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(0)Catherine Austen
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens.
Maxwell Connors, a fifteen-year-old prankster, misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern, especially when his younger sister, Ally, is targeted. Max and his best friend, Dallas, escape the treatment, but must pretend to
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Language
English
Description
My sister tamed a squirrel with peanuts until it ate out of her hand... So, begins a tongue-in-cheek tale of taming gone wrong. When a genius squirrel launches a daring winter storage plan, big sister ends up high in the oak tree with a new furry family. But, what will happen when her nuts run out? It's little sister to the rescue! In her own ingenious way.
Written by Catherine Austen and illustrated by Sean Cassidy, The Squirrels Stole my Sister...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Josh's mother dies in a phobia-induced car crash, she leaves two questions for her grieving family: how did a snake get into her car and how do you mourn with no faith to guide you?
Twelve-year-old Josh is left alone to find the answers. His father is building a time machine. His four-year-old brother's closest friend is a plastic Power Ranger. His psychiatrist offers nothing more than a blank journal and platitudes.
Isolated by grief in a...