Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When Destiny Washington gets the notion that everyone's favorite teacher, Ms. Katz, is going to be dismissed from the Zigzag Afternoon Center, she and classmate Yolanda think of several ways to save her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly
Summary: Second-grader Ronald Morgan inadvertently turns a failing class play into a success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When neighbor Sarah Yulefski tells Zack and Hunter that she overheard someone talking about plans to kidnap someone in their town, the twins use the last four days of summer vacation to investigate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2013Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2005
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J FICTION Giff 1998Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: "Mateo's big brother Julian works in the United States. When the family doesn't hear from Julian for a few weeks, Mateo sneaks out and journeys north to find him, crossing the border with the help of a new friend, Angel"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2015Giff, Patricia Reilly
Summary: "In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on train to take her to boat back New York and must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: When Jilli and Jim see a big red structure being built next door, they imagine all kinds of frightening things before finding out the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR Purple Giff 2012Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: While trying to hide an incriminating report card and dodge meddling siblings, fifth-grade twins Hunter and Zack set out to save their town from a diabolical dentist who is planning to blow it to smithereens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2012Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte 1997
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 1997Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2000Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Jill's friends know that she has strong arms and hands and so when she is learning to play soccer, they help her to find a position in which she can excel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Giff 2008Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2011Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GIFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Forced to spend months at an aunt's house, Elizabeth feels a connection to her ancestor Zee, whose picture hangs on the wall, and who reveals her story of hardships during the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth comes to terms with her own troubles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2010Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When the Timpanzi Tigers challenge the Zigzag Zebras to a race, Gina worries because she knows she is not a fast runner, but the whole school seems to be counting on her to win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2013Giff, Patricia Reilly
Summary: "Judith stopped talking long ago when Mom left her in the care of beloved Aunt Cora. Going back into a regular fifth-grade classroom won't be easy, but she has her Dog and new friend who will help her through"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Mitchell is afraid when the children from the Zigzag Center go camping overnight, but he tries to be brave and discovers that nature is not so scary after all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2012Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION GiffGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Charlie often thinks of inventions that seldom work, but his latest idea just might be able to help Jake the Sweeper get rid of a big pile of trash and save "Come as a Character" day, too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2011Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Jim and Jilli plant their vegetable garden with some assistance from their dog Fiercely--but one unidentified seed is growing into a monster plant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR Blue Giff 2014Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Yearling Book 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Dawn Bosco freezes in horror as her cat Powder Puff jumps our of her arms and into a car. Before she can stop it, the car drives away. Now Dawn, the Polka Dot Private Eye, and her friend Jason must solve the mystery of the missing meow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 1987
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GIFGiff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Giff 2011Giff, Patricia Reilly.
Summary: In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, eighth-graders and new neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wendy Lamb Books 2006