Humor

James “Hercules” Martino has two weeks to accomplish the twelve tasks given to him by his uncle. The tasks will take him to the far reaches of Baltimore, lead him to an Unattainable Woman, and change the way he sees everything.

Tallulah has to keep her eyes on the prize if she’s going to help raise enough money to keep her school, Dother Hall, from closing --- even if the boys of Woolfe Academy are lingering about doing confusing boy things. Will Tallulah be able to ace her performance in this terms project?

In three previous mysteries --- HOOT, FLUSH and SCAT --- Carl Hiaasen has offered young readers entertaining comic mysteries that combine environmental concerns and social issues with plenty of wacky laughs. Now, in CHOMP, he extends his winning streak with a funny novel that dives into the world of reality television.

Less than 24 hours before giving her valedictorian speech for graduation, Kylie ends up in Mexico with dreamy Max Langston and a wedding band on her finger.  Separated by a gaping social chasm, these two need to escape their captors and make it back across the border, figuring out who they really are, what they really want, and the true meaning on love, on the way.

Food was once the providence of celebrated chefs and critical connoisseurs. Cooking shows featured all gourmet creations and web sites displayed artfully photographed delights.

Then something changed.

Thrown together by circumstance, a group of fathers meet each morning at a local coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. Over the course of a single year, we learn about their dreams deferred, their secrets and mishaps, their passions and hopes, as they confront terrible truths about ambition, wealth and sex.