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Retells three Lebanese folktales concerning the making of two fools and the undoing of a clever faker.
Hardcover:
9780688418069 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1977, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Authentic folk tales exemplify the unique Lebanese ethnic humor that has been sustained through good times and bad
School and Library:
9780027827309 | Atheneum, November 1, 1978, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Discusses the invention, function, and composition of artificial kidneys, eyes, ears, hearts, arms, legs, and other human replacement parts, and proposes some related legal and ethical problems.
School and Library:
9780395282717 | Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 1979, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Martin doesn't like coming home to an empty house when his mother goes back to work.
School and Library:
9780152356729 | Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 1980, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Andrew Otter makes a few mistakes before he learns how to be honest and tactful at the same time.
Only when he finally reaches adolescence does a boy, living in medieval Poland, realize people think he is a werewolf.
Hardcover:
9780395300794 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1981, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: In a tale set in medieval Poland, young Adam--thought by superstitious people to be a werewolf--seeks a miraculous cure from the queen
Paperback:
9780688045937, titled "Lost in the Devil's Desert" | Reissue edition (Beech Tree Books, August 1, 1993), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive
School and Library:
9780688008987, titled "Lost in the Devil's Desert" | William Morrow & Co, July 1, 1982, cover price $10.25 | About this edition: An eleven-year-old boy, lost in the wastes of the Devil's Desert, survives a three-day ordeal
Prebinding:
9780785734062, titled "Lost in the Devil's Desert" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive
Hardcover:
9780899191522 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1983, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Karl Kerner can hardly wait until he can quit school and get a real job in one of the town's steel mills
Paperback:
9780822957416 | Reprint edition (Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, December 1, 2000), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The summer of 1911 is a decisive one for three young men in a Pennsylvania steel town as they find and lose jobs, fall in love, and begin to shape their adult lives.
School and Library:
9780688026882 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1984, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Usually antagonistic, Gina and Justin, twelve-year-old cousins, come to a better understanding of each other during a night trying to survive a flash flood and other dangers in the western mountains.
Prebinding:
9780785757696 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Usually antagonistic, Gina and Justin, twelve-year-old cousins, come to a better understanding of each other during a night trying to survive a flash flood and other dangers in the western mountains.
Hardcover:
9780688058203 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1985, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: A brother and sister in Las Vegas are caught up in a terrorist scheme to damage the Hoover Dam.
Paperback:
9780394895987 | Random House Childrens Books, May 1, 1988, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel through the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron.
Library:
9780394995984 | Random House Childrens Books, June 1, 1988, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel through the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron.
Reinforced:
9780606124249 | Demco Media, May 1, 1988, cover price $11.47 | About this edition: In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel through the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron.
Prebinding:
9780833527769 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: In the year 1195, eleven-year-old Roger and his eight-year-old sister Alice travel through the French countryside in search of their ailing mother's estranged brother, a wealthy baron.
School and Library:
9780027827316 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: While taking one last driving tour of Wyoming before moving out of state, eleven-year-old Angela accompanies her beloved seventy-eight-year-old great-aunt Hil to Yellowstone National Park, where Hil's strange behavior suggests she may be losing her sanity.
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9780027829174 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1990, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An introduction to robotics, focusing on such topics as the robot revolution, bionics, and avionics.
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9780027780727 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An introduction to physical and computer simulations, focusing on the use of wind tunnels, air and automotive safety testing, and astronaut training
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9780027829167 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The inner workings of the postal system are revealed as the author traces the path of a little girl's letter from her home in New Mexico to her cousin's home in Utah; includes tips on how to address an envelope
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9780027780710 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1993, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Explains the scientific principles and technology involved in telephone calls and facsimile transmissions and discusses future possibilities in telecommunications
As recounted by a young serf, this first-person narrative reveals the circumstances surrounding the Pied Piper of Hamelin's abduction of 130 children and his plans to sell them to noblemen of unpopulated lands
Hardcover:
9780844668284 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, September 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: After the townspeople of Hamelin refuse to pay the gypsy piper for ridding their city of rats, the piper's young apprentice discovers his master's horrifying scheme to revenge himself on Hamelin's children.
Paperback:
9780679836452 | Reprint edition (Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 1993), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker's assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper.
Reinforced:
9780606060875 | Demco Media, October 1, 1993, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A novel of the Pied Piper legend told from the standpoint of a 14-year-old baker's assistant who dreams of freedom from his harsh medieval life and of a new life with the piper.
School and Library:
9780027829228 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides a close-up look at how diverse types of electronic games are created, explaining how they work, the invention and historical development of such games, and new trends in the field
Paperback:
9780688129453 | Reprint edition (Beech Tree Books, May 1, 1994), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: On a three-day hike in the wilderness, Paul and Lance must use their survival skills when confronted by an injured drug dealer and an earthquake
School and Library:
9780688016357 | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1984, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: On a three-day hike in a national forest, Paul and Lance, his adopted brother, encounter an unexpected earthquake and a drug smuggler who was injured in the crash of his stolen plane
Reinforced:
9780606062695 | Demco Media, May 1, 1994, cover price $12.26 | About this edition: On a three-day hike in the wilderness, Paul and Lance must use their survival skills when confronted by an injured drug dealer and an earthquake
Prebinding:
9780785734055 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: On a three-day hike in the wilderness, Paul and Lance must use their survival skills when confronted by an injured drug dealer and an earthquake
School and Library:
9780027829259 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Provides information to help young readers understand the nature of gravity, its impact on human life, and what life would be like in a zero-gravity environment
Paperback:
9780688136215 | Beech Tree Books, December 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Usually antagonistic, Gina and Justin, twelve-year-old cousins, come to a better understanding of each other during a night trying to survive a flash flood and other dangers in the western mountains.
Paperback:
9780816735921, titled "Caitlin's Big Idea" | Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1995, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Nine-year-old Caitlin is always trying to help her neighbors, her friends, and her mother, but the results often aren't what she intends
School and Library:
9780816738144, titled "Caitlin's Big Idea" | Troll Communications Llc, December 1, 1995, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Nine-year-old Caitlin is always trying to help her neighbors, her friends, and her mother, but the results often aren't what she intends.
School and Library:
9780027829266 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Distraught over losing her dog to the Animal Control Division, Darcy Kane steps into the Virtural Reality Rent-a-Memory machine that her neighbor often uses and becomes trapped inside with a virtual tornado when the machine goes haywire
Hardcover:
9780792235200 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, October 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Examines different kinds of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, microwaves, light, x-rays and gamma rays
Paperback:
9780816742141 | Troll Communications Llc, April 1, 1997, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Caitlin needs to prove the innocence of her friend Joe Daniel, who has been accused of stealing a valuable Native American statue
When the animals belonging to the school science club start to disappear, replaced by frightening notes, Caitlin suspects Jeremiah, the newest student in the class
Paperback:
9780816742158 | Troll Communications Llc, May 1, 1997, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: When the animals being raised by members of the school science club start to disappear, replaced by frightening notes, Caitlin begins to suspect Jeremiah Elkins, the newest student in the class.
Prebinding:
9780613139793 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $10.65 | About this edition: When the animals being raised by members of the school science club start to disappear, replaced by frightening notes, Caitlin begins to suspect Jeremiah Elkins, the newest student in the class.
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