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    Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection
    Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection
    Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection
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    Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection

    By Katherine Applegate, Dan Gutman and Nate Ball

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    This collection is perfect for anyone looking to try out three bestselling series that are fun, easy-to-read, loaded with humor and art, and just right for young independent readers. In includes:

    Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs: If the kids can't sit still for the class performance, Roscoe's teacher could be in big trouble. Fortunately Roscoe has a plan to save her—a super, mega, gonzo plan! What could go wrong?

    My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!: In this first book in the outrageously funny series that has reached millions of readers around the world, second-grade teacher Miss Daisy is in over her head. She doesn't even know how to add or subtract! But the kids have other things on their minds. Principal Klutz has promised that if they read a million pages in books, they can turn the school into a video-game arcade for one whole night!

    Alien in My Pocket #1: Blast Off!: When a four-inch-tall alien crash-lands through Zack McGee's bedroom window, Zack is sure he's about to become the first victim in a new War of the Worlds. But when the alien turns out to have weapons that are more ticklish than terrifying, Zack realizes that rather than protect the world from the alien it's up to him to protect the alien in his pocket from the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 3, 2014
    ISBN9780062371768
    Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection
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    Katherine Applegate

    Katherine Applegate is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of beloved and award-winning books for young readers, including Odder, Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, Willodeen, and The One and Only Ivan, for which she won the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the Animorphs series, and a beginning reader series, Doggo and Pupper, illustrated by Charlie Alder. Katherine Applegate lives in Southern California with her family.

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      Cool Chapter Books 3-Book Collection - Katherine Applegate

      Contents

      Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs

      My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

      Alien in My Pocket #1: Blast Off!

      Back Ads

      About the Publisher

      Dedication

      For Julia and Jake,

      with love

      Contents

      Dedication

      1.  Welcome to Time-Out

      2.  Something You Should Know Before We Get Started

      3.  Something Else You Should Know Before We Get Started

      4.  This Morning at My House

      5.  Don’t-You-Dare Glue

      6.  The Secret Handshake

      7.  Mess Rehearsal

      8.  How to Speak Teacher

      9.  Roscoe to the Rescue

      10.  Bee-having

      11.  Uh-Oh

      12.  Holes in Our Heads

      13.  Good-Bye from Time-Out

      About the Author

      Copyright

      1

      Welcome to Time-Out

      Hey! Over here!

      It’s me. Roscoe.

      Welcome to the Official Roscoe Riley Time-out Corner.

      Want to hang out with me?

      I have to warn you, though. We’re going to be here for a while.

      See, I kinda got in some trouble today.

      Again.

      Kids have to follow so many rules!

      Sometimes my brain forgets to remember them all.

      It’s not like I try to find ways to get in trouble. It’s just that trouble has a way of finding me.

      Truth is, I’m just a normal, everyday kid like you.

      My favorite food is blue M&M’s. My favorite sport is bed jumping. My favorite color is rainbow.

      And my most not-favorite thing is lima beans.

      See? Like I said. Just a normal, everyday kid.

      A normal, everyday kid who sometimes gets into trouble.

      Like today. I was just trying to help out my teacher.

      How was I supposed to know you shouldn’t glue people to chairs?

      With Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue?

      You’ve done that, haven’t you?

      Oh.

      Never?

      Oh.

      Well, maybe you should hear the whole story….

      2

      Something You Should Know Before We Get Started

      Here’s the thing about Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue.

      When the label says permanent, they mean permanent.

      As in FOREVER AND EVER.

      3

      Something Else You Should Know Before We Get Started

      You gotta trust me on this.

      Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue is for gluing THINGS.

      Not PEOPLE.

      It is a way bad idea to glue THINGS to PEOPLE.

      That’s just a for-instance.

      4

      This Morning at My House

      You’re probably wondering how I know so much about Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue.

      Well, it all started this morning. I was helping my mom pack my lunch.

      Banana? I asked her. With no icky brown spots on it?

      Mom looked in my lunch box.

      Check, she said.

      Little fishy crackers?

      Check.

      Gigantic chocolate cupcake with tons of gooey frosting and those little sprinkle things?

      Mom smiled her I’m-getting-tired-of-this smile.

      Sorry, she said. We’re fresh out of gigantic chocolate cupcakes.

      I sighed. It was worth a try.

      Mom grabbed a comb off the kitchen counter. Hair time, buddy. You want to look extra handsome for the open house.

      In the afternoon, all the parents were coming to visit our classroom.

      That’s called an open house.

      Even though it’s at school.

      We were going to sing a song about bees. And have desserts and juice and milk.

      I was especially excited about the dessert part.

      My mom was bringing her banana-avocado-raisin cream pie.

      I was not so excited about that.

      My mom is a great mom.

      But she is not a great cook.

      You have to be extra nice to Ms. Diz, I said.

      Ms. Diz is my first-grade teacher. She is brand-new.

      She loves teaching my class. Even though we get a little crazy sometimes.

      Ms. Diz says we are very high-spirited.

      Of course we’ll be nice, Mom said.

      ’Cause this is her first time showing us off. And also ’cause the principal will be there.

      I promise Dad and I will behave, Mom said.

      And be sure to clap after we do our bee song, I added.

      I promise, Mom said.

      And no laughing, I added.

      Why would we laugh, sweetheart?

      Because yesterday when we practiced it was kind of a mess, I said. The head bobbles kept coming off.

      Mom frowned and asked, What’s a head bobble?

      You know. The ten knees on a bee head?

      I put my hands on my head and wiggled my pointer fingers to show her.

      Oh. Mom smiled. "You mean the antennae."

      I’m lucky. ’Cause I’m in the rhythm section. We pound with sticks to keep the beat. And we get bobbles too.

      That’s a very important job. Mom kissed the top of my head. Don’t worry. I’m sure everything will go perfectly today.

      Mom zipped up my lunch box. Okay, kiddo. You’re good to go.

      Just then I remembered something.

      Wait! I cried. There is one more really important thing! I was supposed to bring art supplies yesterday. For the art cupboard. ’Member? You said we would bring them ’cause it’s easier than being a room mother?

      Oops. I almost forgot, said Mom. She grinned. Roscoe to the rescue!

      My family likes to say that when I help out.

      My dad came in and poured a cup of coffee.

      He was wearing a business suit, a brown sock, and a bare foot.

      Morning, he said. Roscoe, is your brother up yet?

      Yep, I said. But I had to use my Roscoe Riley Sneak Attack to wake him. Would you like to try it sometime?

      I’m listening, Dad said.

      He made one eyebrow go up.

      It’s a trick a lot of dads can do.

      Well, first you knock real polite on Max’s door. Then he growls and tells you to come back next year.

      And then? asked Dad.

      Then you jump on his bed like it’s a trampoline. And you scream, ‘RISE AND SHINE, YOU BUM!’ And if he still doesn’t wake up, you squirt him with your juice box on his nose and toes.

      I see, said Dad. Crude, but effective.

      It is always nice when your dad is proud of you.

      Mom, I said. What about the art stuff?

      Mom was using the toaster for a mirror. I have bags under my eyes, she said.

      I tugged on her sleeve.

      Sometimes that helps moms focus.

      Mom, I said. We need goo sticks and scissors and paper.

      "Glue sticks, Mom said. The art supplies are in the junk drawer. Would you get them, Roscoe? I need to see if Max is ready for school."

      The junk drawer is one of my favorite off-limits places.

      It’s like a pirate treasure chest.

      Only with no rubies.

      I opened the drawer.

      I looked inside.

      Wow, I thought. This drawer is full of cool stuff!

      And that’s when all my trouble started.

      5

      Don’t-You-Dare Glue

      The junk drawer always has wonderful things in it.

      Keys. Puzzle pieces. Paper clips. The head from one of Hazel’s dolls.

      I was playing brain surgeon the day that happened.

      The patient died.

      I pulled out the bag of art supplies.

      I added three purple rubber bands to the bag.

      And a Slinky that wouldn’t slink anymore.

      And the doll head.

      You never know when you might need an extra head.

      And then I saw something else in the drawer.

      A bottle of Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue.

      The grown-up glue Mom calls don’t-you-dare glue.

      Super-Mega-Gonzo Glue is extra strong.

      Dad used it when I broke my great-grandma’s very old teacup.

      And when I broke Mom’s very precious flower vase.

      And when I broke Grandpa’s very ugly glass potato souvenir from Idaho.

      Adults really should keep breakable stuff away from us kids.

      Mom glanced into the family room. Max! Did you find your other shoe? The bus will be here in five minutes.

      My big brother came into the kitchen.

      He was armed with a juice box.

      My shoe is on the roof, Max said. Then he squirted me with his straw.

      At least it was apple juice. That’s my favorite.

      Max! Mom cried.

      He started this war, Max said.

      My hair’s all wet, I complained.

      Maybe you should cut off your head, Max said.

      Which was not all that helpful, really.

      Shut up, I said to Max.

      Roscoe! Dad said.

      Shut up, PLEASE, I said.

      Wait just a minute, Max, Mom said. "Did you say your shoe is on the roof?"

      There’s a good explanation, Max said.

      I’m sure there is, said Dad. His eyebrow went up again.

      That eyebrow gets a lot of exercise.

      Me and Roscoe were playing astronaut, Max said.

      Max’s shoe was the space shuttle, I added.

      I need a ladder, Mom said.

      I need more coffee, Dad said.

      I need a new brother, I said.

      You need a new brain, said Max.

      Guys, said Dad. Peace.

      Roscoe, Max and your dad and I have work to do on the roof, Mom said. Keep an eye on Hazel for me, sweetie.

      Hazel is my little sister. She was busy watching cartoons in the family room.

      Mom says educational cartoons are okay.

      Especially until she’s had her first cup of coffee.

      I’ll hold the ladder, Dad said to Mom, if you climb.

      Dad is afraid of heights. But don’t tell anybody. It’s a family secret.

      Also, please don’t tell him he is losing his hair.

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