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River Boy:
The Story of Mark Twain
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William Anderson |
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Samuel Clemmens grew up along the
Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, and became the beloved author,
Mark Twain. |
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I Was a Third
Grade Bodyguard |
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Mary Jane Auch |
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Brian's talking dog, Arful, is stuck
guarding the third grade's pet chicken during Christmas vacation. |
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Seeing Sugar |
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Cynthia L. Brinson |
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Fourth grader Kate begins to hate
school with the arrival of the new girl, Sugar Rose Simmons. |
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Players in
Pigtails
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Shana Corey |
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Based on real events during WWII,
fictional character Katie Casey plays in the All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League. |
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The Spiderwick
Chronicles: The Field Guide |
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Tony DiTerlizzi |
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The first book of the series
introduces the Grace children who discover a world of fairies when
visiting their Aunt's old Victorian house. |
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Davey's
Blue-Eyed Frog |
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Patricia Easton |
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Davey
must decide if he will be the boy who breaks the spell on the mysterious
princess frog. Unfortunately, he must kiss her! |
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There's a Frog in My Throat
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Loreen Leedy |
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This artistically-packed book is a
collection of similes, metaphors and proverbs that relate to animals. |
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Mama Had to
Work on Christmas |
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Carolyn Marsden |
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When Gloria's family has to work on
Christmas, she is disappointed she must spend the day at the hotel where
her mother works. But will the disappointment last? |
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Dodi's Prince
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Vaughn Michaels |
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Dodi must
convince the residents of her Texas trailer park that a stray dog she
names Prince is worth keeping. |
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Message in the
Sky: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary |
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Sharon Wyeth |
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In 1859 Corey Birdsong becomes a
conductor on the Underground Railroad. This brave ten-year old helps
a slave family escape to Canada. |