Allan Woodrow
1) The pet war
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog, and his older sister Lexi wants a cat, so their mother suggests that whoever can raise enough money to pay for their pet can choose--and so the competition begins.
Author
Series
Werepenguin volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bolt Wattle is summoned to the far-off country of Brugaria, where he is hoping to be reunited with his long lost parents. When he arrives, the locals warn him of the terrible danger he is in and threaten to hit him with stale bread. Along the way to Baron Chordata's he runs into bandits, wild animals, and hears the persistent bark of penguins. Bolt has to stop the Baron from taking over Brugaria with his mind-controlled penguins
Author
Series
Werepenguin volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When we last saw our hero Bolt Waddle, he'd narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil Baron Chordata, but not the fate of becoming a half-boy, half-penguin for life. Living with his penguin colony far from other humans, he's adjusting to life as a full-time werepenguin when his bandit friend Annika tracks him down and begs for his help. Her father has been imprisoned by the Earl of Sphen, another ruthless werepenguin who rules his small country with...
Author
Series
Werepenguin volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After receiving a clue from Omneseus the Seer, twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt and his friends Blackburn and Annika set off to defeat "the Stranger" and free the world's penguins from his reign.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Class 507 is terrible, and one day, after a particularly disastrous science experiment, Ms. Bryce quits and walks out in the middle of class, and the school office never finds out--at first all the fifth graders enjoy goofing off, but after a few days that starts getting boring, and the students begin to realize that school without a teacher is not easy, cooperating is difficult, and keeping a secret is harder than they thought.
6) Unschooled
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fifth graders George and Lilly are best friends, but when they end up leading separate teams competing for the Spirit Week prize, it puts a strain on their friendship, especially when the competition generates a host of nasty pranks designed to sabotage their teams--and if Principal Klein finds out what is going on Spirit Week will be canceled and everybody concerned will spend the rest of the year in detention.