Sara Cassidy
2) Nevers
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In an alternate eighteenth-century France, a girl named Odette and her clumsy mother Anneline arrive in the town of Nevers, where Odette unlocks a mysterious spell that changes the family and the town forever.
3) Black gold
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Cyrus and Rudy enjoy selling their goods at the stand on the side of the road to people driving by. And when they're given a bin of California earthworms, they learn how valuable the creatures who break down compost into fertilizer actually are.
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Moving has been rough on nine-year-old Cyrus and his eight-year-old brother Rudy. Leaving behind the city for a farm on the seaside is a major adjustment. But their new neighbor, Rachel, and a depressed donkey that came with their new home might be just the distractions they need to find peace in their new home.
5) Not For Sale
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When ten-year-old Cyrus sees a For Sale sign plunged into his front lawn, it's a complete and utter disaster.
Usually, his younger brother, Rudy, is the scaredy-cat, but for the first time in his life, Cyrus is terrified. He's lived at 637 Petunia Boulevard since he came to live with his adoptive mom and dad at two months old. Won't he go hurtling into outer space without these four familiar walls to hold him in? Luckily,
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Filip, the ten-year-old son of Croatian immigrants, lives in a boring suburb of the big city, where he passes his time either at school or in his cozy kitchen, googling everything from dinosaurs to the Hubble Space Telescope.
When his favorite uncle gets sick, Filip turns to Google for answers. Instead he receives a visit from the Great Googlini, a tiny woman in Converse sneakers who swirls out of the computer vents. She's not really a genie, she...