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Clarice
Bean Spells Trouble
Lauren Child
Clarice
Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting
into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need.
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Bhangra
Babes
Narinder
Dhami
As their auntie's wedding day approaches, the Indian-British
Dhillon sisters try to rescue her from her fiancé's meddling aunt while
also competing against one another for the affections of the handsome new
boy at school. |
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Raisin Rodriguez and the
Big-Time Smooch: A Novel
Judy Goldsmith
Still corresponding through her blog with her friends who
live across the country, thirteen-year-old Raisin records her hopes and
worries as she tries to obtain her first kiss. |
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Airball: My Life in Briefs
L.D.
Harkrader
Kirby Nickel, who secretly
believes that hometown hero Brett McGrew is his father, goes out for the
seventh grade basketball team to meet him. Everyone in his small Kansas
town is made about basketball. But when Coach distributes invisible
uniforms for the team to wear at practice, Kirby and the team wonder what
kind of madness drives the man. |
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Bad Kitty
Michele
Jaffee
Jasmine, an irrepressible,
accident prone, aspiring police detective is a trouble magnet. And trouble
is what she gets on her family's Las Vegas vacation.
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Maxx Comedy:
The Funniest Kid in America
Gordon Korman
Max
Carmondy is a sixth grader with a mania for standup. His attempt to
compete in a national comedy contest hits all sorts of snags.
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Crown Me
Kathryn Lay
Justin and Andrea have been appointed king and queen of their
history class as part of a role-playing project. Justin thinks that he can
use his new power for his own purposes until the peasants grow restless
and not all is well in the kingdom. |
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The Scarecrow and the Servant
Phillip
Pullman
A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous
adventure as they they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and
stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley. |
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Pig Scrolls
Paul
Shipton
A translation of an ancient manuscript written by a talking
pig who was once a man describes the many adventure he and his companions
experienced while they traveled to Delphi. |
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Ninjas, Piranhas and Gallileo: A Novel
Greg
Letich Smith
Three students who are "united together against That
Which is The Peshtigo School," face conflict over budding romance and
a science project that gets out of control. |
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Tofu and T. Rex
Greg
Letich Smith
Hans-Peter, who enjoys working in his family's Chicago
delicatessen, applies for admission to the prestigious Peshtigo School
that his cousin Freddie, a vegan and outspoken animal rights activist
attends. |
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Pond Scum
Alan Silberberg
Eleven-year-old
Oliver enjoys tormenting insects and finds that his life takes a turn when
his family moves into an old house inhabited by an assortment of animals
who do not want to vacate the premises. |
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Bully Be-Gone
Brian
Tacang
Budding-inventor Millicent Madding launches her latest
invention to disastrous results and finds that she has only days to fix it
before the local bullies wreak havoc and destroy her dearest friendships. |
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My Cup Runneth Over: The Life of Angelica Cookson Potts
Cherry
Whytcock
Known to her family as Angel, Angelica Cookson Potts does not
feel very angelic about her size. Fortunately she meets Mrs. Born
-in-a-Corset in the lingerie department at Harrods and that all changes. |
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