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4-6
After a family tragedy, Lizzy looks for signs everywhere. While following a stray cat, Lizzy and best friend Joss meet runaway Charlotte, who sports a four-leaf clover tattoo; Lizzy sees this as a sign and decides to help. Lizzy's vulnerability and love for her family shine in this tender tale of friendship, hope, and faith. A subplot involving fundraising for a local animal shelter lends additional warmth.
136 pp.
| Holiday
| October, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2417-7$16.95
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4-6
Fame-hungry eleven-year-old Jermaine thinks producing her own reality show is her ticket to Hollywood--if only her life in rural Maine weren't so uneventful. Jermaine's lack of scruples in creating sticky situations for her family may disallow readers from connecting with her, but it helps to hammer home the ultimate lesson about exploitation in this timely, humorous novel.
32 pp.
| Abrams
| May, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-0-8109-9490-4$16.95
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K-3
Illustrated by
Margie Moore.
Colonial Williamsburg provides the historic setting for this story of a community coming together to help retrieve Garrick the gardener's horse, Lancer. Rhyming text describes the merry chase the villagers (all are animals) make through town, shown in lively black-pen and watercolor illustrations. The troubles end at the blacksmith shop where Lancer finds a new friend. Glos.