Maude and Sallie were orphaned when both their parents died of illness. Their Aunt Ruthie took care of them until she was killed by a stray bullet in a barroom shooting contest. Maude and Sallie are then taken in by the town preacher and his wife, who find themselves lucky to have free labor to care for their house and several small children. Maude, always proper and refined, takes matters into her own hands to escape all of this and an arranged marriage. She and Sallie start on a journey to find their Uncle Arlen. A journey that gets them mixed up in horse stealing, bank robbing, and a deadly shoot out with a desperate gang. Will Maude ever live down the reputation of 'Notorious Mad Maude March?' Read the Misadventures of Maude March and Maude March on the Run!, or, Trouble is her Middle Name to find out.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0375932453

ISBN-13: 9780375932458

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Commenter: St. Charles Reader, grade 0

Bobby and his friends have never fit in with anyone except each other. They all have quirks that have made them outsiders, the targets of cruel name-calling, but they have one another. They get together weekly to discuss important issues over ice cream. When outspoken Addie gets the idea in her head that they should create a third party to run against the Democrat and Republican parties for student council, Bobby has a brilliant idea. They could create a No-Name Party against name-calling, which all of them have endured over the years. Their first round of posters starts everyone talking. Could these outsiders possibly win a student election?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 5/14/2010

ISBN-10: 0689839553

ISBN-13: 9780689839559

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This first-grader avoids books whenever possible. She doesn't understand her school librarian, who loves books so much that she dresses in costumes to read them. Then, to the girl's horror, she is asked to share a book she loves with her class for Book Week. She asks her mom if they can leave town, but her mom says, 'There's a librarian in every town.' Will she find a book she can tolerate? Could a book ever be gross enough for her to love?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0375946829

ISBN-13: 9780375946820

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What are the students in Room 207 going to do? Their sweet and loving teacher, Miss Nelson is missing and was replaced with the terrible and mean substitute teacher, Miss Viola Swamp. Miss Swamp always wears an ugly black dress, yells at them, raps on the desk with her ruler, and loads them down with homework. Even though they had misbehaved badly for Miss Nelson: throwing spitballs, squirming in their desks, being rude during storytime, and flying paper airplanes, the students of Room 207 would do anything to get her back. What would it take to get Miss Nelson to return?

Similar authors: James Marshall; Frank Asch; Christine M. Schneider; Harriet Ziefert; Peggy Parish

Similar books: Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard; Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard; George and Martha: One Fine Day by James Marshall; Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish; Picky Mrs. Pickle by Christine M. Schneider

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/1/2011

ISBN-10: 0395252962

ISBN-13: 9780395252963

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Thea and her dad are always on the move, from one small Cariboo town to another, trying to leave behind the pain of Thea's mom's death. They never stay long enough in one place for Thea to make friends, but when her dad gets work renovating a guest ranch on Gumboot Lake, she dares to hope that their wandering days are over. At the ranch, she makes friends with Van, a local boy, and works hard to build the trust of an abused horse named Renegade. When Thea unearths the decades-old story of a four-year-old girl who disappeared from the ranch and was never seen again, she enlists Van to help her solve the mystery. When some disturbing facts come to light, she finally starts to come to terms with the losses in her own life.

Reviewed by: caroll

Date read: 10/7/2011

ISBN-10: 1554693454

ISBN-13: 9781554693450

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