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Children's Fabulous Fiction 

Spooky Stories

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The Entertainer and the Dybuk (2008)
   Sid Fleischman.

The Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, becomes possessed by a Jewish spirit called a dybuk. The dybuk is the ghost of a 12-year-old boy named Avrom Amos who was killed by Nazis during World War II. Will he use The Great Freddie to seek revenge?
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Triple-Dare To Be Scared (2007)
   Robert D. San Souci.

Do you like a good scary story? Here are thirteen stories to scare you! For example, "They Bite Too!" and "Field of Nightmares." These stories are guaranteed to keep you awake at night. Read them...if you dare!
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Funny Fiction

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The Gollywhopper Games (2008)
   Jody Feldman.

Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson enters the Golly Toy and Game Company's competition. Can he complete the games, puzzles, and other activities before the other contestants?
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Trophy Kid, or How I Was Adopted by the Rich and Famous (2008)
   Steve Atinsky.

Thirteen-year-old Josef (who was adopted at the age of three as a war orphan by famous celebrities) gets to write about his life. Should he tell how he really feels about his family or make everyone think he's had a happy and normal childhood?
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Adventures

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Savvy (2008)
   Ingrid Law.

Mibs Beaumont's family each have a special power called a "savvy." Discover what Mibs savvy is and see if she can use it to help her father who is in the hospital.
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A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End (2008).

Avon the snail decides to become a writer. With the help of his friend Edward the ant, they are led into a series of adventures while they search for a good story.
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Mysteries

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Masterpiece (2008)
   Elise Broach.

Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for a human named James. The two unlikely friends work together to recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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I Put a Spell On You (2008)
   Adam  Selzer.

Gordon Liddy Community School's pupil Chrissie Woodward gets dirt on her fellow classmates for Principal Floren until someone gets unfairly punished. Then she find out that adults are out to fix the big spelling bee. Can she stop them?
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Science Fiction

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The Girl Who Could Fly (2008)
   Victoria Forester.

Homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud discovers that she can fly! She is taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other special children. Piper soon realizes that something is wrong and begins trying to escape with the help of smart and rich Conrad.
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Nightmare at the Bookfair (2008)
   Dan  Gutman.

Fifth-grader Trip Kindleman, who does not like to read, gets hit on the head by a heavy box of books and becomes characters in a series of different stories. What types of books will he be part of?
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