Marcus Emerson Books in Order

Nolan leads a group of sixth-grade spies trying to identify a school cheat. When their trap fails and he becomes the prime suspect, he must uncover the real culprit while classmates and teachers are looking for him.

Four stories send children into unfamiliar worlds through recurring dreams, shrinking, magical wishes and an encounter with a robotic classmate. Their adventures turn ordinary places into settings where strange discoveries demand curiosity, courage and unexpected choices.

Four adventures send children through unpredictable worlds: a soda-can time machine strands its inventors, a mysterious coin carries Riley to a pirate ship, Ava discovers robots at play, and a young witch unleashes chaos inside her school.

Four comic adventures bring mummies, werewolves, oversized mutant glowworms and a hidden zombie brother into children's everyday lives. The collection gathers Mummy Next Door, Night of the Mutant Glowworms, Our Zombie Brother and Gym Class Werewolf.

Almut sets out to find a cure for his sister's rare illness. His journey brings him up against an embittered sorcerer whose discouraging words and unusual musical tastes threaten to undermine the little gnome's determination.

When half the students disappear from recess, Brody discovers a secret ninja clan behind their absence. He and two friends try to intervene, only to face an assault that could put the entire school under ninja control.

Santa's resentful younger brother Neil launches an attack on the North Pole on Christmas Eve. Facing polar bears and mutated cookies, Santa and his elves must defend their home and prevent the holiday from being destroyed.

Suspended robot fighter Matt loses access to his giant machine just when his friend's robot suffers a catastrophic malfunction. With Adin trapped inside the failing wreck, he must cross the arena on foot before it disintegrates.

A student discovers Baxter, a mechanical dog powered by steam, just before his failing parts bring him to a halt. Repairing the unusual animal becomes urgent as each broken component threatens the workings of the rest.

Emma and Junior have solved every case they can find and are growing bored. A missing left sock finally gives the young detectives a fresh mystery, sending them after an unexpectedly puzzling culprit inside Emma's home.

Starting at a new school, Chase Cooper knows only his cousin until a group of ninjas recruits him. Keeping a diary of his adventures, he discovers that belonging to their secret clan brings dangers far beyond ordinary sixth-grade problems.

A boy discovers a hidden cave that leads into a world inhabited by dinosaurs. This children's adventure takes an ordinary discovery beyond familiar surroundings, opening a passage to a place where prehistoric creatures are still alive.

A friendly dodgeball game becomes an all-out conflict, leaving Carter responsible for his struggling blue team. Captured behind enemy lines and used as bait, he must find a way to escape before the opposing team makes his defeat permanent.

Ragert the Elf begins his first day on the job with an assignment to retrieve an invisibility shroud. The missing object is inside a house full of cats, turning a simple recovery into a troublesome challenge.

Sent to detention without explanation, Levi discovers that students punished during the past week have disappeared. With a strange teacher refusing answers, he investigates an alien conspiracy and must uncover the truth before he becomes its next victim.

Lucas arrives at a new school as the first robot designed to learn and grow. While most classmates keep their distance, one curious student starts a conversation that opens the possibility of friendship for the unusual newcomer.

Devin is convinced the towering, furry newcomer in his class is a polar bear wearing a disguise. Nobody else seems to notice, leaving him determined to expose the truth while wondering whether his new classmate might eat him first.

Owen plans to relax through gym class until Adriane points out signs that the new student is a werewolf. Their attempts to make Eddie transform publicly turn an easy school period into a much more dangerous experiment.

An illustrated guide offers aspiring supervillains mischievous advice on launching a career in evil. Interviews with successful and unsuccessful villains accompany the lessons, turning sinister ambitions and familiar villainous behavior into a comic how-to manual.

An illustrated guide explains the practicalities of becoming a superhero’s sidekick, from choosing a name and costume to finding the right hero. Interviews with successful and unsuccessful sidekicks offer further comic warnings about life in a supporting role.

School becomes a playground for strange possibilities in poems about a would-be principal, a recess superhero and an imaginary time machine. Other verses introduce a zombie mouse, an upstairs grandfather and children with unusual romantic and everyday troubles.

Children imagine alien friends, a sister built from scratch and a house cat bent on destruction in this illustrated poetry collection. Rebellious cheese, smiling child vampires and peculiar pants join the everyday situations given an absurd twist.

Sam wakes as a prisoner among tiny people who use bows, arrows and magic. Discovering that he too is smaller than a blade of grass, he must find a way to regain his size and return home.

For a year Drew has dreamed of digging at a mysterious spot in the woods, always waking before he finds anything. He and his friend Madison set out to locate the place and discover whether something is calling him.

Noah's school has served the same meal for ten years, and Sophie thinks a food fight could reveal why. Testing her theory unleashes a giant potato monster, leaving the friends racing to protect their cafeteria and classmates.

Jamie’s attempts to build a flying bicycle have left her frustrated and her friends worried. When the moon begins answering her conversations, she faces a stranger problem than a failed invention and must question what is really happening.

Jimmy believes he has seen a mummy in the basement of an apparently empty house. His doubtful friends join him to investigate, but the dark cellar contains something that makes their attempt to settle the argument unexpectedly frightening.

A classroom science demonstration exposes Alda as an alien, sending students chasing her for a promised academic reward. Her best friend Bruce must help her reach the spaceship hidden on the school roof before anyone catches her.

Everyone knows Noodle's green skin and absurd disguise mark him as an alien, but keeping quiet protects the school. When someone confronts him, his panicked message brings alien superiors determined to retrieve him and destroy the evidence.

Twins Zach and Darla tell sleepover guests that their other brother is a zombie living in the basement. To convince their skeptical friends, they head downstairs, only to discover that the supposedly contained sibling has escaped.

A school day devoted to talking like pirates continues long after it should have ended. Chase Cooper dismisses rumors of an invasion until his classmates face real trouble, leaving the sixth-grade ninja responsible for protecting the school.

Illustrated Christmas poems imagine Santa as an undercover agent, penguins attacking the North Pole, and a child determined to misbehave. Other verses explore holiday lists, suspicious eggnog, snowflakes, and the surprises of catching Santa at work.

Daniel Corbin leaves Earth to attend school aboard the ISS Epsilon, a spaceship heading toward a new colony. Starting ninth grade is daunting enough, and his father’s assurances do little to ease his doubts about life in space.

Macie frees a magical butterfly beneath her father’s new pizzeria and receives three wishes in return. Wishing for a knight also brings a dangerous dragon, leaving her to undo the trouble before it destroys everything around her.

Eighth-grader Kiley keeps her witchcraft secret until she uses magic to prank a bully at school. The spell escalates into an outbreak of animals and possibly a dinosaur, leaving her struggling to repair the chaos she has created.

Kisho’s peaceful life ends when he is entrusted with two coveted magical swords. After enemies kidnap his mother to obtain them, the diminutive samurai and his fox companion face monsters and assassins in a dangerous rescue attempt.

A mysterious inherited key transports Tristan and his friends to a dangerous magical world, scattering them across the land. Searching for his companions and a way home becomes urgent when the key’s return draws powerful enemies toward him.

Joshua organizes a friendly neighborhood water-balloon fight that escalates after a surprise attack. Cornered in a tree fort before dawn with few teammates and almost no ammunition, he must find a way to reverse the battle before morning.

Annie wakes alone in an unfamiliar land where voices whisper from the darkness. A boy may know how to send her home, but reaching him means entering the threatening shadows and accepting a price she does not yet understand.

Hungry zombie Zero searches for the snack he craves without success, until a friendly young girl approaches. Their unexpected meeting raises the possibility that kindness might change his intentions in this illustrated story about an unlikely encounter.

Science-fair projects begin disappearing and reappearing destroyed, threatening an event everyone has worked hard to prepare. An anonymous invitation sends Chase Cooper on a strange treasure hunt, forcing him to identify the culprit before more students lose their work.

A thief targets students at Buchanan School, and Chase Cooper unexpectedly joins forces with Wyatt to investigate. Following the robberies reveals a scheme much larger than he anticipated, testing his ability to protect the school and trust an unlikely ally.

On his first official assignment as a student secret agent, Brody investigates a troublemaker seeking something called the Horseshoe. Discovering what makes the object so dangerous becomes essential to finding it before it falls into the wrong hands.

When a time capsule disappears from science class, Brody is blamed for the theft and pursued by hall monitors. Finding the real culprit is his only chance to clear his name, but following the clues exposes an increasingly troubling secret.

The theft of Chase Cooper’s schoolbag sets off a disastrous week that turns him into Buchanan’s most wanted student. Discovering a rival red ninja clan adds another threat, forcing him to keep fighting when retreat seems increasingly appealing.

While helping his cousin campaign for school president, Chase refuses an invitation to join the Scavengers. Their retaliation turns classmates and friends against him, while a reporter threatens to expose his ninja clan before the group delivers its final blow.

Eleven-year-old Brody prefers an ordinary, uneventful school life until a dangerous secret turns him into an accidental agent. Codes and conspiracies surround him as he tries to understand the information that has made him a target.

A peaceful snow day becomes a neighborhood battle when Jordan’s older brother ambushes him and his friends. Planning a counterattack requires reaching safety through streets watched by their enemies, turning a short journey into a demanding winter mission.

A wild animal disrupts talent-show rehearsals and damages the stage, leaving Chase Cooper to track down the person responsible. New ninjas, a missing bird and an awkward costume complicate his attempt to prevent another attack before the performance.

Leo joins a dangerous rescue mission after hearing that legendary dodgeball player Carter has been captured again. Accompanied by a veteran of the first battle, he discovers the opposing team has a secret weapon that could end their side’s resistance.

A trip to the mall for a choir performance becomes another mission when someone leads Brody and his fellow agents through a strange selfie hunt. Solving the case before the concert begins may be their only chance to preserve their secret organization.

Chase enters the school’s Spirit Week competition to stop Wyatt from strengthening his rival ninja clan. Keeping pace with a talented opponent is difficult enough without the Scavengers planning revenge, turning school activities into another battle to protect his friends.

The Scavengers return with a dangerous eighth-grade leader determined to take away what Chase values most. With his friends framed for damaging a school statue, Chase must unravel the scheme before it destroys his relationships and secret ninja life.

Bryce becomes the target of students plotting to use him for their evil plans. Confronted with zombies, pirates, and an obsessively devoted girl, he must race to save his school in an illustrated adventure accompanied by a short ninja comic.

A century after Chase Cooper’s adventures, his descendant Max finds a letter addressed to him inside a school time capsule. Following its clues leads his friends through hidden places, but their exciting scavenger hunt soon puts them in danger.

Chase reluctantly agrees to help Wyatt recover control of the red ninja clan in exchange for being left alone. A robotics contest and newly emerging rivals complicate their investigation, testing whether working with an old enemy can ever succeed.

A supervillain unleashes monsters to take control of recess while the schoolyard’s heroes struggle with divided loyalties. Yoshi leads pirates, Scrap gains a new partner, and Clinton confronts an old fear as they attempt to reunite against the threat.

An astronomy-club overnight coincides with a supermoon and a secret plan by rival ninja clans to destroy Wyatt. An unexpected offer forces Chase Cooper to reconsider the sides he has chosen during a week of escalating school intrigue.

Ordinary playground games become battles against pirates, zombies and other imagined dangers when recess begins. Scrap, Yoshi and cowboy Clinton must join forces to defend the schoolyard as an outbreak of cooties threatens to turn their classmates into monsters.

Ben Braver dreams of having superpowers and gets an unexpected invitation to a school for children with unusual abilities. As he wonders why he belongs there, strange events create a mystery beyond the ordinary classroom.

Back at Kepler Academy after saving the school, Ben still hides the fact that he has no superpowers. As his classmates grow stronger and enemies close in, he faces increasingly risky choices about becoming the hero everyone expects.

An ordinary boy among children with extraordinary abilities, Ben Braver faces a villain threatening the world with a giant black hole. Stopping the catastrophe will require him to confront what heroism means when he has no powers of his own.

Davy enters a school food drive to win a bicycle, asking his online fans for donations and video ideas. His promise of a dangerous bike stunt brings more views, but keeping those viewers happy becomes a challenge.

New student Davy Spencer starts a YouTube channel to become the most popular kid at school. With Chuck and Annie helping him dream up videos, his pursuit of internet fame soon produces pranks, mishaps, and unexpected enemies.

This collection gathers comic adventures involving video games, zombies, time travel, superheroes and other unlikely situations. Children face everything from a living toy store to detention escapes, finding inventive ways through problems that turn ordinary days into fantastical misadventures.

Ten comic adventures pit children against aliens, robots, monsters and other unexpected opponents. From a hired vampire to a battle at the North Pole, the stories turn familiar school and friendship problems into encounters requiring quick thinking and courage.

A mysterious student posts photographs of the school’s ninjas and promises to reveal Chase’s identity at Friday’s dance. With old rivals returning and friends offering help, Chase must stop the exposure before his secret life becomes public.

At a comic convention, Davy investigates the theft of the costume contest’s grand prize. While his sister Krissy enjoys her viral-video celebrity and his friends prepare their costumes, his hunt for the thief keeps landing him in trouble.

Trying to copy his sister’s viral success, Davy accidentally releases a chicken inside school. He joins the Hall Monitors to rescue Pompom, but interference from the Student Patrol turns his recovery mission into another chaotic adventure.

Davy and his friends enter a video game tournament at the mall, where Fergus’s new camera disappears. Davy must track down the thief while helping his team survive the competition and keeping his plans for online fame alive.

Eleven short adventures follow resourceful children through magical wishes, strange creatures, missing possessions and ambitious schemes. Gnomes, giants, pirates and reluctant would-be supervillains appear in stories that combine everyday frustrations with fantastical challenges and unexpected consequences.

A new student targets Davy with pranks, launching a rivalry that grows more outrageous each day. Their approaching showdown could finally bring Davy the online fame he wants, while his friends struggle with complications of their own.

A birthday weekend at a pirate-themed waterpark gives Davy a new video idea: uncover its rumored buried treasure. Another YouTuber has the same plan, turning his family’s celebration into a competitive hunt for an internet sensation.

Davy signs up for a pool-noodle sword tournament during a weekend at a Renaissance faire. Winning would make him an official knight and one of the cool kids, but his determination threatens to send the competition out of control.

Davy signs up for the school talent show with a secret act that does not actually exist. As rumors inflate everyone’s expectations, he has five days to invent something spectacular or face a failure that could go viral.

After a disastrous chase, Parker learns the school’s hall-monitor program will be shut down. Working with Davy Spencer, he tries to prove the monitors still matter while investigating the theft of the school’s most prized possession.

At a major vlogger convention, Davy becomes determined to film with McNaters, a YouTube star with millions of followers. His pursuit of a career-making collaboration forces him to consider what he is willing to sacrifice for fame.

Missing the ice-cream truck inspires Davy to start a competing business with a wagon and a tub of vanilla. Early success attracts the furious driver, who challenges him to a sales contest that will decide who controls the neighborhood.

Davy has one hour to collect pizzas before movie night begins, but the journey is anything but straightforward. A dark cycle path, an aggressive lemonade seller and a territorial dog turn a simple errand into a race against time.

A birthday scavenger hunt in a two-story arcade puts Chase against Wyatt and his cheating ninjas. When a video of Chase’s disguise goes online, sudden fame makes it harder to stop his rivals without exposing who he really is.

Free cupcakes should make an ordinary school day better, but Chase Cooper knows trouble rarely stays away for long. A mysterious villain appears during the celebration, forcing the young ninja to uncover a plan more dangerous than spoiled treats.

Davy decides a skater’s style is perfect for reinventing himself, despite never learning to skate. Challenged to a contest by experienced skaters, he has only an hour to develop the skills needed to avoid being exposed as a fraud.

An art show offering a coveted prize turns into a mystery when its best painting is destroyed. Parker and his fellow hall monitors investigate suspects and clues, uncovering a situation that may be more complicated than simple vandalism.

When his favorite collectibles are accidentally sold at a family garage sale, Davy races to recover them. A frantic chase, a water-balloon attack and an angry bird complicate his attempt to reclaim the treasures before they disappear for good.

Davy and his friends attempt to spend twenty-four hours inside an elaborate cardboard fort for a video. A creepy toy and raccoons searching for food turn their apparently simple challenge into an unpredictable overnight adventure they hope will impress viewers.

Davy organizes a lunchtime cooking contest to entertain his online followers, inviting four students to compete. When one produces something truly alarming, he must decide whether to honor his promised taste test or risk disappointing the audience he hopes to impress.

A cheat code in a mysterious game transports sixth-grader Jake into a strange world of sarcastic robots, talking stars and rock monsters. He must find his missing friends, understand what happened and gain new abilities before the adventure becomes dangerous.

Davy Spencer presents more than three hundred strange, funny and sometimes disgusting choices for readers to debate. Follow-up questions and his commentary encourage friends and families to challenge the rules, invent alternatives and keep making the decisions more complicated.

Accidentally entered in the school’s Mayor for a Day contest, Davy desperately wants to lose. His attempts to embarrass himself only increase his popularity, leaving him scrambling for a way to persuade his classmates to vote against him.

A new retro arcade gives Davy another opportunity to film an adventure for his followers. He enters a racing-game tournament without ever having played, turning his pursuit of a secret prize into an increasingly chaotic test of confidence and skill.