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Frances O'Roark Dowell
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables--the rutabaga--he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to come up with a plan on how to keep him happy before he rots!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment--cultivating exhibits for a mold museum.
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 4
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Sam starts a detective club at school and, because there are no mysteries to solve, gets permission to seek the owners of three items from the lost and found closet.
Author
Series
Sam the man volume 3
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When the family minivan needs replacing, Sam has the perfect plan to turn the new car into a monster minivan, complete with a dragon painted on it. But first, Sam has to convince his family why a monster minivan is the best choice--not to mention learn how to paint a dragon!"--
9) The class
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera's class are dealing with all these things and more--specifically, three more: 1. There's a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy? 2. Someone is stealing...
11) Anybody Shining
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Can one mistake destroy the chance of a lifetime? A girl discovers there are many ways of being true in this magnificent ode to handwritten letters and the shining power of friendship from the author of "Dovey Coe," set in the Appalachian mountains of 1920s North Carolina. One true friend. Someone shining. That's all twelve-year-old Arie Mae wants. But shining true friends are hard to come by deep in the mountains of western North Carolina, so she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Having spent her youth travelling the world, Edgar Award winner Frances O'Roark Dowell is the author of the critically acclaimed Shooting the Moon. A compelling coming-of-age story, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be will resonate in the minds of listeners of all ages long after its conclusion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the dog's "slobber."