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Bear's House

Product Description: Everyone in Miss Thompson's fourth grade class loves The Bears' House- Fran Ellen Smith most of all. When Fran Ellen goes into The Bears' House, she can forget about how awful things are at home. At the end of the term Miss Thompson is giving the house away to someone in the class...read more

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780385033633, titled "The Bears' House." | Doubleday, October 1, 1971, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else.

Paperback:

9780595535538, titled "The Bears' House" | Iuniverse Inc, November 30, 2008, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Everyone in Miss Thompson's fourth grade class loves The Bears' House- Fran Ellen Smith most of all.

9780140383218, titled "The Bears' House" | Reprint edition (Puffin, September 1, 1996), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Fran Ellen escapes from a world in which she is unloved and neglected when she enters the home of the Bear family

9780380705825, titled "Bear's House" | Reissue edition (Camelot, February 1, 1989), cover price $2.99 | About this edition: Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else.

School and Library:

9780525442868, titled "The Bears' House" | Reprint edition (Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1987), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Although she sucks her thumb, smells bad, and loses herself in the make-believe world of the three bears' dollhouse, ten-year-old Fran knows how to take care of her baby sister better than anybody else.

Reinforced:

9780606107501, titled "The Bears' House" | Reprint edition (Demco Media, September 1, 1996), cover price $10.10 | About this edition: Fran Ellen escapes from a world in which she is unloved and neglected when she enters the home of the Bear family

Prebinding:

9780785794769, titled "Bear's House" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.10 | About this edition: Fran Ellen escapes from a world in which she is unloved and neglected when she enters the home of the Bear family

Veronica Ganz

Product Description: One of the most famous bullies in children's books, Veronica Ganz has never met her match. She has systematically beaten up everybody in all of the classes, and has never been challenges until until little Peter Wedemeyer moves into the neighborhood...read more

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780844668963 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, July 1, 1997, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Every new kid learns the hard way--no one messes with Veronica Ganz.

9780385013451 | Doubleday, June 1, 1940, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Thirteen-year-old Veronica manages to bully everyone in her class, except for shrimpy Peter Wedermeyer who keeps taunting and outsmarting her at every turn.

Paperback:

9780595483945 | Iuniverse Inc, December 27, 2007, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: One of the most famous bullies in children's books, Veronica Ganz has never met her match.

9780140370782 | Reprint edition (Puffin, February 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Thirteen-year-old Veronica manages to bully everyone in her class, except for shrimpy Peter Wedemeyer who keeps taunting and outsmarting her at every opportunity

Reinforced:

9780606083447 | Demco Media, February 1, 1995, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: Thirteen-year-old Veronica manages to bully everyone in her class, except for shrimpy Peter Wedemeyer who keeps taunting and outsmarting her at every opportunity

Prebinding:

9780785794776 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Thirteen-year-old Veronica manages to bully everyone in her class, except for shrimpy Peter Wedemeyer who keeps taunting and outsmarting her at every opportunity

The Fat Girl

Jeff Lyons, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful, person out of an unhappy fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reissue.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525440765 | Dutton Childrens Books, January 1, 1984, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A young man becomes obsessed with a fat girl, a fixation that leads from revulsion to fascination, passion, and, finally, betrayal

Paperback:

9780738710006 | 2 edition (Flux, April 1, 2007), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Jeff, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful, person out of an unhappy fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation.

9780440924685 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, April 1, 1986), cover price $2.75 | About this edition: A young man becomes obsessed with a fat girl, a fixation that leads from revulsion to fascination, passion, and, finally, betrayal

The Four Ugly Cats in Apartment 3D

After a neighbor in her apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.

By Rosanne Litzinger (illustrator) and Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780689863530 | Aladdin Paperbacks, September 1, 2003, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: After a neighbor in her apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.

School and Library:

9780689845819 | Atheneum, April 1, 2002, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: After a neighbor in her apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.

Library:

9781424209002 | Fitzgerald Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $15.00

Prebinding:

9780613958455, titled "Four Ugly Cats In Apartment 3d" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: After a neighbor in her apartment building dies, ten-year-old Lily tries to find homes for his four ugly, noisy cats.

First Impressions

Rereading Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' over Christmas break gives brainy, fifteen-year-old Alice a different way of looking at herself, her first boyfriend, her friends, and her family.

By Marilyn Sachs

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School and Library:

9781596431171 | Roaring Brook, March 7, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Rereading Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' over Christmas break gives brainy, fifteen-year-old Alice a different way of looking at herself, her first boyfriend, her friends, and her family.

Lost In America

Follows the experiences of Nicole, a teenaged French Jew, from 1943 to 1948, as she loses her parents and sister to the concentration camps and then leaves her native France to make a new life for herself in New York City.

By Marilyn Sachs

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School and Library:

9781596430402 | Roaring Brook, April 1, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Follows the experiences of Nicole, a teenaged French Jew, from 1943 to 1948, as she loses her parents and sister to the concentration camps and then leaves her native France to make a new life for herself in New York City.

Jojo and Winnie: Sister Stories

JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525460053, titled "Jojo & Winnie: Sister Stories" | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1999, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie

Paperback:

9780141311135 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 2001), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie.

Reinforced:

9780606212717 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $12.59 | About this edition: JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie.

Prebinding:

9780613359665 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $13.15 | About this edition: JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie.

Amy Moves in

Product Description: The first in a series of highly praised books about a poor, Jewish family living in the Bronx in the 1940s. Amy moves into a new neighborhood, and learns to choose the right kind of friends, and the consequences of lying. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780595175895 | Iuniverse Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The first in a series of highly praised books about a poor, Jewish family living in the Bronx in the 1940s.

9780590410700 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, January 1, 1987), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Laura eases the hardships of adjusting to a new neighborhood for her sister Amy by showing her the fun of discovering the goings-on in their new town

Library:

9780385012713 | Doubleday, July 1, 1958, cover price $4.85 | About this edition: The first in a series of highly praised books about a poor, Jewish family living in the Bronx in the 1940s.

Amy and Laura

Product Description: In the final book in a series about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940s, two sisters come to grips with their own envy, resentment and love for each other.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780595175925 | Iuniverse Inc, March 1, 2001, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: In the final book in a series about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940s, two sisters come to grips with their own envy, resentment and love for each other.

9780590446235 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, October 1, 1984), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Struggling to keep their problems to themselves rather than burdening their invalid mother helps two New York girls to grow up

Library:

9780385069847 | Doubleday, June 1, 1966, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Struggling to keep their problems to themselves rather than burdening their invalid mother helps two New York girls to grow up

Laura's Luck

Product Description: In the second of three books about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940s, Laura, the older sister, has to cope with the pleasures and pains of going off to camp.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780595175901, titled "Lauras Luck" | Backinprint.Com, March 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In the second of three books about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940s, Laura, the older sister, has to cope with the pleasures and pains of going off to camp.

9780590410731 | Reissue edition (Apple, October 1, 1984), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: When bookworm Laura sees her first-time camp experience through her younger sister Amy's eyes, she is soon able to cope with, and overcome, her fears of not fitting in

Library:

9780385056878 | Doubleday, June 1, 1966, cover price $5.18 | About this edition: In the second of three books about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940s, Laura, the older sister, has to cope with the pleasures and pains of going off to camp.

Jojo and Winnie Again: More Sister Stories

A collection of stories details sibling rivalry and the battles that come with sisterhood, and how, beneath all the bickering, the bonds of family can still pull these two sisters together again. (view table of contents)

By Meredith Johnson (illustrator) and Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525463931 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: More adventures of JoJo and her younger sister Winnie.

The Surprise Party

Feeling overshadowed by her mischievous younger brother despite her many special achievements, Genevieve decides to get her parents' attention once and for all by throwing them an anniversary bash, with chaotic results.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525459620 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1998, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Despite her younger brother's knack for getting into trouble, Gen involves him in planning a party for their parents' twenty-fifth anniversary--with truly surprising results.

Fran Ellen's House

When Fran and her brothers and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life and confides her problems to the toy bears in her dollhouse

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140385533 | Reprint edition (Puffin, June 1, 1997), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: When Fran and her brother and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life.

9780380705832 | Camelot, July 1, 1989, cover price $2.75 | About this edition: When Fran and her brother and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life.

School and Library:

9780525443452 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: When Fran and her brother and sisters reunite with their mother after living with foster families for two years, Fran has a difficult time adjusting to her new life.

Another Day

Fourteen-year-old Olivia copes with the breakup of her parents' marriage, the death of her grandfather, and her best friend's transfer to another school by adopting a neglected pup and learning to take responsibility for her own life.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525457879 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1997, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Olivia spends her fourteenth year trying to adjust to her parents' divorce, watching the changes her widowed grandmother is going through, and discovering boys

Thirteen Going on Seven

When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzey finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140374360 | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 1, 1995), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzey finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment

School and Library:

9780525450962 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1993, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzey finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment

Reinforced:

9780606082853 | Demco Media, October 1, 1995, cover price $12.69 | About this edition: When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzey finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment

Prebinding:

9780785778004 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: When her twin sister begins to assert her individuality and her grandmother suddenly dies, thirteen-year-old Dezzey finds some comfort in her relationships with her grandfather and a new friend and in an interest in the environment

Ghosts in the Family

Alone in the world after the death of her mother, Gabriella Russell seeks out her father's family, who had disinherited him after he had married a Mexican woman, and learns to face the ghosts of her family.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780525454212 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Gabriela learns some unpleasant truths about her often-absent father and his relationship with her and her Mexican mother

Call Me Ruth

The daughter of a Russian immigrant family, newly arrived in Manhattan in 1908, has conflicting feelings about her mother's increasingly radical union involvement.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780844669052 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, July 1, 1997, cover price $18.75

9780385176071 | Doubleday, June 1, 1982, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A young Jewish immigrant and her daughter, Ruth, struggle for survival and acceptance on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the century

Paperback:

9780688137373 | Reprint edition (Beech Tree Books, August 1, 1995), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A young immigrant, newly arrived in Manhattan in 1908, has conflicting feelings about her mother's increasingly radical union involvement

Reinforced:

9780606073332 | Demco Media, August 1, 1995, cover price $12.37 | About this edition: A young immigrant, newly arrived in Manhattan in 1908, has conflicting feelings about her mother's increasingly radical union involvement

Prebinding:

9780785741527 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A young immigrant, newly arrived in Manhattan in 1908, has conflicting feelings about her mother's increasingly radical union involvement

The Truth About Mary Rose

Product Description: Eleven-year-old Mary Rose has always idolized the aunt she was named after until she discovers conflicting evidence about her aunt's heroism.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780844668994 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, January 1, 1996, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Mary Rose has always idolized the aunt she was named after until she discovers conflicting evidence about her aunt's heroism.

9780385094481 | Doubleday, February 1, 1973, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A little girl who idolizes her late aunt, learns about both herself and her namesake when she stumbles upon a shoebox in her grandmother's attic

Paperback:

9780140370836 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1995), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Mary Rose has always idolized the aunt she was named after until she discovers conflicting evidence about her aunt's heroism

9780590404020, titled "Truth About Mary Rose" | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, May 1, 1987), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: A little girl who idolizes her late aunt, learns about herself and her namesake when she investigates a shoebox in her grandmother's attic

Reinforced:

9780606083195 | Demco Media, May 1, 1995, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Eleven-year-old Mary Rose has always idolized the aunt she was named after until she discovers conflicting evidence about her aunt's heroism

Peter and Veronica

Twelve-year-old Peter struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140370829 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Peter struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends

9780590404044 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, April 1, 1987), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: A twelve-year-old Jewish boy struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends.

Library:

9780385066396 | Doubleday, June 1, 1969, cover price $8.18 | About this edition: A twelve-year-old Jewish boy struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends.

Reinforced:

9780606080095 | Demco Media, May 1, 1995, cover price $14.09 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Peter struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends

Prebinding:

9780785765530 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.15 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Peter struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends

What My Sister Remembered

While visiting her younger sister Molly, Beth confronts painful memories of the sudden death of her parents and the subsequent adoption of the sisters by different families.

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140369441 | Reprint edition (Puffin, June 1, 1994), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Separated as young children after their parents died in a car crash, sisters Molly and Beth are reunited after eight years, but Beth frightens Molly with her obsessive memories of their brief shared past

School and Library:

9780525449539 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Separated as young children after their parents died in a car crash, sisters Molly and Beth are reunited after eight years, but Beth frightens Molly with her obsessive memories of their brief shared past

Reinforced:

9780606068659 | Demco Media, June 1, 1994, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Separated as young children after their parents died in a car crash, sisters Molly and Beth are reunited after eight years, but Beth frightens Molly with her obsessive memories of their brief shared past

Pocket Full of Seeds

Product Description: Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish. Now, with the Nazis occupying France, it is the only thing on her mind. An almost endless stream of refugees comes to stay at their house, and her parents wonder if they too ought to escape over the border to switzerland or take the chance and wait it out...read more

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780844667966, titled "A Pocket Full of Seeds" | Peter Smith Pub Inc, January 1, 1994, cover price $19.75 | About this edition: Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish.

9780385060912, titled "A Pocket Full of Seeds." | Doubleday, October 1, 1973, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A sensitive portrayal of a Jewish girl's awakening to the realities of war in France during the German occupation

Paperback:

9780595338467, titled "A Pocket Full Of Seeds" | Backinprint.Com, January 31, 2005, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish.

9780140365931, titled "A Pocket Full of Seeds" | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: During World War II in occupied France, a young Jewish girl returns from an overnight visit with a friend to find her family has disappeared

Reinforced:

9780606059787, titled "A Pocket Full of Seeds" | Demco Media, January 1, 1994, cover price $14.09 | About this edition: During World War II in occupied France, a young Jewish girl returns from an overnight visit with a friend to find her family has disappeared

Prebinding:

9780785723783 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Nicole Nieman has never really thought about being Jewish.

Circles

Two high school classmates, an aspiring actress and a young astronomer, struggle with the changes in their lives, unaware that these changes are leading them to each other

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140349313 | Reprint edition (Puffin, November 1, 1992), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Two high school classmates, an aspiring actress and a young astronomer, struggle with the changes in their lives, unaware that these changes are leading them to each other

School and Library:

9780525446835 | Dutton Childrens Books, February 1, 1991, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Two high school classmates--an aspiring actress and a young astronomer--struggle with the changes in their lives, unaware that these changes are leading them to each other

Reinforced:

9780606025614 | Demco Media, November 1, 1992, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Two high school classmates, an aspiring actress and a young astronomer, struggle with the changes in their lives, unaware that these changes are leading them to each other

The Big Book for Peace/Cassette

Product Description: Gentle, humorous, and heartfelt stories by prominent authors of children's literature teach young listeners the importance of a peaceful world.

By Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781879371101 | Publishing Mills, December 1, 1991, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Gentle, humorous, and heartfelt stories by prominent authors of children's literature teach young listeners the importance of a peaceful world.

Dorrie's Book

Dorrie O'Brien, an eleven-year-old who loves being an only child, describes the changes in her life after the triplets arrive

By Marilyn Sachs

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Hardcover:

9780385033503 | Doubleday, September 1, 1975, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An only child relates the trials and tribulations she experiences when her mother has triplets.

Paperback:

9780380761395 | Reprint edition (Camelot, July 1, 1991), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: An only child relates the trials and tribulations she experiences when her mother has triplets.

At the Sound of the Beep

To keep their divorcing parents from separating them, twins Mathew and Mathilda Green run away to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park where they become tangled in the web of a sinister killer

By Marilyn Sachs

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Paperback:

9780140346817 | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1991), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Distraught at the thought of their parents' divorcing, a brother and sister run away from home and take up residence in Golden Gate Park, where they encounter many homeless people and hear there is a murderer loose among them.

School and Library:

9780525445715 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1990, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Distraught at the thought of their parents' divorcing, a brother and sister run away from home and take up residence in Golden Gate Park, where they encounter many homeless people and hear there is a murderer loose among them.

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