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When Samantha, the seventeen-year-old daugher of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live, but when her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident Sam must make some difficult choices.
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Judson Moon, age thirteen, is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2001.
A year after winning the presidential election of 2000, 12-year-old Judson is dodging assassination attempts and facing off with a crazed South American dictator. Sometimes Judson wishes he were just a regular kid back in Madison, Wisconsin. This funny story educates readers about the White House and government.
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Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 5
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English
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Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Club association.
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Two samurai risk their hearts, souls, and their very existence to stop an occult phantom from destroying the world, in this stunning supernatural fantasy from Legend of the Five Rings The demon-vanquishing samurai, Asako Sekken and Agasha no Isao Ryotora are summoned to Winter Court. Their exploits with the Spirit Realms have taken a toll on the pair and the cut and thrust of Rokugani politics proves challenging. After being urged to share their...
10) Hero
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Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the president's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
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Dora tells her grandson of how, in 1887 Argonia, Kansas, a group of men who thought women should not vote or hold office put a woman on the ballot as a joke. Includes a note about Susanna and a cake recipe.
"In 1887, the state of Kansas gave women the right to vote in municipal elections. But some men in the city of Argonia, Kansas didn't think women should have a say in choosing their next mayor, so they put a woman on the ballot--as a joke. That...
13) Hope was here
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When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
14) Signs of protest
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Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1995
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English
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When the town has money problems, Edward, the mayor's nephew, helps find a way for people to work together to meet the needs of Parkside Elementary School and the Senior Citizen's Center.
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Speak
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Kate Quinn meets the father she did not know she had, joins his presidential campaign, falls for a rebellious boy, and when what she truly believes flies in the face of the campaign's talking points, Kate must decide what is best.
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Slate Stephens mysteries volume 1
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Distributed by Mountain Press Publishing Company
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Recounts the adventures of twelve-year-old sleuths Slate Stephens and Daphne McSweeney as they scramble to find Cat, the governor of Montana's missing dog.
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Captain Awesome volume 20
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Eugene runs for second-grade class president against Meredith Mooney, but must find a way to prove he is best for the job without revealing either of their secret identities.
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Kevin Spencer books volume 4
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Wendy Lamb Books
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Kevin impetuously announces that he will run for student body president, mainly to impress his girlfriend Tina, but soon gets excited about making a positive difference in his school and community.
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The classroom volume 2
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Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Chronicles the race for seventh-grade class president at Westside Middle School as suddenly-popular documentary-film subject Trevor Jones faces his best friend Libby Gardner and Cindy Applegate, the official school gossip.