Jessica Young
3) Art-rageous
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After a class field trip to the art museum, fourth-graders Finley, Henry, and Olivia are assigned a project that is supposed to define art, which is difficult, because they all liked very different paintings--but for their group project they come up with a presentation that captures their combined vision.
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For their first assignment in fourth grade Finley has to think of an invention that will help the world--but when her Supersonic Sibling Sublimator appears to work too well, and her annoying older brother vanishes, only to reappear laughing at the trick he played, Finley comes up with a new invention she is sure will be a hit.
5) Nature calls
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Finley and her friends are all heading to overnight camp, and Finley plans to prove to herself and her older brother that she is tough enough to get back to nature--but unfortunately her bunk mate is fussy Olivia.
7) Pet-rified
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In an effort to convince her parents that she is responsible enough to have a pet of her own, Finley takes a job pet-sitting her neighbor's cat--however the cat turns out to be a hostile handful and Finley's siblings are not proving to be much help in what could turn out to be a complete disaster.
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Halloween is coming and Finley and her friend Henry are busy planning their costumes for the school parade--but when they get to school they discover that their costumes are missing and they have to think fast to manufacture substitutes, preferably ones that will not dissolve when it starts to rain.
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Every year the fourth grade has to do a plan and complete a service project for the school and community, and after a particularly unappetizing school lunch Finley suggests that they should plant a vegetable garden--but when the radishes she and her friends Henry and Olivia plant take too long to sprout she gets very frustrated.
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When Finley decides that fashion is just wearable art, she sets out to create a new fad with her friend Henry: a forklet, a bracelet you can both wear and eat with and only one dollar each for her classmates--unfortunately her parents do not appreciate the disappearing silverware, and Finley has to rethink her invention.
11) Pet this book
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to join in a day of pet care.
12) Time to shine
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Winter has come to the Fairy Forest, and best friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip are eager to sample all the winter activities available like making snow fairies, sledding, and brewing snowflake tea--and building a simple greenhouse so Pip can start his garden despite the snow.
13) Full moon party
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Best friends Ruby, Iris, and Pip, together with their teacher, Miss Goldwing, set out on a field trip to the Full Moon Fest, following the magic path that appears when the full moon shines on Moon Lake--and once there they find plenty of games, snacks, and dancing.
14) A wish is a seed
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Compares a wish to a seed, which is carried on the wind, lands in a patch of hardened ground, and eventually becomes a tree that generates new seeds and wishes.
15) Haven's legacy
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After sisters Parker and Ellie McFadden's mysterious aunt Sadie shows up, they join an underground society called the Sentry, where they are given a chance to hone their newly realized abilities, but they soon learn of a smoky, tentacled being, and the twins must rely on their new friends and teachers to help them defeat the fearsome threat and uncover the truth behind Sadie's mysterious assignment.
16) Haven's secret
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"Ellie McFadden has intuitive gifts. She can sense what other living things are feeling. She can even talk to animals! Too bad she can't connect with her twin sister, Parker. Parker McFadden has kinetic gifts. She can cause shocks to the earth and produce heat energy that explodes from her body like fire, especially when she is angry. The sisters aren't aware of the legacy they inherited from their mother until, on their thirteenth birthday, two mysterious...