Annie Barrows
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With older twin brothers on one side and younger twin sisters on the other, Miri feels left out in her own family. But one afternoon, in her tiny attic bedroom, Miri finds a mysterious piece of glass. And when she peeks through it, something strange happens. Miri is suddenly face-to-face with Molly, a girl just her age but from the past, a girl that insists this is her room and that Miri has come to save her. This is the something special both Miri...
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Ivy + Bean volume 5
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English
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Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
5) Ivy + Bean
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Ivy + Bean volume 1
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English
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When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
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Ivy + Bean volume 7
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English
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It's the Science Fair, and the second grade is all over it! Some kids are making man-eating robots. Some kids are holding their breath for a very, very long time. Some kids are doing interesting things with vacuum cleaners. The theme, obviously, is global warming. But what should Ivy and Bean do? Something involving explosions? Or ropes? Something with ice cubes? Or maybe ... maybe something different.
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Ivy + Bean volume 6
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English
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Second-grade best friends Ivy and Bean beg for ballet lessons, then, when they are cast as squids in their first recital, scheme to find a way out of what seems to be boring, hard, and potentially embarrassing.
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Ivy + Bean volume 9
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English
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Seven-year-old Bean is too young to go to the camp her sister Nancy is attending, so she and her best friend Ivy decide to create their own camp.
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Ivy + Bean volume 10
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English
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After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.
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Ivy + Bean volume 11
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English
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When classmate Vanessa insists that all single children are spoiled, Ivy wonders whether she can become "unspoiled" by giving away all her clothes at school (which does not go over well with her teacher or parents)--but ultimately decides that all she needs to accomplish her goal is a little sister.
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In 1946, as London emerges from the shadow of World War II, author Juliet Ashton is having a terrible time finding inspiration for her next book. Then she receives a letter from Guernsey Island, and learns of a unique book club formed on the spur of the moment as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the occupying Germans during the war. Captivated, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her life forever.
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Chronicle Books
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2012
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English
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Ivy and Bean need some money. Ten dollars, to be exact. Never mind what for. Okay, for cheese. Two bags of lowfat Belldeloon cheese in a special just-for-you serving size. How can they make ten dollars?! Should they babysit? Diapers! Yuck! Should they wash cars? Probably not. Should they write a newspaper and sell it? Yes! All Ivy and Bean have to do is snoop for some neighborhood news. It's very interesting what they find out. Especially when their...