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Spaceman

Jane Cutler

Paperback (Puffin Books, July 1, 1999)

Ten-year-old Gary, who is failing the fifth grade and has trouble getting along with the other students, tries to adjust to his learning disability and his assignment to a special education class. Reprint.

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The First Horse I See

Sally M. Keehn

Hardcover (Philomel, June 21, 1999)

Following the death of her mother, Willo must race against her father's deadline to train a feisty ex-racehorse named Tess, with the help of her trainer Diana and a handsome young boy named Colin.

Friends to Die For

Jane Sughrue Giberga

Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 1, 1999)

When Crissy and her friends' wild party spins out of control, one of them ends up dead, with the killer on the loose, and Crissy has a terrible secret to keep. Reprint.

Safe at Second

Scott Johnson

Library Binding (Philomel Books, June 21, 1999)

Todd Bannister, a brilliant young pitching prospect, must find the courage and determination to pitch again after a line drive strikes him in the face and leaves him with a glass eye.

Molly's in a Mess

Suzy Kline

Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, Aug. 30, 1999)

While playing around during a fire drill, Molly gets herself in deep trouble after her basketball knocks the principal's toupee clear off his head, requiring her to figure out a way to make amends and set things right once again.

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You Can Call Me Worm

Dan Haas

Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 30, 1999)

Hoping to help their troubled father after their parents split up, Worm and his older brother Todd run away from home and head to their mother's house on a trek across suburban Virginia. Reprint.

Edge

Michael Cadnum

Mass Market Paperback (Puffin Books, Aug. 1, 1999)

When Zach's father is shot during a robbery, the suspect is let go for lack of evidence, but Zach is determined to see justice done, even if he has to do it himself. Reprint.

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Backwater

Joan Bauer

Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, May 24, 1999)

Ivy Breedlove's family is driving her crazy. Generations of Breedloves have been prominent lawyers and her relatives expect her to follow suit. "We'll make her a lawyer yet!" they pronounce at a family reunion. Well, not if Ivy has her say. But how do you have your say when the voices surrounding you are so loud? Ivy's passion for the past provides an answer. As she works on completing a history of her illustrious family, she discovers other Breedlove women who broke the mold, including her father's sister Josephine. No one will talk about the reclusive Aunt Jo, so when Ivy hires a wilderness guide to find her, her family is less than thrilled. Armed with her thirst for knowledge, Ivy undertakes a dramatic journey up an icy mountain and into the backwater to try to find someone, perhaps, like herself.

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The Spying Game

Pat Moon