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The Library Card
Contributor(s): Spinelli, Jerry (Author)
ISBN: 0590386336     ISBN-13: 9780590386333
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
OUR PRICE:   $7.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 1998
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Annotation: WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WILL MAKE YOU DO....

When Mongoose finds a blue library card hidden among the candy he's shoplifted, his friend Weasel tosses the card away. But the card comes back.

Brenda, a television addict, must endure the Great TV Turn-Off. No more "Teen Toons". No more "Dude Feud". Then the blue card appears...

On a hot summer day, Sonseray wanders into a library knowing he'll find air-conditioning -- and finds much more.

And April Mendez takes a ride in a bookmobile unlike any other.

In stories that range from humorous to heartbreaking, Newbery award-winner Jerry Spinelli reveals the amazing possibilities lurking behind library doors.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 690
Series: Apple Signature Edition
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.26" W x 7.5" (0.26 lbs) 176 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 24962
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
From the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee.

Mongoose, Brenda, Sonseray, and April have nothing in common...until a mysterious blue card appears as if by magic and begins to change each of their lives. None of them guesses it at first, but that strange blue card will be their ticket to the past--and to a future that they never imagined. In stories that range from humorous to heartbreaking, Newbery-award-winner Jerry Spinelli reveals the amazing possibilities lurking behind library doors.