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Don't call me Beanhead! Don't call me Beanhead! Susan Wojciechowski The test - Glamour nails - The star sweater - The tooth - The talent show. OL108097W
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! M. E. Kerr Many things change in a teenage boy's life when he meets the overweight girl who answers his ad for the cat he must give away. OL108490W
A stitch in time A stitch in time Ann Rinaldi With quilting on the rise as a hot trend, it's time for this reissue by our top historical-fiction maven. The brilliantly woven 1st book "will leave readers in eager anticipation of its successors"-P… OL112455W
M. C. Higgins, The Great M. C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton Summary, As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills,fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they l… OL11278412W
The Wheatstone Pond The Wheatstone Pond Robert Westall When an archaeological dig begins at the Whetstone pond, the pond seems to have ideas of its own. Violence and aggression builds up in the people who work there. The corpse of a baby is found. A moto… OL11314906W
The storyteller's daughter The storyteller's daughter Jean Thesman Fifteen-year-old Quinn, the middle child in a Depression-era working class family, learns some secrets about her beloved father, who has always been a source of strength and optimism for his family, … OL114053W
Bee Frog Bee Frog Martin Waddell It seems that no one pays attention to little Bee, even while she pretends to be a very fierce dragon, so she hops away from home, but soon finds herself wondering if a dragon ever gets lonely. OL114177W
Humbug Mountain Humbug Mountain Sid Fleischman A young boy and his wandering family foil villains and rout nasty varmints as they make a home for themselves in a beached boat on the banks of the Missouri. OL114715W
Mouse TV Mouse TV Matt Novak Each member of the Mouse family wants to watch something different on television, but they discover a solution to their problem one night when the television does not work. OL115592W
The madness continues The madness continues John Van de Ruit The record-breaking, bestselling sequel to Spud!Its 1991, and John Spud Miltons journey to manhood is still creeping along at a snails pace. Nearly fifteen, Spuds starting his second year at boarding… OL11815060W
Billy Twitters and his big blue whale problem Billy Twitters and his big blue whale problem Mac Barnett When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which doe… OL11892762W
Jerk, California Jerk, California Jonathan Friesen Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is… OL11928993W
Stealing Heaven Stealing Heaven Elizabeth Scott My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember.Dani has been trained as a thief by the best—her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting we… OL12048488W
What planet are you from Clarice Bean? What planet are you from Clarice Bean? Lauren Child When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street. OL120974W
Strudel stories Strudel stories Joanne Rocklin Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. OL121004W
The Many Troubles of Andy Russell The Many Troubles of Andy Russell David A. Adler When some of his gerbils escape and he gets in trouble for not paying attention in class, fourth-grader Andy Russell worries about asking if a friend can move in with his family--especially when he l… OL121562W
So not happening So not happening Jenny B. Jones Forced to move from Manhattan to an Oklahoma farm when her mother remarries, sixteen-year-old Bella relies on her faith while investigating a deadly, secret organization for the school newspaper, as … OL12297794W
Outrageously Alice Outrageously Alice Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Alice is in the eighth grade, and while she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected and safe. OL13463W
The trouble with Mark Hopper The trouble with Mark Hopper Elissa Brent Weissman Mark Hopper is the smartest student in the sixth grade, and he knows it. When another Mark Hopper moves to town (the same age, with similar looks), Mark Hopper makes trouble for Mark Hopper. The Mark… OL13604230W
When the whistle blows When the whistle blows Fran Cannon Slayton Jimmy lives in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, during the 1940s. He does all the things boys do in the small mountain town: plays a mean game of football, pulls the unforgettable Halloween prank with his … OL13617439W
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