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Word After Word After Word
by Patricia MacLachlan

A visiting poet, Ms. Mirabel, teaches five friends in grade school about the power of words and writing.

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Robot Dreams by Sara Varon
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors by Joyce Sidman
100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barrett
Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers
Robot Experiments by Ed Sobey
Popular Clone by M. E. Castle
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