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After his encounter with Jack, Mr. Giant is living peacefully in a small village--so when a new baron shows up and demands more taxes from the villagers he must confront the baron without losing his temper.

In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon -- the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him “the bitter neighbor from hell.” But...

After Kitty the little cougar develops a bad temper and misbehaves, she finds herself in serious trouble before finally learning an important lesson.

Wild Man Jack is not easy to please when it comes to food, but when Mama Jane serves him his least favorite meal on Friday, he follows through on what he has been telling his children he would do all week, starting with screaming and complaining.

"Bobby Beacon has trouble controlling his hot temper at his superhero school"--