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2) Out to lunch
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Between working on the medieval project for third grade and helping move books and redecorate the children's section at the public library, Abby Spencer and her friends, the Book Bunch, have their hands full--but Mrs. Mackenzie has promised them a really special lunch as a reward.
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When the power goes out at home, young scientist Curious McCarthy hypothesizes that when there is no electricity at the house, one of the seven McCarthy kids will get in trouble. The power comes back of before the hypothesis is proven true, but Curious's interest in electricity has been sparked. Using funny footnotes, Curious shares her observations of school and home in a crazy story featuring electrons, arm wrestling, cooties, and batteries made...
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Zeke's school is having a fund-raiser and the student who sell the most cake mix will get four tickets to Thrillsville Amusement Park, but Zeke is not having much luck until his great-grandmother gives him a lesson in salesmanship--and he takes his little sister with him.
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My weird school daze volume 6
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English
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When the new vice principal is put in charge of Ella Mentry School for a few days, she tries out some very unusual ideas about how students learn.
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My weirder-est school volume 3
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English
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When Ella Mentry School invites a local dentist to speak on National Dessert Day, A.J. and his friends uncover the dentist's secret plot to promote cavities for more business.
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Curious McCarthy, named after the famous scientist Marie Curie, has decided to become a scientist herself. Her first hypothesis: That her mischievous younger brother will get noticed before her proper oldest sister, Charlotte. Using footnotes filled with funny observations, Curious invites readers to read her observations about her first days at a new school with an old-fashioned teacher and her entertaining evenings at home with her six brothers...
13) Movie mishaps
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Abby is having trouble coming up with a community helpers project since all the other children in her third grade class have taken all the good jobs and even her best friend is planning on doing something without her--but the public library beckons.
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After fourth-grade scientist Curious McCarthy observes her dad fixing their doorbell, she starts to wonder about the science of sound. Meanwhile at school, it's time for Curious to pick an instrument for band. Curious chooses the flute, but the band director says Curious's lips are all wrong for the slim woodwind. Can that be true, and if it is, can science help Curious find her perfect instrument? A sound-related science experiment will have readers...
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It is time for the school bake-off, with a trip to the Bronx Zoo as a prize, and fourth-grade psychic Krystal Ball and her best friends are making fortune cookies--but when the class bully ruins their contribution, Krystal must use her talents to save the day.
18) Pirate queen
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Capstone Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Inspired by her report on a female pirate, and challenged by a boy in her class, Kylie Jean and her friends decide to form a pirate gang, complete with costumes, a secret hideout, and buried treasure--but when the treasure disappears Kylie makes an important discovery about the local haunted house.
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Usually Zeke loves Halloween, but this year things just seem to be going wrong--he is having trouble finding a good costume, the costume parade at school is a disaster, and he has to take his little sister trick-or-treating.