Anne Fine
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A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. At first Ben doesn't want to sit next to Alice in the classroom. She's scary and tells him off for his squiggly drawing and poor...
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Tuffy the pet cat narrates his escapades as he attempts to escape his family's cat-sitter and suffers through a humiliating episode of mistaken identity. When Ellie tells Tuffy the family is leaving for the week, Tuffy couldn't be more thrilled. A whole blissful week of rolling around in the flower bed and lounging on top of the TV? Tuffy can't wait! But the cat sitter the family procures doesn't understand Tuffy's refined feline palate, and Little...
4) Notso hotso
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Anthony, a neglected pet dog, develops an irritating skin condition and has most of his hair shaved off, which embarrasses him greatly until he realizes he now looks like a lion and can frighten other animals and people.
5) Flour babies
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When his class of underachievers is assigned to spend three torturous weeks taking care of their own "babies" in the form of bags of flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about himself while coming to terms with his long-absent father.
10) Up on cloud nine
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While Stolly struggles to regain consciousness in a hospital bed, Ian recalls some of their best and worst times together as he writes a biography of his eccentric best friend.
11) Jennifer's diary
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English
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Although Jennifer is stumped for ideas to use in her new diary, her friend Iola is bursting with stories that may or may not be true to write down if only she had that lovely rainbow-colored book!
12) Mrs. Doubtfire
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English
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A divorced man takes a job in disguise as his ex-wife's housekeeper to be near his children.
14) Bad dreams
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Despite her preference for books over friends, Melanie gradually becomes involved with a new classmate and determined to find the reason for her strange behavior.
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Suite des aventures de Tuffy, le chat râleur d'Ellie. Lorsqu'il apprend que ses maîtres ont préféré organiser une grande fête d'Halloween plutôt que de célébrer dignement son anniversaire (les deux événements tombent le 31 octobre), le matou décide d'organiser sa propre fête entre amis dans l'écurie du coin. Mais, comme à l'habitude, tout marche un peu de travers et Tuffy et ses copains sèment la pagaille sur leur passage. En effet,...
18) Madame Doubtfire
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Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mind the children after work and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. This bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book inspired the...