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Philip runs into an awful streak of bad luck at the same time as his best buddy, Emery runs into a streak of good luck. When Emery reveals that he's been using a newly acquired luck charm, Philip sets out to find one of his own, but what he finds turns out to be more deadly curse than good luck charm.
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Could the Frankenstein monster, Dracula and the Wolfman actually move into someone's respectable neighborhood? Philip and his best friend Emery are convinced it has happened when a suspicious new family moves in down the block. The boys have seen the vampire bat; they've heard the werewolf's growl; they've witnessed the coffin delivery to the house. When Emery's mother invites the new family to dinner, Philip and Emery have no choice but to prepare...
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Philip's Christmas turns into a disaster when his troublesome younger cousin Francis shows up to stay for a few days. Nothing is safe, not the Christmas tree, not the presents, and certainly not the good cheer of the season. Philip enlists his best friend Emery to help-out in entertaining Francis, but even a trip to the local mall to admire the decorations turns into a misadventure of epic proportions. Can anything bring some Christmas joy for Philip?...
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After Philip solves a few neighborhood mysteries, he decides to open a detective agency with his best pal Emery. Their classmate Jason starts making fun of their efforts, though, and being a detective suddenly isn't so much fun. But soon, Jason is accused of stealing money from the teacher, and Emery encourages Philip to solve the case and get Jason thrown out of their class. Philip sets to work and shocks the class when he reveals the solution to...
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Philip and Emery are, granted three wishes by a gypsy from the circus sideshow, but to get these wishes, they must perform a chore for the gypsy. They must recover some jewels, including a magical scarab, from a dangerous location. They undertake the chore, but soon regret their decision. Disaster looms. Yet, if they can set things right quickly, all will be well. But, the police are on their trail!
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Philip's teacher gives the class an impossible assignment. He calls it a "scavenger hunt/research project." Philip blames it on his classmate Cecil, who asked for harder work to do. Philip and Emery team up, and thanks to a combination of inspiration, good luck, and hard work come up with a project the likes of which neither his class nor his teacher has ever seen.
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Philip runs into Jeanne, a new girl in the neighborhood, who defeats him at every game they play. Philip enlists his best pal Emery to help him, but even, when they join forces, they lose to Jeanne. In his frustration, Philip foolishly assures Jeanne that he will win the poster contest being, run at the mall. She laughs off his challenge, certain first prize will be hers. Philip cannot allow himself to lose again to this girl, but how in the world...
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How is Philip ever going to get a pet, the one thing he wants most in the world, when his parents say no to his every request? Angel, a very smart neighborhood girl, gives Philip a plan to change his parents' mind, but the plan ends in disaster, and Philip's parents say no louder than ever. With Angel's help, Philip tries again. Philip knows it's his last chance. How will this plan turn out? Will Philip's wish come true, or will he meet with disappointment...
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Philip begins his summer in a bad mood. His mother insists he clean his room. But when, Philip allows Leon, the clumsy jinx-boy of the neighborhood, to help, it sends Philip and his best friend Emery off on the wildest summer adventure they've ever had. Missing jewelry, stolen pants, a crazy Aunt, and secret trips to the police station keep Philip and Emery hopping until the night when it all explodes!
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Philip and Emery dread their school assignment, perform an activity demonstrating brotherhood. Philip gets an inspiration, though, when a neighbor tells him about her women's club fair, which will raise money for charity. He and Emery decide to create a game for the fair and donate the money they collect. Creating a game proves more difficult than they thought, especially when Leon, Emery's unlucky cousin, shows up to help out. Can Philip and Emery,...
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Can a homemade mummy rise from the dead? Philip and Emery's pal Leon thinks so. He buries a tiny mummy in his backyard. When they attend a birthday party held in the Egyptian room of the museum, and a real, live, walking, talking mummy shows up and a valuable scarab goes missing, Philip and Emery have to figure out a way to get Leon out of a world of trouble.
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Emery's clumsy and monumentally unlucky cousin Leon is coming to visit for a whole week! Philip and Emery, best friends, are desperate to find ways to keep Leon out of their way, but Leon's bad luck-and disaster-follows them everywhere. Rabbits' feet don't work. Homemade remedies don't work. And when, Emery and Philip have an extraordinary spell of bad luck themselves, they're certain that Leon's bad luck is contagious. They plot and plan to convince...
13) Planet Zoron
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While sitting at his bedroom window staring at the moon, a burst of green light whisks Mark Foy away to Planet Zoron, where Prince Zincor and Princess Zayla need Mark's help to regain the prince's throne from Blaylock and Fentar, two evil councilors to his late father.
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Philip and Emery are scared out of their wits, when they learn their community service assignment involves dealing with a haunted house, but it gets worse! Circumstances force the boys to sneak inside the haunted house, and when they do, they receive the shock of their lives!
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Mark Foy has returned home from his surprising trip to Planet Zoron. Prince Zincor's throne is safe. But, is it? Who shows up but Zincor's Uncle Blaylock, still determined to take over Zincor's throne, and his partner, the evil scientific genius Fentar? They've been, mistakenly transported to Mark's very neighborhood by the Tappa Ray and now have Mark in their sights, certain he knows something they don't-the way back to Zoron. Blaylock's quest for...
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Soon-to-be fifth graders, Paul Drummond and Billy Sparks' summer vacation at the beach with Lige Drummond, Paul's grandfather, is interrupted, when Lige's best friend Jess Hubbard disappears, and the boys are off to find him in Shumbus, a strange land deep within the Earth.
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Things did not stay peaceful long in Shumbus after Paul and Billy's summer adventure there. The Critches are out for revenge. The Golden Mushroom is in danger and so is the very city where the Shumians have lived forever. With Jess Hubbard planning to help the Critches, they are sure to succeed unless Paul, Billy, and Argo can come up with something fast!