Mary Casanova
2) Grace
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Series
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas when she goes to Paris with her mother and has trouble getting along with her cousin, while at home her friends start the business she proposed without her.
3) Some dog!
Author
Description
A stray dog moves into George's formerly peaceful home, dazzling the man and woman of the house with lively tricks and antics that just leave George exhausted.
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Series
Girl of the year volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
6) McKenna
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Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Seattle fourth-grader McKenna Brooks, who lives for gymnastics, struggles with school work until Josie, a tutor confined to a wheelchair, helps her with reading comprehension and much more.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Ten-year-old Grace is crushed to learn that her grandparents' bakery might close after thirty years and wonders how her own business, which they inspired, can survive if theirs cannot, but she and her friends use their talents and newly-acquired business skills to try to save the day.
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Series
Dog watch volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The dogs of Pembrook, Minnesota investigate when one of the town's dogs mysteriously disappears.
12) Some cat!
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When Violet the cat is adopted she has trouble sharing her new kingdom with the family dogs until they save her from some home invaders.
16) Riot
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Pub. Date
c1996
Description
When his father engages in vandalism against non-union employees, Bryan, a sixth-grader, must decide whether to accept his father's actions or do what he believes is right.
17) Wake up, island
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Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
As day dawns, plants and animals on an island wake up and start their busy day.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After McKenna suffers an injury that causes her to worry about her place on the Shooting Star competitive gymnastics team, she tries to help her tutor, Josie, overcome her fear of horseback riding, but as McKenna and Josie become closer friends, one McKenna's teammates gets jealous.
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Series
Dog watch volume 5
Pub. Date
2007
Description
When a super-size truck carrying the stars of "Hollywood's Extreme Stunt Dogs" shows up in Pembrook, Kito and the gang wonder if the dogs are truly amazing or if they are in extreme danger.