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The TV kid The TV kid Betsy Cromer Byars,Byars To escape his boring, lonely life and bad grades, Lennie loses himself in fantasies of being the star of his own imaginary television shows. But when he finds himself bitten by a rattlesnake and trap… OL15390010W
Top teen stories Top teen stories Betsy Cromer Byars,Robert Geary A compilation of short stories and extracts from novels about turning points in life by 26 authors, including Judy Blume, William Saroyan, L.M. Montgomery, and Roald Dahl. OL18180926W
McMummy McMummy Betsy Cromer Byars Looking after an eccentric scientist's greenhouse doesn't seem any stranger than the other odd jobs taken by Mozie and his partner Battie--until Mozie discovers a large, mummy-shaped pod on one of th… OL279208W
Rama the Gypsy Rama the Gypsy Betsy Cromer Byars Rama the cat has no home. He is the Gypsy Cat, and a life full of travel and adventure awaits him. When a gypsy woman found Rama as a kitten, she pierced his ear with a golden earring and named him … OL279211W
Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book) Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book) Betsy Cromer Byars,Byars,Doron Ben-Ami As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy. OL279212W
Dead Letter (Herculeah Jones Mystery) Dead Letter (Herculeah Jones Mystery) Betsy Cromer Byars When Herculeah Jones discovers a letter in her secondhand coat, she instantly recognizes it as a cry for help. It doesn't take Herculeah long to uncover the clues and track down the truth. But what H… OL279214W
Death's Door (Herculeah Jones Mystery) Death's Door (Herculeah Jones Mystery) Betsy Cromer Byars Herculeah Jones finds herself in the middle of another mystery when her best friend Meat barely escapes a hitman's bullet. Someone must have mistaken Meat for someone else. But who? Herculeah is dete… OL279215W
Good-bye, Chicken Little Good-bye, Chicken Little Betsy Cromer Byars A boy discovers that he doesn't have to feel personally responsible for his uncle's drowning. OL279217W
The Midnight Fox The Midnight Fox Betsy Cromer Byars Tony dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den. OL279219W
Wanted...Mud Blossom Wanted...Mud Blossom Betsy Cromer Byars Convinced that Mud is responsible for the disappearance of the school hamster that was his responsibility for the weekend, Junior Blossom is determined that the dog should be tried for his "crime." OL279225W
2000 Pound Gold Fish 2000 Pound Gold Fish Betsy Cromer Byars Abandoned by a mother who is hiding from the FBI, Warren escapes into horror movie fantasies while he waits for her return. OL470549W
The Animal, the Vegetable, and John D. Jones The Animal, the Vegetable, and John D. Jones Ruth Sanderson,Betsy Cromer Byars Two sisters look upon a beach vacation with their father, his woman friend, and her son, as two weeks in the wrong place with the wrong people. OL470551W
Beans on the roof Beans on the roof Melodye Rosales,Betsy Cromer Byars,Kate Aldous As each of the five members of the Bean family tries to write a "roof" poem, they come to realize just how nice it is to be a Bean. OL470556W
The black tower The black tower Betsy Cromer Byars At the eerie Hunt mansion, Herculeah Jones has been reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his eyes (once for yes, twice for no). Mr. Hunt seems t… OL470560W
Blossom Promise (Blossom Family) Blossom Promise (Blossom Family) Jacqueline Rogers,Betsy Cromer Byars In the aftermath of a big flood in Alderson County, the Blossom family continues coping in their rare family style. OL470562W
Boo's surprise Boo's surprise Betsy Cromer Byars,Erik Brooks Boo finds an egg that hatches into a new dinosaur. OL470568W
Hooray for the Golly sisters! Hooray for the Golly sisters! Sue Truesdell,Betsy Cromer Byars In continued adventures, May-May and Rose take their traveling road show to more audiences. OL470587W
The joy boys The joy boys Betsy Cromer Byars Two brothers share several adventures with their dog on the family farm, riding cows, making mud bombs, and hunting for a wild animal. OL470588W
King  of murder King of murder Betsy Cromer Byars Herculeah meets a murder mystery writer, and has the uneasy feeling that he knows more about murder than he should. OL470589W
The lace snail The lace snail Betsy Cromer Byars The animals beg the snail for some of her lacy trail and she tries to oblige each with a gift appropriate to its nature. OL470590W
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