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  Fourth Grade Is A Jinx (An Apple Paperback)

  by Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

  When Collette's teacher has an accident, her mother becomes the substitute. Collette hates being called teacher's pet and she's embarraassed when her mother starts a fire during a science experiment. It looks like fourth grade is a jinx!
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  The Last-Place Sports Poems of Jeremy Bloom

  A Collection of Poems Abut Winning, Losing, and Being a Good Sport (Sometimes)

  by Gordon Korman

  Enduring a second year with the poetry teacher who gave him a D minus, reluctant Jeremy Bloom hopes to earn a better grade by writing sports poetry and finds the task more enjoyable than he anticipated.
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  Stone Fox

  by John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves, Marcia Sewall

  A Race Against Time Little Willy's Grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race. But a lot of other people want to win the race, too, including Stone Fox, who has never lost a race in his life. Do Willy and his dor Searchlight stand a chance against the toughest racers around? Can they win the race to save the... (more)
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  My America

  Our Strange New Land

  Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, Book One

  by Patricia Hermes

  In May 1607, three ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made land and hung the flag ­ England¹s flag ­ establishing the first permanent English colony in Jamestown Virginia. In 1609, the first ship carrying women and children arrived. After 71 days at sea, nine-year-old Elizabeth Baker is thrilled to be on dry land. Lizzie keeps a diary for Caleb, her twin brother who... (more)
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  Gary Paulsen World of Adventure: Book 1

  The Legend of Red Horse Cavern

  by Gary Paulsen

  Discovering the secret of an ancient Apache legend in the damp, dark caverns of the Sacramento Mountains, Will ""Little Bear"" Tucker and his friend Sarah Thompson realize they are pursued by armed bandits and a headless Indian warrior.
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  The Ghost Fox

  by Laurence Yep

  Growing up in seventeenth-century China, nine-year-old Little Lee protects his mother while his father is at sea and must rescue her from the mysterious ghost fox. Reprint. K. "
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  Magic School Bus - Science Chapter Books: Book 10

  Expedition Down Under

  by John Speirs, Rebecca Carmi

  Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus crew end up on the other side of the world when they set out on a search for the cackling kookaburra. It¹s a wild walk-about to Australia as they discover all the amazing animals of the outback!
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  Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

  by Mildred Pitts Walter

  Ten-year-old Justin thinks housework is for women, until he's invited to his grandfather's ranch. There, along with fishing, riding, and going to the rodeo, Justin learns about his black cowboy ancestors and that doing "women's work"--even baking prize-winning biscuits--is part of taking care of himself. Reading level: 2.7.
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  Stealing Home

  by Mary Stolz

  When Thomas's Great-Aunt Linzy writes that she's coming for a "visit," Grandfather and Thomas have the sinking feeling her visit might last a lifetime.In this sequel to Storm in the Night and Go Fish, Stolz unveils the mixed blessings of having a long-lost relative move in, and all the love that can shine through if you know the secret to being a true family. "Stolz scores with finesse in this masterful book that... (more)
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  Bingo Brown: Book 1

  The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown

  by Betsy Byars

  Introducing Bingo Brown, a young man ready for the first big step into adulthood--if only someone would tell him what to do. "Byars does a superb job of presenting a boy just on the edge of maturity. Witty, offbeat, yet beautifully real, Bingo's story scores."--ALA Booklist. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
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  Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns (Jackson Jones)

  by Mary Quattlebaum

  Jackson Jones wants a basketball for his tenth birthday, but his mother gives him a garden plot, which Jackson sees as nothing but ""a big mess of trouble and weeds."" Winner of the Marguerite de Angeli Prize. Reprint. AB. SLJ.
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  Magic School Bus - Science Chapter Books

  Dinosaur Detectives

  by Judith Bauer Stamper

  Ms. Frizzle and the gang just want to study dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. By mistake, they end up traveling through time to the actual Mesozoic era and come face to face with real meat-eaters!
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  Magic School Bus - Science Chapter Books: Book 8

  Penguin Puzzle

  by Judith Bauer Stamper

  Ms. Frizzle whisks her students away on a ³cool² trip to Antarctica, where they learn all about the South Pole and come face to face with playful penguins and colossal icebergs. But when the kids are magically changed into real penguins, they need Ms. Frizzle¹s help to solve their penguin puzzle.
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  The Ghost in Room 11

  by Betty Ren Wright

  When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school's former teachers.