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The fifth and final book in the groundbreaking Joey Pigza series brings the beloved chronicle of this wired, wacky, and wonderful boy to a crescendo of chaos and craziness, as everything goes topsy-turvy for Joey just as he starts to get his feet on the ground. With his dad MIA in the wake...

Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it–especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. And whether he's wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing...

The first book in the darkly comic new Skeleton Keys series from the award-winning duo behind Stitch Head. This is the curious tale of Ben Bunsen, whose only friend is a figment of his imagination...until now. Ben can’t believe it when his imaginary friend, the Gorblimey, becomes unimaginary. The Gorblimey is loyal and kind...and real! But Skeleton Keys is far from convinced by the Gorblimey’s friendly ways. He’s got the twitch, which is (almost) never wrong, and it’s telling him the Gorblimey is dangerous and needs banishing to the endless void of Oblivion.

On the hunt for an unimaginary, Skeleton Keys meets young Flynn Twist, a boy with a wild imagination who tells of his encounter with a terrifying shadow calling itself the Nobody. Skeleton Keys suspects it could be a shapeless unimaginary searching for a physical form. As night falls, the Nobody roams the village of Matching Trousers, turning everyone it meets into zombie-like nobodies. No one is safe - not even Skeleton Keys. Soon only Flynn is left. Can he become the brave hero of his imagination and free everybody from the Nobody?

The latest tale from Deckawoo Drive—and New York Times best-selling creators Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen—is a balm for young worrywarts facing the unknown. Welcome back to Deckawoo Drive for a sixth endearing installment in the companion series to Kate DiCamillo’s New York...

Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys, and these fantabulant fingers of mine open doors to hidden worlds! Join me for the chilling tale of Luna Moon, whose family are disappearing before her very eyes. Luna believes her ghostly granddad is to blame, but something even more mysterious lurks in the shadows – something unimaginary. Prepare for bewitched books, no-good knights and a story so truly unbelievable that it must, unbelievably, be true. For strange things can happen when imaginations run wild....

Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys, and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds.... Join me for the curious tale of Gap-Tooth Jack - thief, adventurer and champion of imagining! When Skeleton Keys banishes Wordy Gerdy from the present using his Key to Time, he thinks he’s seen the last of the troublesome unimaginary. But Gerdy uses her ghostly pen to wreak her revenge, and before Skeleton Keys knows it she’s written his precious keys out of existence.

It’s the third day of summer vacation, and Lark’s halmoni—that’s Korean for grandmother—has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. Only trouble is, they arrive to discover that the town librarian is missing her key to the library. Lucky for her, Lark just happens to be a budding private eye. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve this mystery and recover the lost key?