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1) Frindle
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
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"When Frindleswylde is near, the wind trembles, the sun pales, and the wild things hide. When he enters Cora and Granny's house in the woods, Frindleswylde steals the light from their lantern, so Granny can't find her way home after work in the dark. Andwhen a determined Cora chases the mysterious boy down a hole in the fishpond to his frozen kingdom, he sets her three Impossible Tasks. If she completes them, she can take her light and go, or so he...
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Maddy, a Sentient Seal of the Sentient Shield and Ancient Guardian of the Universe, has spent many incarnations on Earth. As the tsunamis approach and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance, Maddy must once again confront the Halqu, extra terrestrial beings who seek to use Earth's portals for their own gain. The Alignment, a specific time in Earth's history when it plays a pivotal role in its own evolution and that of the Universe, has passed,...
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After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor. Natalie uses a pseudonym to write her first book, and her friend, Zoe, pretends to be...
8) No talking
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The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
10) The Losers Club
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Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.
11) Ban this book
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A tale of a fourth-grader who fights back when her favorite book is banned from the school library-by starting her own illegal locker library!
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Why would anyone need six thousand doughnuts?
Big family...little house...Fifth-grader Abe Mitchell is fed up with sharing. All he wants is something to call his own. And, he just might get it when he finds a loophole in the fine print of a doughnut shop coupon. Abe thinks it entitles him to a fresh-baked mountain of crullers, dunkers, and chocolate-frosteds. But, cashing in means war with Marlene Paczki, the daughter of the doughnut shop owner and...
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