Augie Boretski's encounter with a strange green book of fairy tales brings unexpected and exciting changes in his life. The bookstore owner Louisa, as well as the book are magical and along with Big Brother Walter, his classmates, the chorus, Augie leads the community on a mission to save the school.

Reviewed by: adf

Date read: 5/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0375939210

ISBN-13: 9780375939211

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'No cream puffs. Just throw heat.' says her catcher. Twelve year old Madison Mitchell is the first girl in southern Michigan to play in the summer baseball league. Madison is the team's best pitcher and a very good all-round player. The whole country has picked up her story. However, the popular girls make fun of her and her best friend has deserted her. Her enemy, Billy threatens to bean her. And she has a crush on the totally wrong boy on her team. Follow Madison as she balances the pressures of publicity, helping her team win and being a regular person.

Reviewed by: hap

Date read: 2/20/2010

ISBN-10: 0375837752

ISBN-13: 9780375837753

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Wallace Wallace, accidental star of the football team, won't tell even the smallest lie. When he refuses to pretend to like his English teacher's favorite book, Old Shep, My Pal, his teacher sentences him to detention until he rewrites his book report. Since Wallace won't give in to write the kind of report his teacher wants, he's banned from football practice and stuck in rehearsals for the school's play. The play is Old Shep, My Pal, adapted from the book and directed by none other than his teacher, Mr. Fogelman. Wallace's truth-telling mouth just can't keep quiet, though, and soon the play takes a turn no one could have predicted.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 3/30/2010

ISBN-10: 078682462X

ISBN-13: 9780786824625

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Chris' family insists that there is no such thing as magic, but Chris is convinced there is and that his bike disappeared on Halloween night because magic was at play. Chris and his friend, Muffin, set out to find his missing bike and prove to his skeptical parents that magic is indeed real.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0394850017

ISBN-13: 9780394850016

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Princess Emma's adventures continue when she journeys to Upper Montevista to meet Eadric's parents. From the very beginning, there is trouble. Bradston, Eadric's brother, has been kidnapped by trolls, and Eadric's mother won't let Emma use magic. Trolls prove to be terrifying foes, and put both Emma, and Eadric's, strengths to the test. This is book four in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 1599902184

ISBN-13: 9781599902180

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