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Jerry on the line
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Brenda Seabrooke |
Fourth grader Jerry, latchkey kid and aspiring soccer star, starts an unusual friendship with a younger latchkey kid when she calls his number by accident. |
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I'll Take You to Mrs Cole
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Nigel Gray,Michael Foreman,Wen Zhuge |
Threatened with a visit to Mrs. Cole by his working mother whenever he doesn't get his chores done in her absence, a young boy finally searches out the woman on his own and finds out what "awful" thi… |
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The Sweeneys from 9D
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Ethel Kessler |
The three Sweeney children face their first day at a new school and their first afternoon of taking care of themselves while their mother is at work. |
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How I saved the world on purpose
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Susan Shreve |
Fourth-grader Miranda starts a successful club to take care of latchkey children and finds herself competing with the president of a rival club for publicity and local support. |
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Véro and Philippe
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Caroline Kim Hatton |
When Mother fires the housekeeper life becomes difficult for the entire Vo family, Vietnamese immigrants to France in 1964, but eight-year-old Véro and her twelve-year-old brother, Philippe, work to… |
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The latchkey mystery
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Margaret Goff Clark |
Eleven-year-old Minda, one of several latchkey children in her neighborhood, forms a group to watch for a burglar who is breaking into empty houses. |
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Is Anybody There?
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Eve Bunting |
After discovering the disappearance of several household items, Marcus, a thirteen-year-old latchkey child, suspects that a stranger may be prowling around inside his house while he's at school and h… |
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