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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series comes an all-new story about life's greatest adventure: catching your dream! This time, there are no traps to build or maps to follow, but only milestones to achieve! Everything you need to catch your biggest dream is already in you! A celebration of resilience, bravery, persistence, and true belief in yourself, How to Catch a Dream is perfect for fans of Oh, the Places You'll Go and Happy Dreamer, and a reminder that catching your dream is always within reach!

It’s a new school year, and the Dudes have got security work to do. See how they give their parents a phishing lesson, thwart package bandits, and combat snack bullies. See how the Dudes take on an ex-Special Forces Sensei, A Pizza Gun, and Snowman Decapitation!

In this new collection, Patrick Barb explores themes of family found and lost, media consumption and the dangers of runaway nostalgia, the supernatural in our lives, and the impact of violence in both the long- and short-term. From rural backwoods to Park Slope brownstones, Barb's characters face impossible, awful situations, testing their inner strength and understanding of reality. Covering quiet horror, weird fiction, supernatural horror, slasher horror, topical dark fiction, and more, these stories spotlight supposedly familiar terrors and fears in new and unexpected ways.

As Winston and his pirate crew go after a griefer, Winston experiences the full weight of being a leader, testing his relationships with Lucky and Wolf. And, of course, the Null is up to something. Will Winston finally get the happiness he's lacked since Penelope's death, or will he be forever alone?

As a baby, Noah Minor miraculously—and mysteriously—survived a fall from a sixteen-story balcony. But ever since then, Noah’s life has been pretty boring. As he enters seventh grade, Noah is hoping to be less ordinary and more extraordinary, like his best friends, trumpet prodigy Rodney and the practically perfect Haley. So Noah’s sure his star is on the rise when during a standard vision test, he learns he can manipulate gravity and is recruited to train with Gravitas, a top-secret government agency!

Rohan Murthy dreams of running a successful business like his creative and kind mom. When Mrs. Z announces that Curiosity Academy needs to raise money for a school garden, Rohan sees the chance to launch his dreams right away! He'll start a pet care company to help the people of Peppermint Falls look after their dogs, hamsters, fish, snakes, lizards . . . anything but cats. With hard work, some glittery posters, and the help of his friends from Mrs. Z's class, Rohan knows he can do a lot for the school garden.

You’ve been waiting all year long. Now Easter’s here at last! You can try your best to catch me, but you know that I’m too fast!

Zach and Sandra have their hands full practicing with the archangel Uriel’s flaming sword (in case they ever need to fight monsters again), dodging bully Jeffrey and his sidekicks at school, and doing typical seventh-grade things like homework and watching their favorite horror movies. But when Naomi starts blabbing their secrets—and then disappears during their family’s Passover seder—Zach’s parents are worried and mad. At Zach!

What will happen in Capitol City? After Jimmy's vision of Entity 303, anything could happen. Jimmy joins Biff, Claire, and Biff's parents on a journey to Capitol City. Along the way, he will encounter strange rabbits, delicious watermelon, and the rainbow creeper! What does it all mean? Is Claire a good egg? Is Clayton not as suspected, or worse? Is it possible to stuff one's face?

What now? The red-eyed squid has closed down Jimmy and Emma's surf park, and Jimmy's dream of surfing for a living seems dead. Emma remains positive. Jimmy seeks an explanation and some one, or some thing, to blame. Questions that need to be answered: Will they be able to reopen the surf park? Could an Evoker be behind the bizarre squid attack? Where has Clayton gone? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in book three of the Diary of a Surfer Villager.

Scott Schroeder dreams of a day when he and his father can have a home of their own. Following an accident that took his mother’s life eight years before, doctors discovered Scott was suddenly deaf.

Jimmy Slade and Emma have created an awesome surf park and are earning huge piles of emeralds. What could go wrong? Biff the bully is jealous and acting like a meanie, but when his cousins Claire, the fashionista, and Clayton, the athletic nerd, arrive, will he be on his best behavior?

"Only draw what is real." This is the rule given to 14-year-old art prodigy Maxwell Cooper by his father, and is the only way Max's father will allow him to attend the prestigious boarding school Apogee Art Academy. It's also a rule Max decides to defy. During their first night of vacation at Bear Tooth Point Resort, he draws a portrait of a local legend just to spite his father: the monster known as Inini-Makwa. But the land of Bear Tooth Point is steeped in Ashotii spirit magic, and when guests begin disappearing, Max is confronted with a terrifying reality.

It's summertime, so Deven gets a new video game, Grandad gets a new used RV, and Jayden finally gets a dog! You know how it is with dogs—you want to take them everywhere: on a police chase, up the elevator, on the roof, to the theater.... See how the dudes handle a bear's snack attack, rooftop ammo retrieval, and soccer-bombs from the Treehouse of Doom! Get the most out of the dude days of summer in Dudes Dog Days!

Russ Griffin has always wanted to be a fantastic medium. Growing up in the town of St. Hilaire, where most residents make their living by speaking to the dead, means there’s a lot of competition, and he’s always held his own. But Russ knows the town he loves is corrupt, and he’s determined to save it before the sinister ruling body, The Guild, ruins all he’s ever wanted. 

For Jaime, returning to the tiny Vermont town of Saint Juniper means returning to a past he’s spent eight years trying to forget. After shuttling between foster homes, he hopes he can make something out of this fresh start. But every gossip in town already knows his business, and with reminders of his past everywhere, he seeks out solitude into the nearby woods, called Saint Juniper’s Folly, and does not return.

Can Jimmy and his friends rescue Claire before it is too late? In volume 10 of Jimmy Slade's Minecraft diary, mysteries and questions abound. Was the head monk telling the truth about Claire's location? Will Jimmy learn to use his evoking powers? Why is there a wither on the cover of this book? These questions and more will be answered inside the latest unofficial Minecraft book of Minecraft fanfiction from Dr. Block—Diary of a Surfer Villager: Book 10!

The little beachside town of San Pancras is not known for anything exciting, but when Zach Darlington buys a mysterious ring at the local flea market, his quiet little hometown is turned topsy-turvy by monsters straight from Jewish folklore and a nefarious secret society focused on upholding an apocalyptic prophecy. Zach discovers that the ring grants him strange powers, and he’s intrigued; maybe he can use the ring’s strengths to halt the slew of anti-Semitic and homophobic bullying he’s experiencing at school. But soon the ring brings unexpected visitors.

The head monk of the Rainbow Creeper speaks! Mysteries and questions abound: Will they find Herobrine? Is this the end of Minecraft? These questions and more will be answered.

Jimmy must save his parents and find Herobrine before it is too late! After his confrontation with the mysterious bat outside his kitchen window, Jimmy is determined to find out who is behind everything. There are so many mysteries swirling about: Where has Mr. Blaze gone? What was the deal with the zombies and the spider herd? Why were Herobrine's diaries stolen? And, of course, what is up with the Rainbow Creeper? Grab your copy of Surfer Villager 8 to find out the answers.