Christian Darkin

Jenny is not your average damsel in distress. When developers threaten to demolish the old, ruined building where she and her brother Adam love to play, they refuse to just sit back and watch. Taking matters into their own hands, the siblings accidentally create something impossible and completely wonderful: a gigantic castle constructed entirely out of sweets. Now, they are in a race against the demolition crew to save their incredible, sugary fortress. Jenny and Adam must somehow stop the destruction while keeping their magical creation a total secret. It is a hilarious, fast-paced adventure that proves kids can stand up for what they believe in. You will laugh out loud as Jenny and Adam attempt to outsmart the adults, act completely normal, and protect the best secret ever built.

Magnets are supposed to attract metal, not massive, charging animals. Jenny thinks it is absolutely hilarious when her brother announces he is building a rhinoceros magnet. The joke is on her when his bizarre invention actually works. Suddenly, the siblings are faced with a very large, very real problem that cannot be ignored. Now, Jenny and her brother are stuck dealing with the wild consequences of a science experiment gone completely wrong. They must desperately try to act normal and come up with a brilliant plan before their neighborhood is overrun by a stampede. This laugh-out-loud chapter book thrusts you right into the middle of a wildly unexpected animal emergency. It is a hilarious test of quick thinking, sibling teamwork, and keeping massive secrets from completely clueless adults.

Global warming is about to ruin the holidays. When Jenny calculates that melting ice caps have shifted the seasons, she realizes Santa Claus is going to arrive three weeks early. To prevent massive confusion on December fourth, Jenny decides to build a brand new ice cap right inside the school library. All she has to do is act perfectly normal and hope none of the teachers notice the freezing temperatures. Her genius plan works perfectly until the night of the festive school play, when someone makes the disastrous decision to turn on the heating system. Trapped in a rapidly flooding school building, Jenny and her friends must rely on quick thinking, a makeshift submarine, and a very helpful angel to save the day. You will dive straight into this hilarious, fast-paced winter adventure filled with wild plans and spectacular school disasters.

Jenny is a girl who absolutely loves science, and her brother Adam is a boy who thrives on pure chaos. When you put them together, things are bound to get incredibly weird! Jenny's latest backyard experiment has gone completely wrong, accidentally shrinking her ordinary chickens into tiny, feathered dinosaurs. Adam thinks this is the greatest thing ever and secretly decides to feed the exact same scientific formula to a flock of ostriches at a nearby farm. Now, the siblings have a massive problem on their hands. Giant ostrich-dinosaurs are on the loose, and the entire town is in danger of finding out! Jenny is used to bizarre things happening, so her best advice is to just act normal. But how do you act normal when prehistoric birds are running wild? Dive into this hilarious, fast-paced mystery adventure as Jenny and Adam race against the clock to fix their massive mistake before the adults realize what is really going on in the garden!

Writing computer code is supposed to be a fun, harmless hobby. Jenny only wanted to build a simple program to help pick out birthday presents for her friends. Instead, her seemingly innocent invention unleashes total chaos. Now, Jenny and her brother Adam are on the run across the globe, desperately trying to escape sinister magical fairy dolls, relentless robot forklifts, and an entirely unhinged party planner. To save the children of the world from turning into mindless, toy-buying zombies, the siblings will have to pull off impossible feats. You will learn exactly how to code a hypnotic artificial intelligence, construct a massive magnetic liquid monster, and even hijack a train. This incredibly funny, fast-paced chapter book drops you straight into an explosive global chase where programming skills are the only thing standing between normal life and absolute disaster.

Every adult in town is completely obsessed with a mobile phone game called Zombie Robots, leaving Jenny and Adam entirely to their own devices. When the siblings decide to entertain themselves, a massive mistake causes the broken, forgotten toys under their beds to suddenly spring to terrifying life. They have accidentally unleashed a plague of very real, completely unpredictable zombie robots upon their unsuspecting neighborhood. With their parents entirely glued to their screens, it is up to the kids to clean up this mechanical mess. You will join Jenny and Adam as they quickly realize that simply acting normal is not going to fix a rogue toy invasion. This action-packed chapter book is a hilarious exploration of what happens when technology gets completely out of hand and kids are forced to save the day from their own creations.

A zero-gravity food fight is the perfect way to kick off a party. Jenny and Adam are having the time of their lives celebrating miles above the Earth, but their cosmic adventure takes a wild turn when they make a very unusual friend. An alien spaghetti monster decides he wants to follow them back down to Earth and enroll in their local school. Now, the siblings are faced with the ultimate challenge: sneaking a messy, extraterrestrial creature into class without causing a massive panic. You will laugh out loud as Jenny and Adam desperately try to act perfectly normal while hiding an intergalactic secret from their strict teachers. This hilarious chapter book catapults you into a wacky, fast-paced mission filled with cosmic chaos, deep space friendships, and the daily struggles of surviving school with an alien by your side.

The night before the big election, Jenny decides the town needs a massive distraction. Hoping to bring some fun to the stressful political climate, she accidentally invites one hundred different fairs and circuses to arrive all at the exact same time. Total chaos erupts as the town is overrun by carnival rides and performers. When the relentless press starts chasing the two rival political candidates, Jenny and her brother Adam must smuggle the politicians onto the world's largest roller coaster to help them escape. You will be strapped in for a wildly funny ride as the siblings try to act completely normal in the middle of an epic media circus. This action-packed chapter book is a hilarious lesson in democracy, quick problem solving, and the absolute madness of local politics.