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Pure
We know you are here, our brothers and sisters… Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.
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Bad Girls
haring a common goal to be the meanest kids in their class, Margalo and Mikey conspire to turn their fifth-grade class into a minefield and fearlessly confront anyone who would stand in their way. Reprint. PW. NYT. C. H. "
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The Newborn Pony
Ms. Wiggins' pony, Beauty, gives birth to a foal--and the Pony Pals get to name him! Before the kids can vote on a name, though, the foal becomes ill. Will it survive?
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Too Many Flamingoes
Stephanie and her friends are looking forward to a summer full of sailing funat the marina--until the Flamingoes show up.