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When her crush Brandon reveals that the animal shelter where he volunteers is in danger of being closed, Nikki and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money, an effort that is compromised by an interfering Mackenzie.

Chandra and her sister Deena see a demonstration of a "magic light," a solar-powered lantern, at a market near their home in Nepal and are determined to buy one, knowing it will help their little brother's cough to stop using kerosene lamps. Includes facts about Nepal and a DIY solar energy project.

Macy's little sister has wings that are too small, so Eva's class decides to raise money to buy her a flying chair, and half the class opens a bakery, and the other half opens a candy store--but soon competition between the two stores becomes more important than their goal, and Eva needs to convince the other owls that they will collect more money if everyone works as a team.

The best babysitters are psyched to land their highest paying job yet - until they get to the house and realise they're babysitting Zelda Hooper, the meanest girl in school. And even though Zelda should be the one who's embarrassed that three girls her age are babysitting her, she finds ways to thwart them at every turn. But Zelda isn't the girls' only challenge. A new crop of French au pairs are stealing all their business - Quelle catastrophe! -...

Examines, in text and photographs, the symbolic and material meaning of money, from shekels, shells, and beads to gold, silver, checks, and credit cards. Also discusses how coins and banknotes are made, the value of money during wartime, and how to collect coins.

When Arthur sees advertisements for the amazing doggy Treat Timer, he decides to earn enough money to buy it for his dog Pal. Arthur's purchase of a Treat Timer for his puppy, Pal, backfires when the device only frightens his pet.

"He doesn't lie now, but he's broke. He's got to find a way to make some money. Lots of it, so he can impress Tina Zabinski, the World's Most Beautiful Girl, and ask her on a date. So Kevin gets creative about making money--and his life becomes a financial comedy of errors. Does he really have what it takes to get filthy rich at age fourteen? In Gary Paulsen's hilarious follow-up to Liar, Liar, Kevin's schemes lead him into situations that are sweet,...

"Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed-in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X book from Gregg Hurwitz. As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted...

Shows how different combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters can buy varying amounts of jelly beans. Includes information on how jelly beans are made.

Provides an overview of economics and money, including earning, spending, saving, checks and credit cards, banks, and the history of money.