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Books in Harper Trophy Book series

  • The Noonday Friends

    Mary Stolz, Louis Glanzman

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 19, 1971)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When trouble strikes at home, Franny finds herself quarreling with her best friend, Simone.
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  • Dork In Disguise

    Carol Gorman

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 8, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Last year Jerry Flack was a dork. This year, at a new school in a new town, he's decided to begin his new life as a ""Cool Guy.
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  • Along Came A Dog

    Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 24, 1980)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A suspense story for young readers revolves around a little red hen and the homeless dog who appoints himself her protector.
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  • Harper and the Circus of Dreams

    Cerrie Burnell, Laura Ellen Anderson

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 1, 2020)
    ​"Brimming with charming illustrations and written with flowing wonderment, this is a fantastical slip of a story where magic and music combine to create enchantment. . . . A winsome tale that will make the minds of early chapter-book readers sparkle." —Kirkus Reviews Late one evening as the stars begin to twinkle, Harper and her friends are flying on the scarlet umbrella when they see a girl running on air, skipping along a tightrope. She leads them to the Circus of Dreams, suspended in the air by hot air balloons. There, they meet the mermaid acrobat, the spectacular circus baker, the mysterious fortune teller and the acrobatics troupe, all more spectacular than one could dream. But as they learn more about the Circus of Dreams, Harper learns a secret about her past that is more than magic. . . .Harper and the Circus of Dreams continues the adventures of Harper and her friends in a magical mystery like no other. An enchanting story of friendship, music, and magic featuring a diverse cast, brought to life through stunning illustrations, this is a book to be shared and treasured.
  • The Chicken-Fried Rat: Tales Too Gross to Be True

    Cylin Busby, Ravenblond Studios, Phoebe Gloeckner

    Paperback (Trophy Pr, Aug. 1, 1998)
    A collection of stories about such incidents as a piece of fried chicken that turned out to be a rat, and a boy who went on a camping trip and ended up with spiders crawling on his face
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  • Desdemona: Twelve Going on Desperate

    Beverly Keller

    School & Library Binding (Tandem Library, Jan. 15, 1993)
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  • Runaway To Freedom

    Barbara Smucker, Charles Lilly

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 23, 1979)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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  • Trapped

    Roderic Jeffries

    Paperback (Trophy Pr, March 1, 1973)
    Hampered by darkness and a heavy snowstorm, the river patrol tries desperately to locate two boys before an unusually high tide sweeps them off the mudflats where they are believed to be trapped.
  • The Face in the Mirror

    Stephanie S. Tolan

    Paperback (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Aug. 1, 2000)
    Joining his estranged father in a professional production of Shakespeare's "Richard III," Jared tries to cope with acting insecurities, his obnoxious half brother, and a theater ghost.
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  • Stonewords: A Ghost Story

    Pam Conrad

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, Oct. 16, 1991)
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  • Lupita Manana

    Patricia Beatty

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 17, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. To help her poverty-stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for ""la migra.
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  • Harper T and the Timewave

    L.S. Barron

    Paperback (Independently published, March 15, 2019)
    Lightning Strikes and Harper T's Timewave is born. This story follows a group of four seventh graders. Harper ends up with the power to control time, to a small extent. Harper shares this ability with this small group of friends. What do seventh graders do with time control? Not anything an adult would use it for, that is for sure. The kids go on a drugstore caper, mess with a bully, muddle with a teacher, save the chemistry class, and so much more. Of course, Harper also gets some payback on the older brother. Enjoy this story as it is told through the words of Harper. Book Two soon to follow.