Anne Mazer
1) The Oxboy
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An ALA Notable Book: A contemporary tale of mythic proportions. Once upon a time, humans and animals lived together in perfect harmony. Each species was respected for its own particular strength, knowledge, and wisdom. The Oxboy has a human mother and an ox father. But human society has now decided that this is unnatural and degrading. He and other children like him must keep their identities secret. But when the Oxboy is given a certificate covered...
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What will it take for Phoebe to become a witch? Phoebe has wanted to be a witch since she was four years old, when witches transformed a barren, rundown park in her town into a thriving and beautiful spot with flowerbeds in full bloom and swings for the children. Witches are what keep the world spinning. They are responsible for beauty and magic - and Phoebe wants desperately to join their ranks. But as a clumsy fifth grader, she doubts she ever could....
3) Moose Street
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Welcome to Moose Street. Lena Rosen is eleven years old, and her life is pretty typical. From babysitting her little sister to spending time with friends to sticking up for the class outcast to sneaking off to buy candy from the corner store, she is just like all of the other kids on her block. Except for one thing - she's Jewish. Lena's family is the only one on all of Moose Street that isn't Catholic or Protestant. "You're the ones who killed Christ,"...
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Eleven gripping paranormal tales from award-winning author Anne Mazer. Full of paranormal activity, haunting plot twists, and bone-chilling horror, this spellbinding collection will grip readers until the very last page. In "Glass Heart," a tiny shard of glass flies into a girl's eye, causing her body to grow colder and colder until she is frozen to her very bones. "Secrets" tells the story of a girl who is tormented when other people's secrets wind...
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Series
Amazing days of Abby Hayes volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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This year the Fall Festival at the high school will be the best ever. Abby wants to go with her friends--not her parents and little brother.
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Amazing days of Abby Hayes volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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"Abby Hayes is starting fifth grade. Her supersibs, the perfect older twins and her genius little brother, have already proved their Hayes worthiness. This is going to be Abby's year ... and she's going to record every moment of it!"--Page 2 of cover.
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Prompted by a neverending stream of letters pleading for advice on how to be a better writer, successful children's authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter put their heads together to create this useful guide.
With dozens of books and decades of experience between them, the authors brought their distinct personal styles to the advice they had to offer. Now they have done the same for this audio version, with each author narrating her own sections. Along...