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In 1950s Tennessee, ten-year-old David's racist father refuses to let him associate with his best friend Malcolm, an African American boy.

"What has four legs, a French accent, and fantastic magical powers? A dachshund named Sophie! She and her human, Lottie, live in a very special pet shop - one where magic springs from every corner and the animals have a lot to say. When Lottie starts a new school, the magic needs to be kept under wraps. She soon finds, however, that a shop full of talking animals can't stay quiet for long"--Cover (p. [4]).

"Eleven-year-old Zomorod, originally from Iran, tells her story of growing up Iranian in Southern California during the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of the late 1970s"--

Join Cory and the gang as they encounter the ups and downs of senior year at John Adams High School. Shawn unexpectedly finds a new love, and in the final episode, Topanga rocks Cory's world with a proposal at graduation.

"December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. With their dads stationed at the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii, the boys get to soak up the sunshine while writing and drawing their own comic books. World War II might be raging overseas, but so far America has stayed out of the fight. There's nothing to fear, right? December 7th, 1941: Everything implodes. Frank and Stanley are touring a battleship when Japanese planes zoom overhead,...

Mermaids Shelly and Echo are excited to begin third grade at the prestigious Trident Academy, but snooty Pearl, jokester Rocky, brilliant Kiki, grumpy Mr. Fangtooth, and an argument over their first project challenge the best friends. Includes facts aboutmarine plants and animals and words to the Mermaid Tales Song. ''In this start to a new series starring Shelly the mermaid, a classroom conflict is no fun-even when school is 20,000 leagues under...