Sarah Weeks
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Language
English
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Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
2) Pie
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Language
English
Description
After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
3) So B. it
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Series
Language
English
Description
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
4) Honey
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Language
English
Description
When she suspects that her father has a girlfriend, Melody and her best friend are determined to figure out who it is and why it is a secret.
5) Soof
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Series
Language
English
Description
All her life Aurora has heard stories about how wonderful and lucky Heidi is, and soon this paragon (now grown up and expecting a baby) will be visiting; but before she arrives part of their house is damaged in a fire, and worse, Aurora's beloved dog disappears--and while her parents have always believed in "soof" (Heidi's mom's word for love), Aurora, who has never really fit in with children her own age, will just have to find her own soof. --
8) Drip, drop
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Series
Language
English
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Pip Squeak the mouse is kept awake all night by the drips from his leaky roof.
10) Mac and Cheese
Author
Series
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Two cats that are as different as night and day are nevertheless best friends.
11) Baa-choo!
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When Sam the lamb has trouble sneezing, the other animals try to help.
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Language
English
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Oggie Cooder : Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
Oggie Cooder, party animal : Neither a long list of rules, nor the inability to find the perfect gift--Cheddar Jam--nor being locked...
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Series
Language
English
Description
From the award-winning author of SO B. IT, a story about family, friendship, and...pie!
When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat....
15) If I were a lion
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A young girl imagines how wild she could be if she were an animal.
16) Oggie Cooder
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
17) Pip Squeak
Author
Series
Publisher
Laura Geringer Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pip Squeak the mouse works hard to clean the house for his friend Max's visit, but then he has to clean up after Max too.
18) Bunny fun
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A lively young rabbit finds many ways to have fun--and cause havoc--on a rainy day.
20) Glamourpuss
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.
