Peter Lerangis





Peter Lerangis

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January 01, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York , The United States

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Lerangis's work includes The Viper's Nest and The Sword Thief, two titles in the children's-book series The 39 Clues, the historical novel Smiler's Bones, the YA dark comedy-adventure novel wtf, the Drama Club series, the Spy X series, the Watchers series, the Abracadabra series, and the Antarctica two-book adventure, as well ghostwriting for series such as the Three Investigators, the Hardy Boys Casefiles, Sweet Valley Twins, and more than forty books in the series The Baby-sitters Club and its various spin-offs.[1] He has also written novels based on film screenplays, including The Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, and Beauty and the Beast, and five video game novelizations in the Worlds of Power series created by Seth Godin.[2] As a ghostwrite...more


Average rating: 3.99 · 23,633 ratings · 1,628 reviews · 85 distinct works
The Sword Thief (39 Clues, #3)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 9,703 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions
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The Viper's Nest (39 Clues,...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 6,855 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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The Dead of Night (The 39 C...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 763 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Spy X #1: The Code
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wtf
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Hide and Seek (Spy X, No. 2)
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 189 ratings3 editions
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Proof Positive (Spy X, No. 3)
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions
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Tunnel Vision
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Last Stop (Watchers, #1)
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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More books by Peter Lerangis…
Driver's Dead The Yearbook X Isle Return To X Isle
Point Horror (103 books)
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3.6507722701149423 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 22,272 ratings
Spy X #1: The Code Hide and Seek Proof Positive Tunnel Vision
Spy X (4 books)
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3.951764705882353 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 850 ratings
Last Stop Rewind I.D. War Island Lab 6
Watchers (6 books)
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3.639423076923077 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 208 ratings
Antarctica: Journey to the ... Antartica: Escape from Disa...
Antartica (2 books)
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3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 50 ratings
Poof! Rabbits Everywhere Boo! Ghosts In School Presto! Magic Treasure Yeeps!: Secrets in the Statue Zap! Science Fair Surprise! Yikes! It's Alive! Whoa! Amusement Park Gone W...
Abracadabra! (8 books)
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Ian's knees buckled. The rock outcropping shook the ground, sending a spew of grayish dust that quickly billowed around them.
Shielding his eyes, he spotted Amy standing by the figurine, which was now moving toward her. She was in shock, her backpack on the ground by her feet.
"Get back!" he shouted.
Ian pulled Amy away and threw her to the ground, landing on top of her. Gravel showered over his back, embedding into his hair and landing on the ground like a burst of applause.
His second though was that the shirt would be ruined. And this was the shock of it-that his first thought had not been about the shirt. Or the coin. Or himself.
It had been about her.
But that was not part of the plan. She existed for a purpose. She was a tactic, a stepping stone. She was...
"Lovely," he said.
Amy was staring up at him, petrified, her eyelashes flecked with dust. Ian took her hand, which was knotted into a fist. "Y-y-you don't have to do that," she whispered.
"Do what?" Ian asked.
"Be sarcastic. Say things like 'lovely.' You saved my life. Th-thank you."
"My duty," he replied. He lowered his head and allowed his lips to brush hers. Just a bit.”
Peter Lerangis, The Sword Thief

“I g-g-guess...I'm dead?" she heard her own voice call out, strangely high-pitched and thin.
For a long time, she heard nothing else. And then:
"Hi, Dead. I'm Dan.”
Peter Lerangis, The Sword Thief

“What's this?" Dan said, pointing to a funny squiggly formation.
Uh, an M," said Nellie. "Or if you look at it the other way, a W. Or sideways, kind of S-ish..."
Maybe it's palm trees," Dan said. "Like in the movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. You know? No? These guys need to find hidden money, and the only clue they have is it's under a big W? And no one sees what it means-but then, near the end of the movie, there's this grove of four palm trees rising up in the shape of... you-know-what! Classic!"
Amy, Alistair, Natalie, Ian and Nellie all looked at him blankly.
There is no W in the Korean language," Alistair replied. "Or palm trees in Korea. I might be maple trees..."
Mrrp," said Saladin, rubbing his face against Dan's knee.
I'll tell you the rest of the plot later," Dan whispered to the Mau.”
Peter Lerangis, The Sword Thief

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