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The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet (Scholastic/June 1999)
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The
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The Hawk
Bandits of Tarkoom (Scholastic/February 2001)
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Revenge of the
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Pirates of the Purple Dawn (Scholastic/February 2007)
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The Sleeping Giant of Goll (Scholastic/February 2000)
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Flight of the Blue Serpent (Scholastic/October 2008)
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Journey to the Volcano Palace (Scholastic/June 1999)
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The Lost Empire of Koomba (Scholastic/October 2009)
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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
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471:Quest For the Queen (Scholastic/November 2000)
450:The Mysterious Island (Scholastic/August 1999)
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529:In The Shadow of Goll (Scholastic/July 2006)
453:City of the Clouds (Scholastic/October 1999)
397:The Beast From Beneath the Cafeteria! (1996)
477:Under the Serpent Sea (Scholastic/May 2001)
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502:The Coiled Viper (Scholastic/July 2003)
391:Zombie Surf Commandos from Mars! (1996)
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