Frankenstein makes a sandwich: and other stories you're sure to like, because they're all about monsters, and some of them are also about food

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Harcourt

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

Description

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Stories in verse about the monster-sized problems Dracula, Wolfman, Bigfoot and other monsters have.

9) The story of Gumluck the wizard

Author

Rex, Adam

Series

Gumluck the wizard (Series) volume 1

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

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Gumluck, a young, na�ive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.

10) Unstoppable!

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

Description

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When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.

11) Why?

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger -- and so departs in peace.

12) Tumblebaby

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Neal Porter Books / Holiday House

Pub. Date

2024.

Language

English

Description

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"A sleeping baby rolls out of the house and across the nation on a series of larger-than-life adventures"--

13) School's first day of school

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

Description

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"It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself"

14) Echo

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

2025.

Language

English

Description

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"Everyone always agrees with Junior, including the mysterious voice from across the valley. 'Junior Junior is the greatest in the world!' he shouts. 'Junior Junior is the greatest in the world!' the echo shouts back. Until one day, a new girl moves in next door. A disagreeable, rude girl who doesn't think Junior is right all the time. Unable to stand living next door to someone like that, Junior runs to the valley to meet his echo. But when being...

15) Oh no, the aunts are here

Author

Rex, Adam

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

Description

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A girl experiences a tumultuous and overwhelming visit from her aunts, but when they finally say good-bye she discovers that the uncles are on their way to visit.