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School and Library:
9780545104746 | 1 edition (Scholastic, May 1, 2009), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: From Blake Nelson, a fantastic and topical novel about idealism and finding the ideal girl.
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School and Library:
9781416958888 | Simon & Schuster, February 24, 2009, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Welcome to Ballyhoo Bay, where Mira Bella the artist teaches painting and sculpture to grannies and kids.
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Product Description: In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member...read more
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Hardcover:
9780375834660 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 12, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.
Paperback:
9780375834677 | Reprint edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 9, 2008), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States.
Library:
9780375934667 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 12, 2006, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.
Prebinding:
9781439584026 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States.
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High school freshman Willa holds fundraising events at her family's Cape Cod inn to save the local library and to hook up romantically with JFK (Joseph Frances Kennelly).
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Hardcover:
9781416908678 | Simon & Schuster, December 26, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: High school freshman Willa holds fundraising events at her family's Cape Cod inn to save the local library and to hook up romantically with JFK (Joseph Frances Kennelly).
Paperback:
9781416954842 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, January 8, 2008), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: After successfully matching up her mother with a local teacher, Willa believes that she has a newfound gift for romance, but when her first crush moves back into town with no interest in rekindling old sparks and things go awry with a school fundraiser, Willa needs to rethink her strategy in time to get a date for the Midwinter Night's Ball.
Miscellaneous:
9781439108192 | Aladdin Paperbacks, June 24, 2008, cover price $5.99
Prebinding:
9781417811120 | 1 edition (Turtleback Books, January 8, 2008), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When the library in Bramble, Cape Cod, announces it's in danger of closing, the town residents have got to raise BIG money and FAST.
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Product Description: E. L. Konigsburg revisits the town of Epiphany to tell the story of Margaret Rose Kane, Connor's older half-sister. It's about the summer when Margaret Rose turned twelve--the same year that Cabbage Patch dolls were popular, that Sally Ride became the first woman to go into space, that El Niño turned the world upside-down...read more
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Hardcover:
9780786264834 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 2004), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her great-uncles have been building in their backyard for more than forty years.
9780689866364 | 1 edition (Atheneum, January 1, 2004), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
Paperback:
9780786280902 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, January 6, 2006), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: E.
9780689866371 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, December 27, 2005), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780807223253 | Unabridged edition (Listening Library, January 1, 2004), cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
Reinforced:
9780606350143, titled "Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place" | Demco Media, December 27, 2005, cover price $14.53
Prebinding:
9781435298897 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 5, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: E.
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Product Description: When the library in Bramble, Cape Cod, announces it's in danger of closing, the town residents have got to raise BIG money and FAST. Thirteen-year-old Willa must put her crush on Joey Kennelly on the back burner to save the library, but the question is, How?
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Prebinding:
9781439541982 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When the library in Bramble, Cape Cod, announces it's in danger of closing, the town residents have got to raise BIG money and FAST.
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Prebinding:
9781417699797 | Turtleback Books, December 20, 2005, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her grand uncles have been building in their back yard for over forty years.
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Hardcover:
9780618131990 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 2001, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Although Tommy, a Japanese-American sixth-grader, has serious doubts when his mother starts organizing a rally to fight racism, once he and his friends find a cause of their own he gains more understanding of her motives.
Paperback:
9780618548798 | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, May 30, 2005), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Tommy comes to understand the importance of fighting for one's beliefs after learning an important lesson from his mother about her own participation in the battle against racism.
Reinforced:
9780606336536, titled "Day for Vincent Chin And Me" | Demco Media, October 1, 2001, cover price $14.50 | About this edition: Although Tommy, a Japanese-American sixth-grader, has serious doubts when his mother starts organizing a rally to fight racism, once he and his friends find a cause of their own he gains more understanding of her motives.
Prebinding:
9781417717859, titled "Day For Vincent Chin And Me" | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2005, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Sixth-graders Tommy, Angela, Faye, and the twins, Judge and Jury Jenkins, have been friends forever.
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Norman finds he may be more than just an average seventh-grader when he and Mrs. Adelsack, an indomitable teacher, get into surprising situations in their efforts to save the school from closing
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Paperback:
9780440494485 | Yearling Books, April 1, 1984, cover price $2.25 | About this edition: Norman finds he may be more than just an average seventh-grader when he and Mrs.
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Norman, his fellow seventh graders, and their home economics teacher campaign to save Fortuna Middle School, which has been slated for closure by the school board.
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Hardcover:
9780385292511 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 1983, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Norman finds he may be more than just an average seventh-grader when he and Mrs.
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