Kevin Sylvester
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Fourteen-year-old chef and budding detective Neil Flambé helps the police in their investigation of the murders of some of the best chefs in town, a puzzle that seems to have something to do with a mysterious smell and Marco Polo.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"For die-hard basketball fans and casual spectators alike, this collection of fascinating facts about the game will be a welcome addition to their library. From the origins of the game to how much players are paid, and the evolution of the basketball shoe, this book covers a wide range of topics. Among others are how the color barrier was breached, the rise of women's basketball, and innovations that have made the game accessible to disabled athletes....
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Our cellphones, our clothes, our food: All are everyday things we consider essential, but we seldom think of what and who is involved in making them and getting them into our hands. In Follow Your Stuff, award-winning children's author Kevin Sylvester and business professor Michael Hlinka team up again, this time to tackle the complex dynamics of the global economy, examining the often complex journey of ordinary goods, from production right to our...
4) Minrs
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Twelve-year-old Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. When Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore, Christopher and a small group of survivors are forced into the maze of mining tunnels below the surface of Perses"--
Author
Series
Neil Flambe capers volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Celebrity teenaged chef Neil Flambé heads to Japan to solve his next mystery when news arrives that his cousin Larry, a manga comic book writer visiting Tokyo, has died in a boating accident.
8) MiNRS 3
Author
Series
MiNRS volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"The final action-packed book in the MiNRS trilogy. We do what we do best. Run. Hide. Survive. The children of Perses must return to Earth. They defeated Major Kirk Thatcher on their adopted planet, but his evil plans are still unfolding. People need to know the truth. Christopher has a video of Thatcher killing an injured grinder in cold blood. If they can show that to the people of Earth, they might just turn the tide. The MiNRs need to bear witness....
9) MiNRS 2
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Christopher, Elena, and the other survivors of the attack on their space colony know two things: their victory over the Landers will be short-lived and a new wave of attacks is imminent"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Come on in! Don't be shy. Bizarre, hilarious and just plain gross moments are waiting inside Sports Hall of Weird. From yucky bathroom accidents and crows hungry for golf balls, to cursed teams, haunted stadiums and spectacular losers, this Hall's got it all. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice for good luck. How the hand of God might have decided a soccer game. How a dead guy got drafted ... all this and a lot more is immortalized...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
The sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Neil Flambé's skills as a world-class chef leads to the closing of his restaurant, a cook-off to save his reputation, and the discovery of a dark curse that has plagued Flambé cooks for centuries.
Author
Series
Neil Flambe capers volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When Neil arrives in Mexico City to partake in the Battle of the Chefs, he learns that Isabella has been kidnapped and it will take a dose of Aztec history and knowledge of buried ruins to find her before time runs out.
Author
Pub. Date
c. 2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Describes unusual events or facts about the Olympic games, rom the Canadian coin hidden in the ice during the 2002 Winter Games that gave luck to the Canadian hockey team to the fact that ballroom dancing is not an Olympic sport.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the truth as well as the false premises behind a variety of things children are told by their parents, covering warnings about crossed eyes, the causes of acne, whether an elephant can actually forget, and more.