Sara Pennypacker
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What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
3) Pax
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"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--
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"Ware can't wait to spend summer "off in his own world"--dreaming of knights in the Middle Ages and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called "normal" kids do. On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon he starts skipping Rec, creating...
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Living with her Great-aunt Louise on the shores of Cape Cod, Stella finds that Louise likes routine just as much as she does. Stella's mother lacks reliability, so she is off finding herself while Stella hopes she will be able to settle back at Cape Cod. The only hitch in a perfect life so far is Angel, Louise's less-than-angelic foster kid. When Stella and Angel are forced into a situation where Louise cannot help them, they find that they have come...
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Science wiz Waylon and his classmate Baxter, who seems more inclined to get in trouble than do school work, both love the stray dog called Dumpster Eddy. So when they learn he'll be sent to an animal shelter in ten days, the two boys must partner up to save Eddy. Their unlikely partnership is Eddy's only hope.
11) Stuart's cape
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Bored because there is nothing to do in the house to which his family has just moved and worried about starting third grade in a new school, Stuart makes a magical cape out of his uncle's ties and has a series of adventures.
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¿Qué hay que tener para ser un héroe?
La primera novela Middle Grade de la autora de PAX.
Una emotiva oda a los introvertidos, a los soñadores y a los marginados.
El plan de verano de Ware es que lo dejen en paz para poder pasarlo en su mundo.
Pero sus padres tienen otros planes para él.
Por ejemplo, mandarlo a un campamento donde tendrá que relacionarse con chicos de su edad, como se supone que hacen los muchachos normales.
Pero Ware no es...