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Read-Alikes for
The Lemonade Trick
by Scott Corbett
Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed The Lemonade Trick. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other age-appropriate books by this author:
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| The Lemonade Trick
| by Scott Corbett
| J COR
| A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial
effect on the Sunday School pageant. When Kerby adds his mystery potion to
a pitcher of lemonade, the results are really astounding!
| | The Baseball Trick
| by Scott Corbett
| J COR
| Kerby's potion, designed to combat the ringers
on the opposing team, yields surprising results.
| | The Disappearing Dog Trick
| by Scott Corbett
| J COR
| A potion enables Kerby and his friend to
locate Kerby's missing dog.
| | The Home Run Trick
| by Scott Corbett
| J COR
| The Panthers try desperately to lose a baseball
game when they learn the winner must play a girls'
team.
| | Steady Freddie
| by Scott Corbett
| J COR
| When she discovers a frog in her purse after a
visit to the zoo, a young girl decides to keep him as a
pet even though the boy next door is determined to
return him to the swamp.
| MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY:
Magical stories of the unexpected.
| | The Mystery Machine
| by Herbie Brennan
| J BRE
| Herbert accidentally discovers that the weird
woman who moved in next door is really a member of
an alien race that plans to take over Earth.
| | Emily and the Werewolf
| by Herbie Brennan
| J BRE
| When Emily sees Farmer Osboro turn into a
hairy werewolf on her way to school one morning, she
consults an old book called Hypnosis for Beginners -
and develops a plan to get rid of the werewolf.
| | McMummy
| by Betsy Byars
| J BYA
| Looking after an eccentric scientist's
greenhouse doesn't seem any stranger than the other
odd jobs taken by Mozie and his partner Battie - until
Mozie discovers a large, mummy-shaped pod on one
of the plants.
| | The 18th Emergency
| by Betsy Byars
| J BYA
| When the toughest boy in school swears to kill
him, 12-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends
and must prepare for this emergency alone.
| | Andrew and the Alchemist
| by Barbara Byfield
| J BYF
| Andrew, an 11-year-old orphan, becomes
apprenticed to an alchemist and begins a life of
adventure.
| | James and the Giant Peach
| by Roald Dahl
| J DAH
| James is sent to live with his two mean aunts
after his parents' death. One day, he meets an old
man in a strange dark-green suit who gives him a bag
of magic. Then the fun begins!
| | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| by Robert Lewis Stevenson
| J STE
| An adaptation of the classic story of a doctor
who concocts a drug to separate one man into two
personalities and tests it on himself.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
February 1998.
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