John Paulits is a former teacher in New York City. He has published three other novels about Philip and Emery as well as Hobson’s Planet, an adult science fiction novel.
Philip’s new friend Eugene has some strange ways about him, especially the way he sometimes ignores people. Philip decides to investigate, and when he finally figures out Eugene’s secret, it upends not only Eugene’s life, but also Philip's own.
Paul, Billy, and Argo encounter the Goshmen, a strange people forgotten in time, who hold a secret Shumbus has been searching for. They learn the secret, but can they escape the Goshmen and return home with the news?
When a mummy walks into a birthday party calling Leon’s name, and a valuable scarab goes missing, Philip and Emery have to get Leon out of a world of trouble.
Will Philip and Emery come up with a report to satisfy the demands of the most difficult assignment their teacher has ever given them? They might if only they can make a new friend and travel to New York City besides.
Philip’s young cousin Francis comes to stay for a few days over Christmas and turns the holiday into a disaster area. Can anything bring back the joy of the day for Philip?
When clumsy Leon helps Philip clean his room, it begins a wild adventure for Philip and Emery complete with missing jewelry, stolen pants, a crazy Aunt, and secret trips to the police station.
The Critches are out for revenge and with Jess Hubbard to help them, they are sure to succeed unless Paul, Billy and Argo can come up with something fast.
Can Philip and Emery keep their promise to raise money at a neighbor’s charity fair, or will Emery’s monumentally unlucky cousin Leon prove their undoing when he decides to help out?
Philip assures Jeanne, a girl who has bested him at every turn, that he will win the poster contest being run at the mall, but how will he ever defeat The Girl Who Couldn’t Lose?
Philip runs into an awful streak of bad luck at the same time as his best buddy Emery runs into a streak of good luck. When Emery reveals that he's been using a newly acquired luck charm, Philip sets out to find one of his own, but what he finds turns out to be more deadly curse than good luck charm.
Philip and his best friend Emery are certain the new family on the block consists of the Frankenstein monster, the Wolfman, and Dracula. And now that family’s been invited to dinner! Help!
Emery’s clumsy and monumentally unlucky cousin Leon is coming to visit for a whole week! Philip and Emery, best friends, are desperate to find ways to keep Leon out of their way, but Leon’s bad luck―and disaster―follows them everywhere. Rabbits’ feet don’t work. Homemade remedies don’t work.