Emily Ecton

The Great...

1 - The Great Pet Heist (Jun-2020)
2 - The Great Ghost Hoax (Sep-2021)

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  Boots & Pieces
  

  • Aug-2008
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  Her big sister bosses her around; her mom makes her dog-sit Mr. Boots, the family's well-dressed Chihuahua; and she's convinced a strange and squishy swamp creature that lives down at the lake is eating high school kids. When no one believes her, A...

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  The Curse of Cuddles McGee
  

  • Oct-2008
  • / General Fiction
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  While poking around their neighborhood, mystery-solving, swamp monster-fighting middle-graders Arlie and Ty fi nd a buried coffee can fi lled with the bones of a hamster and the handwritten curse (on glittery unicorn notepaper) from his home-schooled...

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  Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments
  

  • Mar-2009
  • / General Fiction
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  When Arlie, Ty, and the ever-present Mr. Boots discover an old dragonfly pendant, they don't think much of it -- it's just another thing to keep mr. Boots from trying to swallow. But when the pendant turns out to have odd powers -- powers to make all...

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  Project Jackalope
  

  • Apr-2012
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  Jeremy's troubles begin when his eccentric neighbor leaves him an "experiment" for safekeeping -- a jackalope! This so-called mythological creature looks like a bunny rabbit, but comes with razor-sharp antlers and is purported to be a ruthless killer...

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  The Ambrose Deception
  

  • Feb-2018
  • / Action Adventure
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  Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that's what their middle school teachers think. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead...

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  The Great Pet Heist
  

  • Jun-2020
  • / General Fiction
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  The Great... - 1
  

  Ocean’s Eleven meets The Secret Life of Pets in this hilarious and delightfully illustrated novel following a ragtag group of pets who will do whatever it takes to avoid being sent to the pound. Butterbean knew she wasn’t always a good dog. St...

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  The Great Ghost Hoax
  

  • Sep-2021
  • / General Fiction
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  The Great... - 2
  

  The Secret Life of Pets meets Scooby Doo as furry friends hunt down a ghost in this hilarious sequel to The Great Pet Heist that is “silly business galore” (Kirkus Reviews)!Butterbean is bored. She and the other pets pulled off a heist once, but ...

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  The Great Vandal Scandal
  

  • Apr-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  The Secret Life of Pets meets Spy School as furry friends come out of retirement to do some secret spy work sure to inspire “chuckles aplenty” (Kirkus Reviews) in this hilarious companion to The Great Pet Heist and The Great Ghost Hoax.Big plans ...

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  The Great Catnapping
  

  • Aug-2024
  • / General Fiction
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  In this hilarious, high-stakes companion to The Great Pet Heist, The Great Ghost Hoax, and The Great Vandal Scandal, the pet friends take matters into their own paws -- and tentacles -- to rescue Walt and the white cat when they get catnapped.The whi...

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Award-Winning Books by Emily Ecton

The Great Pet Heist
2022 Beehive Award -- Fiction