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| I know that I was born scared – scared of everything, and I am still scared. I never thought I’d live to see myself in another book, on account I could’ve very well died camping in that last one. NTB |
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| ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SCIENCE PROJECTS, AND OTHER MAN-MADE CATASTROPHIES |
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| Before he turned six, he had thought only very little kids had to stay out of sight. He thought as soon as he was old as Matthew and Mark, he would get to go around like they did. NTB |
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| Eight-year-old Archie learns his dad is no ordinary taxicab driver. NTB |
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| Owen felt like his Nike tennis shoes were magical. He thanked the shoes for helping him make the team. NTB |
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| This whiskered friend was not amused when he learned that his owner had had enough of his defiance and wanted to send him to school. But when he saw all of his school supplies were covered in nothing but Love Love Angel Kitten, he was REALLY not amused. NTB |
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| It’s as if she has pictures in her head of whatever she sees. When she wants to remember something, she closes her eyes and says, “Click.” She says it’s the sound her mental camera makes. NTB |
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| CAM JANSEN AND THE SECRET SERVICE MYSTERY |
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| Whistling "Stars and Stripes Forever" , the man pushed the black case up to the silver van that waited, swung open the back door, and loaded it inside. NTB |
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| Getting Mrs. Burke for fourth grade was the worst thing that could have happened to me. She’s a neat freak, can see everything, and most of all, SHE HATES ME! NTB |
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| CHARLIE BUMPERS VS. THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR |
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| There are some people who say that Henry Green wasn't really born, but was hatched, fully grown from a chocolate bean. But, he really was born, not hatched and had a wonderful mom and dad in the bargain. NTB |
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| How can Foster and her mom escape “Elvis”? They left fast with a back seat full of cooking supplies. An answer to prayer landed them in Culpepper. NTB |
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| That night, he lay in bed, trying to read his comic book. Instead of the words on the page, he kept seeing the mean word written over and over again. NTB |
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| DESMOND AND THE VERY MEAN WORD |
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| Next to him was a giant silver-gray dog with a cardboard sign around his neck. It said, HOMELESS. NTB |
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| Her stomach was doing flips. Today wasn’t a regular practice. It was a tryout. A tryout to play on the JV basketball team for the rest of the season! NTB |
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| Hobie Hanson wants to do all he can to help with the war effort, but donating his dog to help soldiers may be asking too much. What would his dad want him to do? NTB |
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| Declaration, Comfort and Peach took off to walk to the cemetery. Dismay barked and ran around in a circle. He always went to the gravesite service. NTB |
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| EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS |
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| The blue genie was powerless without his nose ring which was stolen by the yellow genie, Sahim, as he slept. NTB |
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| Here is your map and guide to all this extraordinary library has to offer. Your card will grant you access to all the rooms. NTB |
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| ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY |
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| My brother woke me up to tell me that the mirror was radiating a purple light and hissing. NTB |
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| Frank instantly knows that something is seriously wrong. He examines the lab for clues and finds an insect leg that smells like Magic Marker. Klink and Klank have been robot-napped! NTB |
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| FRANK EINSTEIN AND THE ANTIMATTER MOTOR |
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| Whenever it was hot or we got tired, we’d head over to the snack bar in the five-and-dime store. We’d stand as we sipped our Cokes, because we weren’t allowed to sit at the lunch counter. NTB |
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| FREEDOM ON THE MENU: THE GREENSBORO SIT-INS |
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| I moved under a shade tree near the little kids' pool. "See that?" I pointed toward the wading pool. "Don't ever swim there. My friend Frankie and me have a pact to never even put a big toe in the Pee Pool.'' NTB |
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| When we're fishing, we watch closely that we haven't lost our bait. But mostly, when we're fishing we must wait, and wait and wait. NTB |
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| GONE FISHING: A NOVEL IN VERSE |
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| His father had disappeared two years, seven months and thirteen days ago. He left without a trace. He couldn't believe his father would just abandon his family. NTB |
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| The uneasy feeling in my stomach was afraid that Dad hadn’t told me about the photo contest because he thought I had no chance of winning. NTB |
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| "We don't really need a hamster," said Tate without conviction. She picked at the ragged edge of her sweatshirt. "Lots of kids go through life without one." NTB |
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| Some people thought if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. NTB |
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| Eleven-year-old Lucus was not supposed to be in Manhattan today. His parents had no idea that he’d caught a train into the city. But next thing you know, he was now there, on a crowded sidewalk, looking up, almost hypnotized as a plane careened through the sky. NTB |
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| I SURVIVED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 |
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| Her family had to sell part of their apple orchard and she had to return to public school when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. NTB |
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| IDA B...AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER AND (POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD |
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| Bandapats eat and like all varieties of squash except zucchini. NTB |
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| Working together, these two girls learn how to turn a bad babysitter into a great time. NTB |
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| IVY AND BEAN TAKE CARE OF THE BABYSITTER |
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| By lunchtime, the whole place was a seething mass of men, women and children all pushing and shoving to get a glimpse of the miraculous fruit. NTB |
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| JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH |
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| Jasper becomes a friend to the new bears and lets them know they are in a place where healing will begin. NTB |
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| JASPER'S STORY: SAVING MOON BEARS |
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| Frustrated in art class, he tried to get more drawing paper only to be scolded by his teacher. Then the unthinkable happened... a note from a girl had been passed to him but his art teacher snatched and read it aloud to the whole class. Complete humiliation. NTB |
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| JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER |
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| After her accident, Mrs. Luther is feeling sad because her beloved cat is afraid of her bright orange cast and won’t come near her. Grace’s plan to help Mrs. Luther feel less lonely backfires when the cat goes missing. NTB |
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| She wanted to be the one to have her name immortalized on the plaque as the best reader in the whole class, not some boy cheater. NTB |
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| KELSEY GREEN, READING QUEEN |
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| M, I never doubted for one minute that you would get in," her mother said. "The Lawless School would be foolish not to accept such a talented woman." NTB |
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| When their mother is sent to Japan on business, Tee and Jack accompany their father to Alaska who's doing research for his upcoming book. NTB |
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| They won’t allow us to call home from camp so my mom and I have a code. If I write the words I just met Esmeralda in one of my letters home, rescue me! NTB |
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| LIKE BUG JUICE ON A BURGER |
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| Every night Mark patted the place where he lay in bed said, "Here you go. Come on up now." And the dog in his mind always jumped right up. NTB |
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| The first poem he allowed to be posted with his name was a shape poem about his pet. NTB |
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| Now that her top secret, classified information has been revealed, Ms. Solinsky had no choice but to teach Lulu how to be spy. Plus, she did not want her babysitting reputation to become dog poop. NTB |
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| LULU'S MYSTERIOUS MISSION |
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| Now that her top secret, classified information has been revealed, Ms. Solinsky had no choice but to teach Lulu how to be spy. Plus, she did not want her babysitting reputation to become dog poop. |
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| LULU'S MYSTERIOUS MISSION |
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| They used food, comfortable chairs and a list of 10 reasons to convince their Moms to take a wonderful trip. |
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| MALLORY AND MARY ANN TAKE NEW YORK |
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| Veronica Grace had stolen her best friend and taken over recess. She would call her Princess Bossy-Pants if she were allowed to call people names. |
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| Sunroom? What’s a sunroom? Why does the cat get to go there and I never leave this cage? |
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| Jack turned to see a tall man in a purple cloak and floppy blue cap. He had a long nose, bright, kind eyes with heavy eyebrows and a flowing beard. He looked exactly like the man on the cover of their book. "Leonardo!" said Annie. |
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| World's Fairs helped people from around the world share their different ways of life and new technologies. |
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| Most kids are afraid of getting sent to the principal’s office, but not my friends, especially after I told them what I was given. |
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| "Time travel. He believed it was possible- not in his own era, but someday. He held out hope that mankind would develop the means to navigate the time stream..." |
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| Abigail’s uncle is working on a formula to take away a person’s unwanted feelings. She thought that Nathan would like to be the test subject. |
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| What is Rhonda’s secret? Who stole the marble from the mementos table at family day? Nancy and Bree have two mysteries to solve. |
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| NANCY CLANCY SUPER SLEUTH |
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| The creatures in this book must hunt and defend themselves from predators with weapons that have been developed over millions of years. |
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| NEVER SMILE AT A MONKEY: and 17 Other Important Things to Remember |
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| Logan and Benedict didn't count on getting zapped by the robot - making them unable to count or do math at all! The boys can't even calculate time, make change or split up chicken wings. They discover that it's not just math class that's hard when you're numbed! |
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| The robot spoke in a low voice. It was almost a whisper. And it was so calm and cold, it made me shiver. "You are wrong about numbers. You must be numbed." NTB |
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| Befriending a very strange student, Toulouse, helps outsider Woodrow stand up to the class bullies who have been picking on them both. |
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| After laughing at a scene from the Wizard of Oz, Melody jerked forward out of her chair and fell face down on the floor. She couldn't flip over. NTB |
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| People are working to save animals from dying out. Most of them do this by finding ways to save their habitat. Others set up parks and nature reserves that protect plants and animals living there. NTB |
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| PANDAS AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES |
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| The first time I saw Louis I was in a run-down dusty hockshop window on Perdido, the muddiest street in New Orleans. My body was dented, my life slowly tarnishing away, when I noticed this raggle-taggle kid looking in the window. NTB |
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| PLAY, LOUIS, PLAY!: THE TRUE STORY OF A BOY AND HIS HORN |
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| How could she have guessed that quoting $500 for a quilt would land her mom a job, forcing her to go to school? Even though the school was the same one her mom attended she was upset and vowed not to learn anything. NTB |
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| Mother Gothel punished her by hiding her away in a hollowed out tree. Each year she would come by to see if her daughter was ready to apologize.NTB |
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| "...in The Kingdom your name isn't just what people call you. Your name is full of meaning and power. Your name is your destiny." NTB |
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| RUMP: THE TRUE STORY OF RUMPELSTILTSKIN |
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| She secretly lives with her gram, and has to hide out in the closet. Out of boredom she watches the neighborhood with her gram's binoculars, and one day she spies a criminal in the act of thievery. NTB |
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| SAMMY KEYES AND THE HOTEL THIEF |
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| Dear Mr. Jacob Witting, I am Sara Wheaton from Maine as you will see from my letter. I am answering your advertisement. I have never been married, though I have been asked. NTB |
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| The sea was freezing into little pancakes of ice and Dad was anxious to get going. If we weren’t quick, we’d be stuck at Mawson for the winter! We crashed through the ice all afternoon. NTB |
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| Ralph and Michelle Bates (the grown-up Humans of the family) thought that by cutting my Nibbles ration and taking away my favorite snack, Hot Tamale Sauce Flavored Tortilla Chips, I would stop getting so excited. NTB |
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| Summer in the suburbs means humans are grilling out. And this dog and his buddies have caught the scent—they’ve GOT to get a hamburger! NTB |
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| Larry Trimble was a Hollywood director who wanted to put Etzel in his movies - not just as a pet, but as the lead actor. Larry taught him to play with toys and walk like a regular dog. Etzel even got a new name. NTB |
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| STRONGHEART: THE WORLD'S FIRST MOVIE STAR DOG |
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| Running to my mother for support, I screeched and pointed to the cornucopia of plastic flowers stuck to my head. But despite my yelling, my mother decided to have some sort of a learning moment on the origin of the first cornucopia! NTB |
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| SUNNY SWEET IS SO NOT SORRY |
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| All Gregory wants to do is go to Author’s Camp next summer with his best friend. The only thing that stands in his way is passing math class and the probability of that happening is zero. NTB |
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| How unlucky she was, born with adventurous hooves that were stuck inside a pen. But she wasn’t giving up. If there was a way out, Flora knew she would find it. NTB |
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| THE ADVENTURES OF A SOUTH POLE PIG |
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| Ben was so excited about playing on the Bobcats soccer team with his friends. NTB |
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| Randi tucked her favorite Glenn Street novel into her back pack and did one last check of the closet. Stacked against the back wall was her collection of Detective Weekly magazines. Her days as a detective were over. NTB |
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| THE CASE OF THE TIME-CAPSULE BANDIT |
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| These four fuzzy little chicks should fill in their days pecking chicken feed and chasing bugs but instead spent most of their time looking for trouble and finding it. NTB |
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| THE CHICKEN SQUAD: THE FIRST MISADVENTURE |
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| This castle was built in the 1930’s by a movie star named Emory Scott. According to town gossip, he died suddenly. Right here in the castle. Sometimes I think I hear his ghost!” NTB |
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| The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a big problem. Someone has taken the toe of the Allosaurus. Jack’s job is to solve the crime and return the bone. NTB |
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| THE ESCAPE OF THE DEADLY DINOSAUR |
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| The girls learn that their ancestors were the "fairy-tale guys" and that the stories they wrote down were true historical accounts, not fiction. It is their job to document what is happening with the Everafters. NTB |
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| THE FAIRY-TALE DETECTIVES |
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| Our job is dressing up in a cupboard triangle of a pizza and a little pointed hat and a brown cardboard zucchini circle. NTB |
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| THE FIVE LIVES OF OUR CAT ZOOK |
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| Zengo brushed his mouth plates, polished his bill and squeezed a dab of fur product onto his webbed flipper to smooth through his hair. “I am going to be the flyest platypus on the force.” NTB |
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| Mary and her little lamb, now work for cleaner air; seeking ways to spread the word, to make their friends aware. NTB |
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| THE GREEN MOTHER GOOSE: SAVING THE WORLD ONE RHYME AT A TIME |
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| Jax was a newbie at this. Who knew what signals he might be unknowingly giving off? The poor guy could step out into traffic and get himself killed. |
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| After the attack, Pedru told his father he was scared that he would not be himself anymore. He would be the boy who had been hurt. He was afraid he would never be strong enough to be a good hunter like his dad. NTB |
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| THE LION WHO STOLE MY ARM |
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| When Grandma Susie out in Arizona heard the story of Alton's name, she looked online and found a pretty rug for his nursery floor. It showed the name of each state and its capital city, plus a big blue star for Washington D.C. |
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| It took me some time to recognize all those human words. But I was patient. Patient is a useful way to be when you’re an ape. Gorillas are as patient as stones, humans not so much. |
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| “I have never heard of such nonsense,” muttered Mrs. Smirch. “Man robs us blind and the sheriff expects us to look after his young ’un? Trained to thieve herself. I wouldn’t wonder. You best not try any tricks here, girl, you hear me?” NTB |
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| When he was eight, he started to write his own book. On the cover, he wrote: Peter, Mark, Roget. His Book. But instead of writing stories, he wrote lists. NTB |
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| THE RIGHT WORD: ROGET AND HIS THESAURUS |
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| Since he hadn't seen his grandpa in six years, Ben was not excited about traveling to Buttonville to see him. NTB |
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| It takes twenty-one days for the eggs to hatch. We'll raise the chicks for three weeks after that. So here is the deal. If you want to take a chick home at the end of our study, bring two dollars and a note from your parents. NTB |
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| THE SECRET CHICKEN SOCIETY |
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To Do List:
Make $ for me
Get rid of mice and one crow
Sell elephant and lion to zoo for lot of $
Buy new tiger
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| Is it ridiculous for a vey small, sickly, big-eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The answer is... yes. Of course, it's ridiculous. Love is ridiculous. But love is also wonderful. And powerful. And his love for the princess would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful and ridiculous. NTB |
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| He couldn't wait to work magic during fourth grade lunch. Best-case scenario? He did the trick right and people thought it was cool. Worst-case scenario? He did it wrong and no one ever let him live it down. It was a risk. But it wasn't like Mike had some great reputation to protect. NTB |
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| George yelled, "Come to the park!" I never hung out at the park after school. If I missed the bus, I'd have no way home. Plus, I had floors to sweep, laundry to fold, homwork to do and Dad to look after. NTB |
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| I’m playing right tackle and it’s a stupid position. All you do is block on offense and try to bust through the line and get the ball carrier on defense. I’m playing both offense and defense. But I am NOT playing quarterback! NTB |
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| Walker had a strange, star-shaped birthmark on his cheek. It appeared on his face shortly after he was born. NTB |
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| WARRIORS OF THE BLACK SHROUD |
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| Lincoln loved puns and even made fun of himself. He was called "two-faced", but he joked that if he had another face, did you think I would wear this one? NTB |
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| WHAT PRESIDENTS ARE MADE OF |
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| Clive dreamed of making everyone feel the need to dance to the music-any music. He called himself “cool as Clyde” after his favorite basketball player Walt “Clyde” Frazier. NTB |
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| WHEN THE BEAT WAS BORN: DJ KOOL HERC AND THE CREATION OF HIP HOP |
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| The weather had been very hot and dry for weeks. Wildfires were burning all over Florida. NTB |
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| My favorite holiday is Halloween. It even beats Christmas! I get to dress up in a costume and wear a mask! It’s the only day of the year when nobody thinks I look weird. I wish every day could be Halloween. NTB |
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| Gabby’s dad packed his bags and hugged her good-bye. Gabby is a daydreamer just like her dad and instead of crying when he leaves, she fills the quiet with daydreams. NTB |
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| I could watch TV and play video games again. I wouldn’t need to read books. But I thought I might want to, anyway. NTB |
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| ZEKE MEEKS VS. THE HORRIFYING TV-TURNOFF WEEK |
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| To destroy the school bully, he has to remember Rule Number Forty-two. No matter what, stay cool and calm. NTB |
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