title: Case File 13 #4: Curse of the Mummy's Uncle
author:  J. Scott Savage 
description: Striking the perfect balance between rib-tickling humor and bone-chilling adventure, the first novel in Savages new middle-grade series is sure to please young readers looking for a thrill. Its hard to imagine that readers (particularly boys) wont enjoy every minute of hair-raising fun. (Kirkus Reviews <strong>(starred review)</strong>)<br /><br />With its mix of creepy chills and laugh-out-loud humor, Zombie Kid is the perfect book. Nick and his friends are my new favorite people. (James Dashner, New York Times Bestselling author of The Maze Runner)
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  The Given Case
  
  
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  # The Given Case
  
  
  ### Henry James
  
  
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  Barton Reeve waited, with outward rigour and inward rage, till
  
  
  every one had gone: there was in particular an objectionable,
  
  
  travelled, superior young man — a young man with a long neck and bad
  
  
  shoes, especially great on Roumania — whom he was determined to
  
  
  outstay. He could only wonder the while whether he most hated designed
  
  
  or unconscious unpleasantness. It was