Leslie Connor
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Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. But those troubles don't compare with grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family's orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can't understand why Lieutenant Baird won't believe the story Mason has told about that day. Mason's new friend, tiny Calvin Chumsky,...
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Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive. Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine. n the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare...
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"Eleven-year-old Perry was born and raised by his mom at the Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility in tiny Surprise, Nebraska. His mom is a resident on Cell Block C, and so far Warden Daugherty has made it possible for them to be together. That is, until a new district attorney discovers the truth--and Perry is removed from the facility and forced into a foster home. When Perry moves to the "outside" world, he feels trapped. Desperate to be reunited...
6) Crunch
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The oldest Mariss brother, fourteen-year-old Dewey, attempts to be the "embodiment of responsibility" as he juggles the management of the family's bicycle repair business while sharing the household and farm duties with his siblings after a sudden energy crisis strands their parents far from home.
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Mason Buttle ist grundehrlich und liebenswert, er hat ein Herz aus Gold. Dafür würde er niemals einen Buchstabierwettbewerb gewinnen, denn er kann kaum lesen und schreiben. Die anderen Kinder lachen ihn aus und hänseln ihn. Aber Mason hat Calvin. Calvin ist ungewöhnlich klein und dünn, dafür aber besonders schlau. Gemeinsam bauen die beiden ein Geheimversteck, in dem sie sich vor den Angriffen der anderen verstecken. Bis Calvin eines Tages vermisst...