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Books published by publisher Avon Camelot Books

  • Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care

    Beatrice Sparks

    Mass Market Paperback (Avon Books, Oct. 18, 2005)
    This appealing teen read tells the story of Katie, a teen from an abused home, and her journey through foster care.Katie is always surrounded by wealth, but feels terribly alone because of the secret horror of her angry, abusive father. When she's thrown out of her house and put into foster care, it seems like the end of the world.But as she moves through the foster care system, she begins to realize that she can help others. Can she, at last, find courage and strength of her own?
  • Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping

    Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat

    Paperback (Avon Camelot Books, May 16, 1997)
    Amelia Bedelia Goes CampingAmelia Bedelia has never been camping before and she's trying her best to do exactly as she's told. You can just imagine what happens when the mixed-up maid is told to hit the road, pitch a tent, put the coffee on the grill, or catch a fish. As usual, Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally even when she's told to go jump in a lake!AMELIA BEDELIA GOES CAMPINGAmelia Bedelia has never been camping before and she's trying her best to do exactly as she's told. You can just imagine what happens when the mixed-up maid is told to hit the road, pitch a tent, put the coffee on the grill, or catch a fish. As usual, Amelia Bedelia takes everything literally- even when she's told to go jump in a lake!
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  • Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, a Teenager in Foster Care

    Beatrice(Editor) Sparks

    Paperback (Avon Books, Oct. 31, 2005)
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  • Mom the Wolf Man and Me

    Norma Klein

    Paperback (Avon Books, Feb. 15, 1974)
    An eleven-year-old girl describes her life and relationship with her mother who has never married.
  • The Man Who Was Poe

    Avi

    Mass Market Paperback (Avon Books, Aug. 1, 1991)
    The Old City Lay Dark And Cold...It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone. His aunt, who went in search of her, is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night.A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own...who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadow city, promising to help, but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purpose of his own!
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  • Bon Voyage, Christie & Company

    Katherine Hall Page

    Paperback (Avon Camelot Books, Aug. 1, 1999)
    During a visit to Quebec City, Christie, Maggie, and Vicky--best friends and fellow sleuths--struggle to cope with the stealing of one of their companions as they also investigate the possibility that their host family at the B&B at which they are staying is involved in the cruel, illegal trade in endangered species. Original.
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  • Cream of Creature from the School Cafeteria

    Mike Thaler, Jared D. Lee

    Paperback (Avon Books, April 1, 1992)
    A school is on the run from a large, noisy, foul-smelling portion of food that has escaped from its pan in the cafeteria and is traveling through the halls, eating everything in its path
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  • The October Country

    Ray Bradbury, Joe Mugnaini

    Hardcover (Avon Books, Sept. 7, 1999)
    “ . . . that country where it is always turning late in theyear. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnightsstay . . . ”Explore the outer limits of the imagination with the GrandMaster of American Literature, Ray Bradbury, in a dark and disquieting descentinto The October Country. Readers of The Martian Chronicles and TheIllustrated Man, as well as fans of H. P. Lovecraft, Rod Serling, Bram Stoker, Stephen King,and writers of other classic horror stories, will be captivated by TheOctober Country’s nineteen astonishing tales. From drowned cities tofrantic carnivals to forgotten Mexican villages, Bradbury offers anunforgettable journey into mystery, shining brief lights upon the darkestcorners of the soul.
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  • The story of Vietnam

    Hal Dareff

    Mass Market Paperback (Avon Camelot Books, March 15, 1968)
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  • The Stone Doll of Sister Brute

    Russell Hoban

    Paperback (Avon Books, March 15, 1980)
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  • Camp Crocodile

    M. T. Coffin

    Paperback (Avon Books, May 1, 1997)
    A lakeside summer camp is anything but restful when some of the kids begin disappearing, and when one of the campers swears a giant crocodile is responsible, no one believes him until it is too late. Original.
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  • Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

    Jean P. Sasson

    Mass Market Paperback (Avon Books, Sept. 1, 1993)
    A Saudi woman discusses what life is like for women in her country, describing how women are sold into marriage to men five times their age, are treated as their husbands' slaves, and are often murdered for the slightest transgression. Reprint.