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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!

Stephen Manes - Yearling
Format: Paperback

Is it possible? Can an ordinary human being really become a perfect person in three short days? Milo Crinkley thought so. What gave him the idea was a book that fell on his head one day at the library--a book with the impressive title Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! The author,...
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Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team

Audrey Vernick - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseballteam . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brotherteam in baseball history. They...
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Freckle Juice

Judy Blume - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

What's a guy gotta do to get some freckles? This perennial bestselling favorite from Judy Blume has a fresh new look!More than anything in the world, Andrew Marcus wants freckles. His classmate Nicky has freckles - they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. But when...
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Masterminds

Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

The first book in the action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most perfect town in the world: Serenity, New Mexico. Honesty and integrity are valued above all else....
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On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura Ingalls Wilder - HarperCollins; Revised edition

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. Here they settle in a little house made of sod beside the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds a wonderful new little house...
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Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment

Frances O'Roark Dowell - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PHINEAS L. MACGUIRE, BOY-SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AKA MAC: 1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it. 2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which has the highest stink potential. 3. He does...
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Sheep

Valerie Hobbs - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

The sheep closed in around him like a big, woolly blanket. The puppy had never been so scared or so excited in his life. Soon he was racing, feinting, dodging -- learning what it means to be one of the proud breed of Border collies, the finest sheepherders in the world. Then, almost overnight,...
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Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud

Larry Day - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Besides being an award-winning author, Suzanne Tripp Jurmain was a child and teen actor appearing in many television shows and soap operas. She is currently a freelance writer and editor and lives in Los Angeles, California.Larry Day (www.day-here.com) is an award-winning illustrator. He also...
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