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Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown / by McDonald, Megan.; Reynolds, Peter,1961-;
After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Sports stories.; Moody, Stink (Fictitious character); Families; Family life;
© 2011., Candlewick Press,
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Eva's new pet / by Elliott, Rebecca.;
Eva is excited because her parents have agreed to let her get a new pet, but she is not sure what kind of pet to get--or how Baxter, her bat, will react to a new member of the family.Appeals to 1st-2nd graders.Reading level Grade 2.LSC
Subjects: Owls; Pets; Decision making; Diaries;
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When Santa was a baby / by Bailey, Linda,1948-; Godbout, Geneviève,1985-;
The story of how one little boy, with the support of his parents, grows up to be Santa Claus.LSC
Subjects: Christmas stories.; Children; Families;
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Good job, George! / by O'Connor, Jane.; Joyner, Andrew(Illustrator);
George tries to be the best helper he can be, but when his parents paint the garage and their hungry dog finds her way in, the mess is George's fault and he learns he must listen to directions to succeed as a helper.Ages 3-6.Grades K-1.LSC
Subjects: Helping behavior; Self-confidence; Boys; Families;
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The last musketeer / by Gibbs, Stuart,1969-; Dumas, Alexandre,1802-1870.Trois mousquetaires.;
In Paris with his parents to sell family heirlooms, fourteen-year-old Greg Rich suddenly finds himself four hundred years in the past, and is aided by boys who will one day be known as "The Three Musketeers.""Ages 8-12"--P. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642; Time travel; Characters and characteristics in literature; Rescues;
© c2011., HarperCollins,
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Star of the week / by O'Neal, Shaquille.; Taylor, Theodore,III.;
Little Shaq has always wanted his own kitten, but his parents aren't sure he's responsible enough. When Little Shaq is chosen as his class's Star of the Week, he knows that this is his moment to prove to his parents that they can count on him. Will Little Shaq be able to show he's ready for his very own pet?LSC
Subjects: O'Neal, Shaquille; Responsibility; Pets; African Americans; Families;
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Front desk / by Yang, Kelly.;
Includes bibliographical references.Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.LSC
Subjects: Immigrant families; Immigrants; Chinese; Motels; Exploitation; Self-confidence; Friendship;
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A long line of Cakes / by Wiles, Deborah.;
Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any friendships here because they will just disappear as soon as the family moves again--but Aurora County has other ideas, and so does a girl named Ruby Lavender who plans to teach Emma a thing or two about friendship.LSC
Subjects: Bakers; Moving, Household; Brothers and sisters; Parent and child; Friendship;
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The ultimate quest / by Patterson, James,1947-; Grabenstein, Chris.; Neufeld, Juliana,1982-;
When their ship, the Lost, explodes, Bick, Beck, Tommy, and Storm are stranded on a raft in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, but the situation worsens when the treasure hunters kidnap their parents, forcing the Kidd siblings to follow clues around the globe to uncover an ancient treasure and save their family.Ages 8-13.LSC
Subjects: Sea stories.; Adventure fiction.; Treasure troves; Seafaring life; Kidnapping; Siblings; Twins;
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Sam the Man & the cell phone plan / by Dowell, Frances O'Roark.; Bates, Amy June.;
Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.LSC
Subjects: Graham, Sam (Fictitious character from Dowell); Notebooks; Code and cipher stories.; Schools; Cell phones; Family life;
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