Aaron Starmer Books in Order

Five gifted misfits are framed and confined beneath their junior high by a vice principal demanding perfect test scores. While strange noises and altered behavior unsettle the school, the boys use their unusual talents to investigate and escape.

After almost everyone vanishes, Martin Maple finds a village of children who were also left behind. Encouraged by a mysterious boy’s predictions, he believes he can bring their families back, but his attempts expose the danger of uncertain knowledge.

This guide explores New York through its neighborhoods, history, museums and everyday gathering places. Maps, photographs and practical listings help visitors plan their way around the city while discovering local food, bars and theaters beyond its busiest attractions.

Fiona asks Alistair Cleary to write her biography, then describes a magical world reached through her basement. As her account of a creature stealing children’s souls grows more alarming, Alistair must decide what kind of danger she faces.

Alistair searches for Fiona in Aquavania, where worlds imagined by children are crumbling after their creators disappear. Traveling between strange realms forces him to confront past mistakes and the soul-stealing figure known as the Riverman.

High school seniors begin exploding without warning, turning familiar milestones into occasions of fear and uncertainty. Amid investigations and bizarre attempts to make sense of the deaths, teenagers struggle with friendship, romance and the possibility of being next.

After Alistair witnesses a shooting and falls silent, his sister Keri searches for answers about missing children and unexplained violence. His strange confessions inspire stories of her own, blurring the boundary between invented tales and events in their lives.

Four teenagers kill a dangerous former friend and bury video confessions with his body to bind themselves to secrecy. When an image from one confession becomes an online meme, their carefully constructed protection threatens to expose them all.

Carson seeks help from a magical school locker after discovering an embarrassing stain on his pants. The eraser it supplies seems perfect until he learns it can remove anything, turning a small problem into a much larger one.

Keisha receives a clock from Locker 37 that lets her revisit moments within the school day. Hoping to finish forgotten homework, she must decide how to divide her extra chances between fixing her own mistake and helping friends.

Riley wants to stage Hopewell Elementary’s most memorable prank, and Locker 37 supplies a hat that creates clones. An unreliable bully and thousands of Ping-Pong balls complicate her effort to turn magical assistance into a successful school spectacle.

Bryce turns to Locker 37 after his Halloween costume is judged too distracting. Its fish sticks transport him into parallel universes, but each strange new destination makes getting back to his own world and his friend Keisha more uncertain.

In the summer after graduation, Trevor follows Sarah on nightly swims through their town’s pools, hoping friendship will become romance. A secluded natural pool offers something stranger, holding them in a summer neither fully understands.