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Books with author Mavis Jukes

  • The New Kid

    Mavis Jukes

    Library Binding (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Dec. 13, 2011)
    Newbery Honor Award—winning author Mavis Jukes is back with a lovable new character named Carson. His father moves him to a new town in Northern California, where he'll be the new kid in class—friendless and alone, except for his beloved stuffed moose (named Moose, of course). As Carson settles into his new surroundings, a series of delightful mishaps start to occur: the class pet, a rat named Mr. Nibblenose, gets lost to surprising results; the culprit of a mysterious lunch theft might actually be something that's not human at all; and when his beloved Moose goes missing, Carson makes his first new non-stuffed animal friend. Told with childlike charm and wit, The New Kid is perfect for newly independent readers.From the Hardcover edition.
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  • Cinderella 2000

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Sept. 7, 1999)
    A hilarious account of preparing for New Year's Eve for the millennium with romance, drama, shopping, two devilish stepsisters, and a happily-ever-after ending.Ashley Ella Toral wants to spend the last hours of 1999 and the first hours of the year 2000 at the Green Hill Country Club with her (hopefully) soon-to-be boyfriend. And what's standing in the way of Ashley's romantic success? A stepmother who yells "Yoo-hoo!" to all Ashley's friends, and twin stepsisters who think there's nothing more fun than listening in on Ashley's phone conversations. At first, Ashley's stepmother, Phyllis, says that she needs a night out and so Ashley must baby-sit the twins. But then Phyllis has the bright idea of calling the mother of one of the party-throwers to get the twins invited, too! So worse than having to baby-sit, she'll have the twins at the party with her. Now Ashley isn't sure it's worth showing up to the country club at all -- never mind what she's going to wear. As the seconds tick down to the year 2000, will some fairy godmother appear to save the night so that Ashley can dance with her Prince Charming and welcome the new millennium?
  • Smoke

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), March 31, 2009)
    When Colton’s mom tells him that they’re moving from Idaho Falls to northern California, Colt is sad, but he takes it like a man. At least he’ll have one friend to keep him company – Smoke, the twenty-pound black Maine coon cat that Colt’s dad gave him when he was little. With his dad gone most of the year riding bulls on the rodeo circuit, sometimes it feels like Smoke is their only connection. So when Smoke doesn’t come home after Colt lets him out in the middle of the night, nothing else in Colt’s world seems to matter anymore. But on the dark and stormy evening when Colt sets off alone to find his missing cat, he’s in for more danger than even the son of a fearless bull rider could have dreamed of. A captivating look at cowboys, courage, and community, this is a tender tale about family and friends pulling together, and what it really means to be a man.
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  • Lights Around the Palm

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Oct. 12, 1987)
    Despite her family's skepticism, seven-year-old Emma Zabrisky persists in teaching the farm animals how to read, and, in return, the animals ask for lights around the palm tree for Christmas
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  • Getting Even

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Alfred E. Knopf, April 12, 1988)
    Disaster becomes the result when ten-year-old Maggie Hunter--the child of divorced and feuding parents--sets out to even the score with an obnoxious classmate, Corky Newton, who has a taste for playing dirty tricks
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  • No One is Going to Nashville

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Sept. 12, 1983)
    Sonia and her father, whom she sees only on weekends, match wits and wills when she finds an appealing stray dog and he--for very good reasons--does not want to keep it
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  • Smoke

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus Giroux, March 31, 2009)
    Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
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  • Like Jake and Me

    Jukes Mavis

    Paperback (NY Dragonfly 1984., July 6, 1984)
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  • Planning the Impossible

    Mavis Jukes

    Paperback (Yearling, Dec. 12, 2000)
    Ugh! Mrs. Furley wanted the Human Interaction Class to discuss a boy's changes? Twelve-year-old River was having a hard enough time just figuring out how to humanly interact with the real people in her life. Like, she was happy that D.B. was her sort-of boyfriend, but now Kirstin was always flirting with him! And River was happy her friend Margaret had found a boyfriend, but then Noah passed River a note asking her to phone him at home. What was that about? Sure River wanted to keep Kirstin from D.B. and Margaret with Noah, but did it all have to be so confusing?Notes passed from girls to boys and boys to girls and girls to girls, dating and mating, flirting and posing--River could never have guessed that talking to a boy would be so difficult.
  • I'll See You in My Dreams

    Mavis Jukes

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Feb. 9, 1993)
    In a moving story about a girl faced with the impending death of her uncle, she dreams that she is a skywriter who can write him a loving farewell message, and that dream enables her to say goodbye to him.
  • Blackberries in the Dark

    Mavis Jukes

    Paperback (Yearling, Aug. 1, 1987)
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  • NO ONE GOING NASHVIL

    Mavis Jukes

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Sept. 12, 1987)
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