Graham Salisbury
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Over a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Tomi's father and grandfather, Tomi and his friends, battling anti-Japanese-American sentiment in Hawaii, try to find a way to salvage his father's sunken fishing boat. 1943, one year after the end of Under the Blood-Red Sun, Tomi's Papa and Grandpa are still under arrest, and the paradise of Hawaii now lives in fear-waiting for another attack, while trying to recover from Pearl Harbor....
3) Kung fooey
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourth-grader Cal learns a lot about teasing and standing up for others when a weird new student joins his class, while Stella, the tenth-grader who lives with Cal's family to help his mother, practices for her driving test.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourth-grader Calvin lives near the beach in Oahu with his mom and little sister. Mom says: “You’re the man of the house.” But Calvin’s not great at being the man of the house, or taking care of his responsibilities. He’s too busy having fun with his pals, and avoiding Tito, the bully.
Trouble Magnet is the first book in a new series for younger readers full of all the fun of growing up in Hawaii. It introduces...
Trouble Magnet is the first book in a new series for younger readers full of all the fun of growing up in Hawaii. It introduces...
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Calvin Coconut needs to fix things with Stella—and fast!
Stella from Texas is now officially a member of the Coconut household. As if getting a bossy babysitter isn’t bad enough for Calvin, Stella teases him mercilessly. What’s a nine-year-old boy to do? Calvin decides to “fix” her, and he dumps his neighbor’s cat Zippy on Stella’s bed, knowing she’s allergic. But when Stella breaks out in...
Stella from Texas is now officially a member of the Coconut household. As if getting a bossy babysitter isn’t bad enough for Calvin, Stella teases him mercilessly. What’s a nine-year-old boy to do? Calvin decides to “fix” her, and he dumps his neighbor’s cat Zippy on Stella’s bed, knowing she’s allergic. But when Stella breaks out in...
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 9
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
There are zombies at Kailua beach!! Well, kind of. Fourth-grader Calvin Coconut and his friends have been recruited by Benny Obi (the boy from Kung Fooey who liked to tell crazy stories and ate bugs) to be extras in his uncle's movie: Zombie Zoomba! And who ends up with an actual part? Calvin's babysitter, Stella.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 1
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old. Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 2
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 5
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When a hurricane causes the river near his Hawaiian home to flood, a boy named Calvin Coconut makes a daring rescue.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 4
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Zenji Watanabe, seventeen, is sent from Hawaii to the Philippines to spy on the Japanese during World War II and, after he is captured and tortured, must find a way to survive months of being lost in the jungle behind enemy lines.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Calvin gets a school assignment to do some original research, he decides to investigate his dog's stinky breath and ends up learning about more than just smells.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 3
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.
15) Banjo
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Danny, a rising rodeo star whose border collie, Banjo, has been wounded by neighbors, and Meg, who has a way with animals, come together to keep Banjo safe, aided by Danny's brother.
17) Lord of the deep
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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Description
Working for his stepfather on a charter fishing boat in Hawaii teaches thirteen-year-old Mikey about fishing, and about taking risks, making sacrifices, and facing some of life's difficult choices.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 8
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
New fears for fourth-grader Calvin include a school bully named Tito and the return of his estranged father, rock star Little Johnny Coconut.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 7
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Calvin flies from Oahu to the big island of Hawaii to go on a deep-sea fishing trip with Ledward, his mother's boyfriend, and learns to appreciate other living creatures-- especially one enormous marlin.
20) Dog heaven
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling Books
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2010
Language
English
Description
When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.