Issue: October 2008

The Penalty

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Paul Faustino, known as the best soccer journalist in the business, reluctantly investigates the disappearance of eighteen-year-old Ricardo, a soccer prodigy known as “El Brujito,” while in alternate chapters a slave in old San Juan becomes a powerful voodoo priest.
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Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt Eda, and she’s taking some getting used to. She has too many rules, no TV, and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer soup. And then there’s the most peculiar thing about her—her irrational fear of her own [...]
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Snowbone

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
One pale wooden girl stands on the shore of Black Sand Bay, where the sea meets the sky and the wind meets the water. But Snowbone knows that she and her wooden friends can’t stay here forever. Something is happening deep within the forest. Something—someone—that must be stopped. Determined to save the Ashenpeakers from a [...]
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A Hippo’s Tale

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Deep in the middle of Africa, at the river’s edge where the hippos live, life is pleasant. The big hippos like to relax at the beach, while the little hippos love diving. Mrs. Hippopotamus enjoys having quiet time all to herself, especially when bathing. She even has her beach, where she takes a bath in [...]
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Hedgehog, Pig, and the Sweet Little Friend

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
It’s a quiet evening at Hedgehog’s house,until there’s a squeak at the gate.Someone’s outside who wants to come in.It’s dark and the hour is late. It’s someone who’s lost and wants to go home,someone who can’t find the way.“Come in,” invites Hedgehog, “come in and sit down.Tomorrow will be a new day.”
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Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Mini Mia loves her Uncle Tommy. They hang out in coffee bars, go for walks, swim, and do other fun stuff. But one day Fergus appears in her uncle’s kitchen. Mini Mia does not want to share Tommy with his new boyfriend. She thinks Fergus should go back to where he came from in Scotland. [...]
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Junk Collector School

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Junk is the world’s best free stuff. Anybody who’s part detective and part collector can put together a collection in no time. Jake really knows his junk. His house is filled with the most amazing collections of it. Andy wants a collection of his own, which is why he goes to Jake’s Junk Collector School.
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Tracks of a Panda

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
A giant panda and her baby set off on a search for a safe, sustaining home in this informative tale about an enchanting creature.High on a mist-wrapped mountain, a mother panda cradles her newborn, pink and impossibly small. The bamboo patch they need for food is dying, and as soon as her baby is old [...]
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Patterns in Peru: An Adventure in Patterning

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Matt and Bibi unravel a pattern to discover a lost city. The Zills are visiting Peru to study the mysterious lost city of Quwi when Matt and Bibi stumble into an adventure. With only each other, their faithful dog Riley, and an unusual ancient relic to guide them, the twins must use their understanding of [...]
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Alert!

By Rebecca | Published: October 29, 2008
Tobias is a very special mole. He collects shiny round pebbles and hides them down in his burrow where they’re safe . When a friend warns him about robbers on the prowl, Tobias begins to worry. Frantically, Tobias moves his stones from one place to another until he discovers, too late, that he has been [...]
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