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Molly Moon lives in a miserable orphanage in England. One day Molly's best friend, Rocky, is adopted. Molly feels terrible, and she spends lots of time in the library, where she finds a book on hypnotism. Molly has all the characteristics that make a great hypnotist, and she soon becomes famous for her talent. Accompanied by her pug dog, Petula, she goes to New York to find Rocky. first place! first place! first place! first place!
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Despereaux Tilling is a very smart mouse with very big ears. Despereaux can read and loves music. He lives in a castle along with Roscuro, a nasty rat, and Miggery Sow, a servant girl who's not very smart. Even though it is expressly forbidden, Despereaux falls madly in love with the human Princess Pea. This book tells the stories of Despereaux, Roscuro, and Miggery, and the way their lives come together.
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Fatima is a little girl in Pakistan who works in a carpet factory. She was sold to the owner to pay off her family's debts. The owner of the factory mistreats the many children who work for him-- he makes them work too hard, and without enough food or water. One day a brave little boy named Iqbal arrives in the factory, and he tries to convince the children that they will never pay off their family's debts. This book was based on a true story of a real little Pakistani boy named Iqbal Masih. third place! third place! third place! third place! |
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Freddy, a golden hamster, is writing his life story on his owner's computer. He came from a pet store where he won over a little girl named Sophie, who brought him home. Freddy soon learns to read and how to get out of his cage! After Sophie's mother has an allergic reaction to Freddy, he goes to live with a man named Mr. John, where he meets a exceptional cat and a pair of guinea pigs. in a tie for fourth place! in a tie for fourth place!
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Jason is thrilled when he learns his family is going on vacation to Los Angeles -- he might get a chance to be on his favorite TV show, Masquerade Mania! Contestants for the show are picked because of their goofy costumes. Then Jason finds out that his family will be driving from their house in Texas to California. The trip turns out to be a disaster! in a tie for fourth place! in a tie for fourth place!
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in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
Jack, a ship's cabin boy, is shipwrecked, and he washes up on a deserted island. Deserted, that is, except for sheep, sheep dogs, and wild dogs called fangos. Jack tries to become friends with a Border Collie named Moxie. Soon Jack learns that he can communicate with the dogs. The ship's crew eventually comes back to the island to rescue him, but Jack doesn't want to leave.
in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
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After Darryl loses his whole family in a terrible fire, he ends up in an orphange run by Keith Masterly, a computer genius and billionaire. Since Darryl is so good at playing the computer games Masterly has created, he ends up in a special laboratory full of young geniuses, who are forced to participate in one of Masterly's devious experiments. in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
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It is 1887, and San Francisco is inhabited by dogs. Samuel Blackthorne is a very smart Yorkshire terrier who wants to be like Sherlock Holmes. One day Molly, a greyhound, asks Samuel for help in finding her brother Patrick, who is missing. The search leads Samuel into a huge web of lies, and to a very creepy cat-- with just one ear. in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
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Leon lives in a one-star hotel in New York owned by his mother. His teacher at school is Miss Hagmeyer, a scary old woman who teaches her students to sew. Leon is about to fail fourth grade when he creates a magical doll of Miss Hagmeyer, which he uses to control her behavior. in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
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Rusty, a housecat, runs into a group of wild cats called the Thunder Clan, who ask Rusty to run away with them. Rusty decides to go for it, but life with the wild cats is harder than he expected. This is the first book in the Warriors series. in a tie for fifth place! in a tie for fifth place!
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Midnight for Charlie Bone, by Jenny Nimmo Charlie Bone is ten, and lives with his mother and grandmother. His family has a history of magical powers. One day Charlie realizes he can hear the people in photographs talking. His mom sends him off to Bloor's academy, a school for other kids with unique gifts. This book is the first in the Children of the Red King series. sixth place! sixth place! sixth place! sixth place!
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Olivia moves into a new apartment building where her father has been hired as superintendent. But the building is full of very strange people. When Olivia is locked out of her apartment one day, she discovers a woman who lives in an apartment with a glass floor, and another who wears a shawl of live lizards! seventh place! seventh place! seventh place!
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Hercules is a ten-year-old boy who is three inches tall! He listens to mice through the wall in his room and comes to understand their language. Eventually Hercules walks through a mouse hole and discovers mouse paradise. All the mice are nice to Hercules, and all the things are just his size. But then Hercules finds an identical mouse city-- in ruins. Hercules must save his own mouse city from being destroyed by evil rats. eighth place! eighth place! eighth place! eighth place!
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Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism, by Georgia Byng
The
Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Iqbal,
by Francesco D'Adamo
I,
Freddy: Book One in the Golden Hamster Saga, by Dietlof Reiche
The
Boy Who Spoke Dog, by Clay Morgan
Olivia Kidney, by Ellen Potter
The
Heroic Adventures of Hercules Amsterdam, by Melissa Haber