Zufällig belauschen Ben und Lasse ein geheimes Gespräch in einem Freizeitpark: Jemand plant ein Verbrechen! Gerade, als die Jungen Hilfe holen wollen, werden sie von den Bösewichten gefasst. Können die beiden Brüder trotzdem den Anschlag verhindern?
Der neue Schulleiter an Bens Schule ist entsetzt: Mitten am Vormittag wird eins der kostbaren Gemälde gestohlen, die seit einer Woche in der Schule zu bewundern sind. Als Ben und Lasse die Ermittlungen aufnehmen, machen sie eine furchtbare Entdeckung. Und schon sind sie mitten drin in einem gefährlichen Fall!
Ben und Lasse sind mit dem Zug auf dem Weg zur Oma, als ihnen ein fremder Reisender Handy und Geldbeutel stiehlt und damit am nächsten Bahnhof aussteigt. Die beiden Brüder verfolgen den Dieb bis zu einer verlassenen Villa im Wald. Hier hält eine Gangsterbande ein Entführungsopfer gefangen. Können Ben und Lasse helfen?
Klassenfahrt der Fünftklässler - und mittendrin Ben und sein kleiner Bruder Lasse. Da ist Chaos vorprogrammiert! Eine Explosion in der Nacht und zwei geheimnisvolle Jugendliche geben den Kindern Rätsel auf. Als sie dann auch noch beim Spielen im Wald einen LKW mit verdächtiger Ladung finden, purzeln Ben und Lasse mitten in ein turbulentes Abenteuer.
Meet Ben, a literal-minded kid with a big heart and an even bigger sweet-tooth, who cracks open a fortune cookie and discovers that TODAY might be his last day on Earth! Perfect for fans of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID or THE TERRIBLE TWO.
Live each day as if it were your last.
When Ben reads his fortune-cookie fortune, he's alarmed and inspired. Immediately, he begins drafting a bucket list of unfinished tasks and lifelong dreams (finish his 1000-piece model of the Taj Mahal, eat an entire cake, etc....). As Ben marches himself in and out of trouble, takes useful risks, and helps both his parents to see the bigger picture, readers discover how something that seems scary can instead be empowering--leading to friendships that might never have been made, neighbors that might never have been known, and apple pies that might otherwise never have been baked.
Literal-minded Ben cracks open a fortune cookie and it tells him that he can have anything he wants, if only he's willing to wait... A madcap adventure about the perils of patience, for fans of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID or THE TERRIBLE TWO.
Good things come to those who wait.
Ben does his best to heed his fortune cookie's advice, and as a result he is paired with Walter--the kid who's always picked last--for a school scavenger hunt. Working with Walter must be a good thing if the cookie said so, but so far all he does is talk too loud and recite obscure facts about feet. Meanwhile, Ben has an argument with his best friend Janet, and waiting for her to apologize first isn't going so well.... But eventually, Ben's patience starts paying off: if he and Walter are able to pull out a win in the scavenger hunt, they'll earn a half-day of recess for the whole school! Waiting may not always be a good thing, but taking the time to listen and consider all options isn't half bad.
Practice makes perfect, and Ben Yokoyama will settle for nothing less than perfection! A hilarious new Cookie Chronicles adventure that fans of Wimpy Kid or Dog Man will gobble up with gusto.
When Ben's fortune cookie tells him that practice makes perfect, he refuses to settle for anything less. He demands better parents, superior hobbies, and a brand-new best friend, who might technically be a superhero.
The pursuit of perfection is thrilling until Ben is forced to give up the things he loves most--including baseball, personal integrity, and his dog's enthusiastic kisses. Life lessons from a goldfish and a spine-tingling near-death experience help Ben realize that his flaws are also the keys to his greatest strengths--and that the people and things that make him happiest will always be perfectly imperfect.
