Laura Dower Books In Order

Only the Lonely

Madison Finn isn’t sure that she can survive the end of the summer, let along the beginning of a new school year. Middle school is a whole new world, and with her parents’ divorce and new classmates at school, life is all about changes. Madison uses her laptop and the internet to help her through the trials and tribulations of seventh grade.

Boy,Oh Boy

When Far Hills Junior High kicks off class elections, Madison is put in charge of the school’s election site. Creating the site is easy, until something goes very wrong. And just when Madison thinks she’s had all the politics she can handle, her dad shows up with his new running mate. Is someone plotting a campaign to crush Madison online and off? Boy, oh boy!

Play It Again

Act one, scene one. When Mr. Gibbons posts the cast for the upcoming production of the seventh grade musical, The Wiz, Madison’s world gets a dose of serious drama. Can her role as stage manager of the show help her figure out who likes whom and who her real friends and enemies are?

Caught in the Web

Halloween is full of tricks and treats for Madison. A school dance, a sopoky sleepover and a ghost story contest on the web, have Madison thinking that life can get trickier than tricky around Halloween.

Thanks for Nothing

What does Madison have to be thankful for? Not much, Madison thinks. It’s the first Thanksgiving since her mom and dad split, and she feels stuck in the middle. But this holiday is stuffed with surprising revelations and good cheer especially when Madison volunteers at the local animal shelter.

Lost and Found

A huge blizzard maroons Madison at home where she digs up lost memories from the past. Before the snow melts, she’ll learn secrets about her parents and her friends that will help her find out some truths about herself.

Save the Date

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Picture Perfect

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Just Visiting

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Fourth of July is coming, and summer is really heating up. Madison is going to Gramma Helen’s house on the lake in Illinois. Fireworks and fireflies and barbecue and…
maybe even a surprise first kiss?

Give and Take

There’s double trouble at Far Hills Junior High! When Madison and Fiona start a friendly competition with Egg and Chet to see who can make the best Web page, the computer disks really start to fly!

Heart to Heart

What gives? The Far Hills Junior High Winter Jubilee sounds like fun, until kids in chorus start giving Madison the cold shoulder. Even worse, Mom and Dad’s relationship is in a deep freeze. Can volunteering at a local nursing home help Madison turn all this ice…
into nice? It’ll take more than a little mistletoe to get everyone back in the holiday spirit!

Lights Out!

Love is in the air and everywhere! Madison’s English class gets a lovely assignment; Bigwheels gets a boyfriend; and even Phin’s in puppy love. Just when Madison thinks she’s loveless, she gets a strange red envelope and her e mailbox is filled with notes. Boy by boy, she tries to figure out the secret identity of her secret admirer. Can she do it before the school dance?

Sink Or Swim

Love is in the air and everywhere! Madison’s English class gets a lovely assignment; Bigwheels gets a boyfriend; and even Phin’s in puppy love. Just when Madison thinks she’s loveless, she gets a strange red envelope and her e mailbox is filled with notes. Boy by boy, she tries to figure out the secret identity of her secret admirer. Can she do it before the school dance?

Double Dare

Trouble is spelled E G G at Far Hills Junior High! When Madison hears about a computer contest with big prizes, she is super excited. After all, the cyber savvy seventh grader loves playing on her computer. But when Fiona and Madison take on Chet and Egg in a little game of Double Dare, things start to get out of hand. Soon, computer disks are flying and Madison doesn’t know what to do. Will she lose her friendship with Egg and the contest?

Off the Wall

Seventh grade has gone all Twilight Zone on Madison Finn. With Mrs. Wing on an extended break, Aimee’s dog about to have puppies, and surprisingly unhelpful computer webboards, there is nothing that makes sense to Madison. Things get out of hand and Madison learns a valuable lesson.

Three’s a Crowd

Madison has mono! Gramma Helen comes to take care of her, and soon a cold isn’t the only thing Madison is fighting. Between mono, moms, and a cute new neighbor, Madison’s temperature is about to skyrocket.

On the Case

‘Reading level: Ages 9 12 Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Volo October 1, 2004 Language: English ISBN: 0786809876 Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches Move over star sleuths, Madison has traded in her laptop for a magnifying glass! After seeing a marathon of the TV show Crime Time, Maddie becomes convinced there are plenty of mysteries to solve in Far Hills. But what starts out as fun and games becomes more serious when she stumbles onto a real mystery.’

Give Me a Break

Things in Far Hills are starting to get frosty. Madison’s dad has offered to take her on a ski trip to Big Mountain, but there’s a catch she can only take one friend! When she has to decide between Fiona and Aimee, things go from frosty to downright icy. With a mountain to ski, a cute instructor to crush on, and some friendships to thaw, Maddie’s winter break is shaping up to be one fast ride.

Keep It Real

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Through her files and collections of piles, readers will get to know Madison and her humorous observations of seventh grade angst.

All That Glitters

Seventh grade is one topsy turvy year for Madison Finn. Between new crushes and old enemies, family drama and friendly adventures, Maddie’s computer files are filling up.

Forget Me Not

A reality TV show is filming in Far Hills and Madison is panicked. What if they interview her? What will she say? The whole town is caught up in the show and Maddie is ready to forget the whole thing.

All Shook Up

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Through her files and collections of piles, readers will get to know Madison and her humorous observations of seventh grade angst.

To Have and to Hold

Madison is about to have a Texas sized adventure. Madison is a junior bridesmaid at her dad and Stephanie’s wedding, which means a walk down the aisle for her too. Plus, she has to do a reading at the ceremony in front of a zillion strangers. Madison is feeling way overloaded! It’s shaping up to be a trip full of surprises and new experiences!

Friends Till the End

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

Madison Finn’s seventh grade year has been full of ups and downs. She’s met some cool new friends, learned a lot about dealing with her family, and even found her first real love. Now, as she gets ready for graduation, Madison’s about to download her greatest adventure yet.

SUPER EDITION 3: Friends Till the End

Madison and her friends have been through a lot together as seventh graders. It’s hard to believe that the end of the year has come so soon. Now they’re about to graduate, but they’ve got to get through the final crazy weeks of the semester first. Madison has to complete an end of year science project, and her partner is none other than her enemy, Poison Ivy. They’ll have to learn to put aside their differences if they want to get the passing grade. Then there’s the whole Hart situation. Their relationship has been great so far, but Madison knows that graduation can sometimes put a different spin on things. From a big school musical revue to an even bigger family party, there’s no predicting what will happen next. Only one thing is for sure: Fiona and Aimee will be Madison’s Friends Till the End of everything.

The Slime That Would Not Die

Jesse Ranger was just an average kid with an obsession for Oswald Leery’s B Monster movies until he discovered a dangerous secret. It turns out Leery s special filming process brought his movie monsters to life and now they ve escaped the screen! Something must be done, so Leery recruits Jesse, Stella, Damon, and Lindsey to help. But how do you trap a B Monster, especially one made up of slime?

Return of Mega Mantis

The Monster Squad is back and this time they are battling one of Leery’s biggest creations Mega Mantis. The giant mantis has returned to Riddle and he brought all of his insect friends with him. Now it’s up to the Monster Squad to squash this bug for good! But how do you kill a bug that’s four times bigger than a house?

The Beast with 1000 Eyes

Funny and totally gross!

Stella Min never gets scared. In fact, she’s pretty certain that she is the bravest one in the Monster Squad. But lately she can t shake the feeling that she s being watched all the time! Soon she s seeing floating eyeballs everywhere and quickly discovers it s The Beast with 1000 Eyes. She knows she needs to stop it, but how do you kill a monster than can blink you to death?

They Came from Planet Q

Strange things are happening in the town of Riddle. All the silverware is missing! Fillings are falling out! The metal recycling machines are always empty! Could it have to do with the UFO Lindsey spotted through her camera lens? They must have come from Planet Q. But between the crafty Monster Squad and Lindsey’s photography skills, those metal heads will surely be stopped.

Rewind

Sometimes, love only makes sense backward. This is a teen romance like no other a thrilling tale of betrayal and heartache told in an incredible reverse format. Think MEMENTO meets SUMMER BOYS!It’s prom night. Shy hippie chick Cady is hoping for a dance and a hook up with her long time crush, the sexy musician, Lucas. Instead, she witnesses Lucas commit an act of unforgivable cruelty toward his date, the gorgeous and popular Hope. But nothing is what it seems. As the story unfolds in backward time retracing one senior year we see a slowly developing photo of the truth. Roles are reversed, secret motives are exposed, and hidden desires come to the surface. This twisty tale of a love triangle gone wrong will keep readers guessing until the last revelation.

The Boy Next Door

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Taryn has been friends with her next door neighbor Jeff forever, but their friendship begins to change when they start sixth grade, in this story told from both Taryn and Jeff’s point of view

Curse Of The Lake Monster

Based on the new live-action movie on Cartoon Network! The movie is sure to score high ratings, and our novel is sure to score big sales.

The kids from Mystery, Inc. are off on another adventure. They’re heading to the lake at Erie Pointe, where they’ll spend the summer working as waiters and golf caddies at Daphne’s uncle’s country club.

But wherever Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma go, a mystery is sure to follow. Legend says that a Lake Monster haunts the country club’s grounds, but no one’s seen it for years…
until the kids arrive. Now the monster’s back with a vengeance, and it’s terrorizing all the club members. Can the gang crack the case of the curse before tee time?

A Candy Apple Collection

BOXED SET INCLUDES: The Accidental Cheerleader, The Boy Next Door, Miss Popularity, How to Be a Girly Girl in Just Ten Days, and Drama Queen. 144 176 pages each.

I Will Remember You

Just as death is a part of life, grieving is a part of living. For teens, this can be a particularly painful lesson to learn. I Will Remember You is an inspirational and accessible guide to coping with loss. It includes personal stories of death and life from real teens, advice from a renowned grief counselor, and dozens of hands on creative exercises to help teens move through their pain and sorrow…
into tomorrow.

For Girls Only

Hey, Girls!

Wanna have some fun?

Here is a collection of everything great about being a girl! Are you ready to give the best sleepover party ever? Or the best pedicure? Make fortune tellers, friendship bracelets, and collages? You ll learn about the coolest women in history, sports, and science. The greatest chick flicks to watch with your girlfriends and the best girl songs for dancing. Plus, there’s real life advice: how to be a responsible baby sitter, get a summer job, remember your locker combo, and…
save the world as only a girl could do.

You go, girl!