Cynthia Lord
1) Rules
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
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On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.
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Hot rod hamster volume 5
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2015.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Hot Rod Hamster is invited to a Halloween party, and he enlists the help of a group of ghosts to win the spookiest costume contest.
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Hot rod hamster volume 1
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A hamster, with the help of a canine junkyard dealer and his mouse assistants, builts a hot rod and drives it in a race against some very large dogs.
6) Touch Blue
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An exquisite second novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES! TOUCH BLUE, sure as certain, will touch your heart.The state of Maine plans to shut down her island's schoolhouse, which would force Tess's family to move to the mainland--and Tess to leave the only home she has ever known. Fortunately, the islanders have a plan too: increase the numbers of students by having several families take in foster children. So now Tess and her family are...
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This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.
When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial...
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Hot rod hamster volume 3
Pub. Date
c2014
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Hot Rod Hamster and his friends are geared up and ready to find the best ride of all when Fearless Franco's Monster Truck Mania gives Hot Rod Hamster the surprise opportunity of a lifetime on Fair Day. 40pp., Ill.
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2014.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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A new early reader series from dynamic duo, Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling illustrator Derek Anderson, featuring Hot Rod Hamster!
Hot Rod Hamster LOVES to drive superfast. And today he's building a box car from scratch to race downhill in the Wacky Whatever Race. He needs to pick out a box, wheels, and a paint color for his car. Can you help him?With the same bouncing rhythms, fun choice rhymes, and daredevil antics...
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A lonely doll helps a child adjust to a blended family in the first of a charming series about library toys and the children who borrow them, written by Newbery Honoree Cynthia Lord. Ivy was Anne the librarian's doll when she was a young girl. But now she has moved to Anne's library to be its newest Book Buddy--a toy that can be checked out just like a book. Ivy isn't sure she wants to be borrowed, though. She'd rather go back to just being Anne's...
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Dazzle is a unicorn with a twisty horn and sparkly pink tail. On his tag, it says that unicorns can grant wishes. Dazzle isn't sure if he can grant a wish for himself, but what he wishes for is a child and a home of his own. Instead he gets sold at a yard sale and becomes one of the Book Buddies.
Maya has just moved and hopes Dazzle can grant her wish for a new friend. When a playdate with Isabelle doesn't go as well as Maya had hoped, she's worried...
12) Marco Polo
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Marco Polo is a mouse Christmas ornament that the librarian thought was too cute to be put away. Marco Polo pretends he's a brave adventurer because he often finds himself in tight spaces, like behind the refrigerator. But really, he's afraid of being lost. He's borrowed by Seth, who has been invited to his first sleepover at a friend's house. Seth is excited, but also afraid of spending the whole night away from home. They face their fears together...
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From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything around us is changing.
Mia and her mom visit Grandma in Maine every summer, but this year Mia is going alone. Her mom will stay behind to get their house ready to sell. It'll be a new start, she says, after the divorce.
Mia doesn't want a new start. She'd rather everything just stayed the same! At least things will be the same at Grandma's, though....
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Book buddies volume 2
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2022.
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68 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Tiny mouse Marco Polo is almost never chosen to leave the library, but when a boy about to attend his first sleepover needs a friend to smuggle along, the great mouse explorer's day has come.
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Hot rod hamster volume 2
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c2011
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Follows Hamster and his friend Dog as they prepare for a birthday party.