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Puddlejumpers (2008) (edit title/settings)

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Ernie Banks, named for the legendary Chicago Cub shortstop, is a troubled, 13-year-old juvenile delinquent. Abandoned on the doorstep of the Lakeside Home for Boys when he was three years old, he's now considered a " lifer," a permanent ward of the state. His only proof that he once belonged... read more

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  • “"It was a putrid mixture of dead fish, hog puke, and skunk farts."”

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Alone and in the dark, Ernie pressed his back against the building.

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Windy City 1
The Crystal Acorn 9
The Prophecy 13
Keeping Watch 18
Night Visitors 27
Kidnapped 37
Water Kindom 47
Spiral Tattoo 53
Alone Together 58
The Only Clue 60
Puddlejumping 62
Something Unspeakable 70
The Great Divide 78
Trouble Behind, Trouble Ahead 88
A Merry Little Christmas 97
Waterloo 109
Unfriendly Confines 114
Goodbye, Ernie Banks 127
Wrinkle In The Wheat 133
Grand Theft 141
The Mystery 149
Voyagers 158
Rattled 174
The Secret 184
Kindom Come 195
Bigfoot 200
Jaws Of Death 207
Blood Trail 211
Familiar Stranger 225
Midnight Run 234
Whos Who 237
A Reckoning 242
The Puzzle 252
Underneath 258
The Choice 263
Dearly Departed 271
Between A Buzzard And A Hawk 280
Matuba Ka-Lo-Lo 286
The Most Dark 294
Hagdemonia 306
The Return 317
Home 323

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  1. Mark Jean (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
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Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1423107594
Page Count: 336

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Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Book is well written and simplistic for the younger crowd.

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