Authors:
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 1999-04-30


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    Who do you call when a squirrel is trapped in a mud puddle or a baby opossum is stuck in a drainpipe ?

Meet Jeffrey, Beaner, Raymond, and Mike--the Animal Resuce club! Adventures wait around every corner as this intrepid band of kids, working with a Wildlife Rehabilitator, helps the wild animals in our neighborhood.

John Himmelman's action-packed story and lively art is based on his firsthand experience with wild-animal rescue groups. This inside look at kids saving animals is certain to fascinate young nature lovers....

Authors: George Shea.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 1997-09-30


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    Up, up, and away!

When Tom Tate hears that Wilbur and Orville Wright are building a flying machine, he can't wait to try it. Tom's dad thinks it's dangerous. Some people think the Wrights are crazy. Can Tom help the brothers get their dream off the ground?

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Authors: Alice Low.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 2000-08-31


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    Wendy is a little witch who is afraid of her mean, bossy witch sisters--until one special Halloween night when she makes a magical discovery and outwitches her older sisters.In this new edition, complete with full-color art, Alice Low has adapted her popular story specifically for beginning readers...

Authors: Avi.
Paperback, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 1997-09-30


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The year is 1635, and Mary Williams and her family live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father, Roger, is on trial for preaching new ideas about freedom. When found guilty, he flees into the cold, telling Mary that she must trust in God's providence to see him to safety.

Roger's only hope of survival lies with the Narragansett Indians. Will Mary ever see her father again?

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Authors: Avi.
Paperback, 64 pages
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Publication Date: 2000-04


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    Collision in the Harbor! Abigail and her brother, Tom, travel to school every day aboard their father's freight boat, the Neptune. One day, two ships collide in the Narrows, and Abigail's father goes to their aid--leaving Abigail to take the Neptune's wheel. Can she and Tom steer the freight boat through the crowded and dangerous waters of New York Harbor alone?...

Authors: Gery Greer. Bob Ruddick.
Paperback, 47 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 1997-09-30


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All is quiet in Cactus Junction. Sarah is practicing her lasso, and her friend, Billy the Ghost, is practicing his practical jokes. Suddenly, a shout rings out. The bank has been robbed! While the sheriff and his men take off in search of the robbers, Sarah sees two strange women with big muscles and hairy arms. Could they be the robbers in disguise? It's up to Sarah and Billy to find out!

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Authors: Avi.
Hardcover, 48 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Edition: 1st

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It is the 1880s. Noah Bidson works hard on the family farm on the Colorado prairie. One day his mother tells him that his aunt Dora is coming to give him some schooling. Noah is angry. What use is reading on the prairie?

Aunt Dora arrives, and all the Bidsons are surprised to find that she is confined to a wheelchair. But Aunt Dora doesn't let it stop her. When Noah refuses to learn inside the sod farmhouse, Aunt Dora finds a unique way to show him that there's a whole new world waiting for him.

Avi's compelling story is brought to life by Bill Farnsworth's luminous paintings.

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