“Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity—five-stars!" —Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series From the bestselling author of  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library  and coauthor with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes the second hilarious, fun-in-the-sun adventure in his illustrated series about all the wacky things that happen when you live in a motel!   There’s always something wacky happening when you live in a motel, and P.T. (named after P. T. Barnum, of course) has grown up at the world’s wackiest! When word gets out that the hottest teen idols in Hollywood (plus current YouTube sensation Kevin the Monkey!) will be filming their next movie— Beach Party Surf Monkey —right in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, P.T. and his friend Gloria know that the Wonderland would be the perfect location. Now they just have to convince the producers!   But when things start to go wrong (crazed fans? missing stars?), it will take all of Gloria’s business genius and P.T.’s wild stories to save the movie before both it and the Wonderland are all washed up!   BONUS: Includes fun extras like P.T. and Gloria’s Famous Fact-or-Fiction Quiz: Movie Edition Here's What People are saying about Welcome to Wonderland! “Outrageous hijinks and nonstop hilarity—five-stars! Kids who check into this madcap motel will want to stay forever!” —Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series "So funny I fell off my bed!"--Izzy B., age 10 "Classic Grabenstein. The mystery should satisfy Grabenstein’s “Mr. Lemoncello” followers, and the humor and visuals will appeal to fans of his collaborations with James Patterson. This new series should be a hit."— School Library Journal “A  delight. P.T. is a hoot and a half. A funny, madcap dash."— Kirkus Reviews  “Charm galore. Easy and breezy, this well-paced novel . . . belongs in the hands of any readers wanting their bad guys bad, their good guys great, and a little of Wonderland’s promised fun in the sun.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books     Here's what people are saying about Welcome to Wonderland! *Sunshine State Young Readers Award List * South Carolina Book Award Nominee * Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee * Winner of Sid Fleischman Humor Award (for Book 1, Home, Sweet, Motel) "Delivers humor, adventure . . . and plenty of fun in the Florida sun."— Booklist "Classic Grabenstein. This new series should be a HIT."— School Library Journal "A delight. P.T. is a HOOT AND A HALF. A funny, madcap dash."— Kirkus Reviews "Charm galore. EASY and BREEZY. . . belongs in the hands of any readers wanting their bad guys bad, their good guys great, and a little of Wonderland's promised fun in the sun."— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "The story makes you want to read MORE."— Kidsday, Newsday Chris Grabenstein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, and The Island of Dr. Libris and has coauthored numerous bestselling books with James Patterson, including the I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters series and Jacky Ha-Ha. Chris grew up going to St. Petersburg, Florida, every summer and loved visiting roadside attractions like Gatorland, the fabulous Tiki Gardens, Weeki Wachee Springs, and the “talking mermaids” at Webb’s City. You can visit Chris at chrisgrabenstein.com. 1   Scary Tales         “When you live in a motel,” I told my audience, “you never know when your neighbors might be fiendish jewel thieves!”     Like always, the whole cafeteria was hanging on my every word. Even the lunch ladies in their plastic shower caps had come out to hear what I’d say next. It was so quiet you could hear a straw squeak its way into a milk carton.     “ ‘Was it dangerous?’ you ask. Of course it was! Was I afraid? Ha! Never!”     “How about when the tiger roared?” said my friend Gloria Ortega. “You looked pretty scared then.”     I ignored her and kept going.     (That’s one of the best things about being a storyteller. You don’t have to put in all the details.)     “So there we were,” I said, “me and Gloria, tailing the two most wanted men in all of Florida.”     “The notorious Sneemer brothers!” added Gloria. “From Miami!”     “But we weren’t after the two thieves,” I said. “Oh, no. We wanted the jewels they’d stolen from the Miami Palm Tree Hotel. Diamonds! Emeralds! Rubies! Cubic zirconias!”     “That’s not really a jewel,” whispered Gloria.   “Whatever,” I whispered back.     And then I amped it up for my big finish, which, by the way, is the most important part of any story. “That’s where the race is won,” Grandpa always says. “At the finish line!”     It was time to give it everything I had.     “We tracked those two banditos all the way to Tampa International Airport, where we saw them check a bag at curbside—an aluminum attaché case with a combination lock! They’d had i