Allan Woodrow
1) The pet war
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Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog. His twelve-year-old perfect sister, Lexi, wants a cat. Their mother, who works very long hours as a nurse, wants neither. Pets are expensive so who's going to pay for everything? And what happens to the pet when the siblings are at their dad's for the weekend? Otto has an idea. What if he got a job and earned enough money to pay for the dog? Then Lexi has to open her big mouth. She proposes that whichever sibling...
2) Unschooled
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Fifth graders George and Lilly are best friends, but when they end up leading separate teams competing for the Spirit Week prize, it puts a strain on their friendship, especially when the competition generates a host of nasty pranks designed to sabotage their teams--and if Principal Klein finds out what is going on Spirit Week will be canceled and everybody concerned will spend the rest of the year in detention.--Provided by Publisher.
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Class 507 is terrible, and one day, after a particularly disastrous science experiment, Ms. Bryce quits and walks out in the middle of class, and the school office never finds out--at first all the fifth graders enjoy goofing off, but after a few days that starts getting boring, and the students begin to realize that school without a teacher is not easy, cooperating is difficult, and keeping a secret is harder than they thought.
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The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, they search for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart...
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Werepenguin volume 1
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Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Some stories are about happy, adorable penguins who form families, learn to dance, or make friends. This is not one of those stories. All orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a twelve-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt...
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Cuando el misterioso Barón Chordata convoca a Bolt Wattle al lejano país de Brugaria, el niño cree que finalmente se reencontrará con sus padres perdidos hace mucho tiempo. Pero en Brugaria nada es lo que parece y Bolt está en peligro. Una chica aspirante a mejor bandida de todos los tiempos y el líder de un culto a las ballenas son solo algunos de los extraños personajes que ayudan (y atacan) a Bolt en su viaje. Algunas historias cuentan sobre...
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Werepenguin volume 2
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt Waddle, washed-up pirate Blackburn, and plucky were-gull Gentoo help Annika the bandit to rescue her imprisoned father from the ruthless Earl of Sphen.
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Werepenguin volume 3
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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After receiving a clue from Omneseus the Seer, twelve-year-old werepenguin Bolt and his friends Blackburn and Annika set off to defeat "the Stranger" and free the world's penguins from his reign.
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HarperCollins
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2011
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English
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Ten-year-old Zachary Ruthless, who aspires to join the Society of Utterly Rotten, Beastly, and Loathsome Lawbreaking Scoundrels (SOURBALLS), acquires an inexperienced but earnest henchman and sets out to prove how evil he can be.