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Product Description: Book by Nixon, Joan Lowery

Prebinding:

9780785766902 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.05 | About this edition: Book by Nixon, Joan Lowery

When Sue and Mike try to discover the truth of the old Irish legend that horses talk at midnight on Christmas Eve, they stumble across some robbers and their loot

School and Library:

9780807511503 | Albert Whitman & Co, June 1, 1981, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An old Irish legend says that horses talk at midnight on Christmas Eve, but when Susan and Mike stand watch at the local stable, they overhear robbers, not horses.

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Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes

Hardcover:

9780385322805 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes

Paperback:

9780440227311 | Laurel Leaf, August 1, 1998, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes

Reinforced:

9780606132763 | Demco Media, August 1, 1998, cover price $11.76 | About this edition: Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes

Prebinding:

9780613377027 | Turtleback Books, November 1, 2001, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes

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Little Dip, the dinosaur, learns enough from Harold and Mabel, time travelers from 1977, to help himself and his family the next time tyrannosaurus rex threatens them

Library:

9780399611094 | Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1978, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A young dinosaur learns how to deal with the terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex after encountering the tiny Giants and a thing called a World Series.

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In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri

Hardcover:

9780385320733 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.

Library:

9780836826425 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri.

Prebinding:

9780785779438 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand

After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand

Paperback:

9780440219651 | Reissue edition (Laurel Leaf, April 1, 1999), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand

Reinforced:

9780606085113 | Demco Media, January 1, 1996, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and a friend join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand

Prebinding:

9781439520932 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.99

Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder

Hardcover:

9780385295857 | Delacorte Pr, November 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder

Paperback:

9780440419815 | Yearling Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder.
9780440203483 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, November 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder

Reinforced:

9780606041942 | Demco Media, November 1, 1993, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder

Prebinding:

9781435279285 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 16, 2008), cover price $14.99
9780613983167, titled "Dark And Deadly Pool" | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth's summer job at an expensive health club turns out to be more exciting than she bargained for when a series of mysterious events culminate in murder.
9780833531414 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.40 | About this edition: Mary Elizabeth's nighttime job at a hotel health club becomes a terrifying experience when she stumbles upon a corpse in the swimming pool, and she joins forces with Francis, a handsome young man, to solve the murder

After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Hardcover:

9780385322966, titled "David's Search" | Delacorte Pr, November 1, 1998, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku-Klux Klan

Paperback:

9780440413158, titled "David's Search" | Yearling Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Reinforced:

9780606178310, titled "David's Search" | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $12.87 | About this edition: After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Prebinding:

9780613284622, titled "David's Search" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: After eleven-year-old orphan-train rider David Howard settles with a strict Texas farm family, his best friend, an ex-slave, is threatened by the growing presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

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After being robbed by someone he knows, Eddie Compo becomes a victim of his own fear.

Hardcover:

9780525451068 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1983, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: After being robbed at gunpoint, Eddie Compo must come to terms with his fear of his assailant, a local hoodlum who has been terrorizing the neighborhood

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Lisa and her three friends find themselves unwilling players in a cat-and-mouse game with a murderous magician whose identity and motivation baffle them.

Hardcover:

9780152229542 | Harcourt Childrens Books, November 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends find themselves unwilling players in a cat-and-mouse game with a murderous magician whose identity and motivation baffle them.

Paperback:

9780152050306, titled "A Deadly Game of Magic" | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 2004), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends find themselves unwilling players in a cat-and-mouse game with a murderous magician whose identity and motivation baffle them.
9780440921028, titled "A Deadly Game of Magic" | Reissue edition (Laurel Leaf, May 1, 1992), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends are trapped in a strange house, where a mysterious magician starts performing terrifying tricks, one of which is murder.

Reinforced:

9780606304139, titled "A Deadly Game Of Magic" | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $14.50 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780606002684, titled "A Deadly Game of Magic" | Demco Media, May 1, 1992, cover price $12.97 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends are trapped in a strange house, where a mysterious magician starts performing terrifying tricks, one of which is murder.

Prebinding:

9780613716314 | Turtleback Books, March 30, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends find themselves unwilling players in a cat-and-mouse game with a murderous magician whose identity and motivation baffle them.
9780808565291 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Lisa and her three friends are trapped in a strange house, where a mysterious magician starts performing terrifying tricks, one of which is murder.

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Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose big time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville

Hardcover:

9780553080544 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose big time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville

Paperback:

9780553561777 | Reprint edition (Starfire, May 1, 1993), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose big time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville

Reinforced:

9780606052290 | Demco Media, May 1, 1993, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: Sarah risks her life to clear her murdered father's name and expose big time criminal activity in the lawless mining town of Leadville

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When two new guys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking up, but she doesn't know their real identities or if she can trust them.

Hardcover:

9780385320658, titled "Don't Scream" | Delacorte Pr, September 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When two new guys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking up, but she doesn't know their real identities or if she can trust them

Paperback:

9780440227106, titled "Don't Scream" | Laurel Leaf, October 1, 1997, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Thinking that the year is looking up when two new boys enter her high school, Jess is unaware that one of the boys is a sociopath who has been given a new identity by the government and the other is seeking revenge

Reinforced:

9780606129190, titled "Don't Scream" | Demco Media, October 1, 1997, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: Thinking that the year is looking up when two new boys enter her high school, Jess is unaware that one of the boys is a sociopath who has been given a new identity by the government and the other is seeking revenge

Prebinding:

9780613035859 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Thinking that the year is looking up when two new boys enter her high school, Jess is unaware that one of the boys is a sociopath who has been given a new identity by the government and the other is seeking revenge

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Discusses the nature of earthquakes, their causes and signs or precursors, their measurement and prediction, and what to do before, during, and after an earthquake.

Library:

9780396079750 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1981, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An up-to-date text and black-and-white photographs explain the nature of earthquakes, theories regarding their causes, and methods of measuring their force and provide guidelines on what to do during an earthquake

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When Susan and Mike suspect that thieves may be plotting the theft of a valuable Easter egg, they organize their neighbors to ward off the crooks.
By Jim Cummins (illustrator) and Joan Lowery Nixon

School and Library:

9780807518748 | Albert Whitman & Co, January 1, 1982, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: In learning the significance of the Easter egg, young readers follow the adventures of Mike and Susan and their plans to protect Mrs.

Library:

9780836828092 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2001, cover price $48.00

Distraught over the canceling of the long-running sitcom in which she starred, Erin Jenkins, who feels closer to her show biz family than to her own, seeks advice from her grandmother, screen legend Abby Grant. Reprint. SLJ. AB.

Hardcover:

9780553070248 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Cassie's daughter Erin, who identifies closely with her grandmother Abby, wants to be an actress more than anything in the world, but is disappointed that her parents do not approve of her working in the television medium.

Paperback:

9780553292879 | Reprint edition (Starrhill Pr, February 1, 1992), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Cassie's daughter Erin, who identifies closely with her grandmother Abby, wants to be an actress more than anything in the world, but is disappointed that her parents do not approve of her working in the television medium.

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When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860

Hardcover:

9780553054323 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, October 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860

Paperback:

9780553274783 | Reprint edition (Bantam Books, November 1, 1988), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860

Library:

9780836826388 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In 1860, when their widowed mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent on the orphan train by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri.

Reinforced:

9780606040921 | Demco Media, November 1, 1988, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860

Prebinding:

9781439520987 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 13, 2008), cover price $15.50
9780833518330 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.60 | About this edition: When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860

A zany Texas couple, Shirley and Claude, grow up and meet out in the gold mining hills of Colorado.

Paperback:

9780140506792 | Viking Childrens Books, June 1, 1989, cover price $4.99 | also contains Submarines | About this edition: A zany Texas couple, Shirley and Claude, grow up and meet out in the gold mining hills of Colorado.

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When Sean and Brian stay with their friend Alan and his family in the wooded area of Grizzly Hill for the weekend, they are told to stay out of the woods, but their curiosity leads them to the edges of the woods where they see glowing eyes and clawed footprints. Original.
By Kristen Behrens (editor), Jon Ellis (illustrator) and Joan Lowery Nixon

Paperback:

9780786840861 | Hyperion, September 1, 1996, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: When Sean and Brian stay with their friend Alan and his family in the wooded area of Grizzly Hill, they are told to stay out of the woods, but their curiosity leads them to the edges of the woods where they see glowing eyes and clawed footprints

Reinforced:

9780606107693 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When Sean and Brian stay with their friend Alan and his family in the wooded area of Grizzly Hill for the weekend, they are told to stay out of the woods, but their curiosity leads them to the edges of the woods where they see glowing eyes and clawed footprints.

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An easy-to-read account of the Bible story in which Jesus fed the crowds of people on the shores of the Sea of Galilee with five loaves of bread and two fishes.

Hardcover:

9780570073116 | Concordia Pub House, September 1, 1976, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: An easy-to-read account of the Bible story in which Jesus fed the crowds of people on the shores of the Sea of Galilee with five loaves of bread and two fishes.

A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States, with each story accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

Prebinding:

9780613961523 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States, with each story accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States, with each story accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

Hardcover:

9780385326810 | Delacorte Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States and offers information about the actual town on which the story is based.

Paperback:

9780440416036 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, September 1, 2002), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States, with each story accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

Reinforced:

9780606258807 | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States, with each story accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

After Angie's brother is struck in a hit-and-run accident that puts him into a coma, she discovers that the people she questions about the accident--including her own parents--seem oddly unconcerned

Hardcover:

9780385293495 | Doubleday, September 1, 1984, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: After Angie's brother is struck in a hit-and-run accident that puts him into a coma, she discovers that the people she questions about the accident--including her own parents--seem oddly unconcerned

Paperback:

9781939601421 | Reprint edition (Lizzie Skurnick Books, August 9, 2016), cover price $12.95
9780440931157, titled "The Ghosts of Now" | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, May 1, 1986), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: After Angie Dupree's brother Jeremy is struck in a hit-and-run accident that puts him into a coma, she discovers that the people she questions about the accident--including her own parents--seem oddly unconcerned

Reinforced:

9780606023900, titled "The Ghosts of Now" | Demco Media, May 1, 1986, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: After Angie Dupree's brother Jeremy is struck in a hit-and-run accident that puts him into a coma, she discovers that the people she questions about the accident--including her own parents--seem oddly unconcerned

Prebinding:

9781435280373, titled "The Ghosts of Now" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 16, 2008), cover price $14.50
9780613723152, titled "The Ghosts Of Now" | Turtleback Books, May 1, 1986, cover price $14.75 | About this edition: After Angie Dupree's brother Jeremy is struck in a hit-and-run accident that puts him into a coma, she discovers that the people she questions about the accident--including her own parents--seem oddly unconcerned

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Brian, visiting his Irish relatives for the first time, tries to prove to his skeptical great-aunt that his great-grandfather's tales of Irish lore and leprechauns are true.
By Andrew Glass (contributor) and Joan Lowery Nixon

Paperback:

9780689712173 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1988), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A young boy visiting his Irish relatives is beguiled by his grandfather's tales of Irish folklore and determines to catch a leprechaun

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Gloria Chipmunk has a real problem to solve when she must stay home to take care of her little brother on the same day of the class play in which she has a part.

School and Library:

9780395291030 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: After winning a lead role in The Sleeping Beauty, Gloria Chipmunk faces a terrible dilemma when she has to stay home to look after her little brother on the day of the class play

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