Bob Dillon can’t get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise...
Humorous fiction
- Author:Fitzhugh, BillSummary:
- Author:Ahn, AngelaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart. Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of...
- Author:Henrie, MauriceSummary:
Doué d’un sens d’observation aigu, l’auteur offre des «instantanés», des «photographies», des «médaillons» qui dépeignent la vie quotidienne avec ses banalités, ses joies, ses insignifiances, ses douleurs et ses moments les plus...
- Author:Munsch, RobertSummary:
Another laugh-out-loud book from the author of The Paper Bag Princess! 'Hey you dumb pigs!' When Megan lets all of the pigs out of the pen, they start to take over, and show her that they may not be so dumb after all. A newly designed...
- Author:Turenne, MartineSummary:
Une autre semaine au chic et tout inclus Hôtel Princess Azul. Complots, pinatas, empoisonnements et excursions-qui-tournent-à-la-catastrophe sont au programme!Dans cette nouvelle aventure, Geneviève Cabana, agente à destination dans un...
- Author:Kann, VictoriaSummary:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann brings young readers a Pinkalicious I Can Read story about creativity and the best babysitter ever. When Maya babysits Peter and Pinkalicious, they all enjoy playing pinkatastic games...
- Author:Mian, ZanibSummary:
Omar has to solve the mystery of his missing teacher in the third installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan!...
- Author:Hart, StaciSummary:
He plays the bass with expert fingers. He plays women with intoxicating charm. And he'll play me with the ease of a virtuoso. Who better to teach me to play than the master himself? I'm his model student, front row, pencil sharp. Pick-...
- Author:Curtis, SkySummary:
Robin MacFarland is a smart, funny, self-deprecating journalist who works for the Home and Garden section of a major Toronto newspaper while she grapples hilariously with her weight, drinking and spirituality. The city news is slow and...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
Looking to get lucky? Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and she's looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart. Stephanie Plum has a way of...
- Author:Fallis, TerrySummary:
Eve of Equality, a new feminist blog, becomes an overnight sensation when a wildly popular talk show host stumbles upon it, tweets about it, and promotes it on her show. The anonymous blog is intelligent, thoughtful, and bold, brazenly...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Von Igelfeld is the world's leading scholar on Portuguese irregular verbs, having written a majestic, nearly 1,200-page book on the subject. As one review says, "There is nothing more to be said on this subject. Nothing." But in other...
- Author:Fisher, CarrieSummary:
A novel which centers on a "movie brat" (much like the author herself) and her problems with drugs, the Hollywood scene, and men.
- Author:Cole, TrevorSummary:
In his first two, Governor General-shortlisted novels, Trevor Cole proved himself a master of drawing us into the shadowy side of human nature with sharp observation and warm wit. In PRACTICAL JEAN, he goes a step further: this is a...
- Author:Glover, DouglasSummary:
Douglas Glover’s raucous first novel was a finalist for the Books in Canada First Novel Award and sold out its first and only print run in just one month. Now mystery fans and readers of literary fiction alike can once again enjoy this...
- Author:Rosenbaum, RichardSummary:
A naïve and unbalanced teenage girl with claims of extraterrestrial origins only wants two things in the whole world—family and fame—but she can’t help getting entangled in the lives of the eccentric and troubled humans she meets along...
- Author:Little, ElizabethSummary:
A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of 2020. An egomaniacal movie director, an isolated island, and a decades-old murder'the addictive new novel from the bestselling author of Dear Daughter Marissa Dahl, a shy but successful film editor...
- Author:Cabot, Meg.Summary:
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia.
- Author:Cabot, Meg.Summary:
In a series of humorous diary entries, high school freshman (and Genovian Princess) Mia tries to get her reluctant boyfriend to take her to the prom.
- Author:Cabot, Meg.Summary:
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia has a primetime interview in which she manages to alienate almost everyone. Mia is swept up in a...
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