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Books published by publisher HarperTrophy, 2004

  • Witch's Business

    Diana Wynne Jones

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, Feb. 16, 2004)
    They're in the revenge business!Jess and Frank's father has stopped their allowances for four whole months! That means that Jess can't go anywhere or do anything with her friends. Worse yet, Frank owes money to Buster Knell, the bully. How can Jess and Frank earn some cash -- fast? By starting a business, Own Back, Ltd. It specializes in revenge, which every kid needs to seek at some time, they figure. Most don't have the courage themselves. But Jess and Frank do -- for a price!Lots of clients show up. But Jess and Frank soon discover that the revenge business can be pretty complicated, especially when it turns out that there's another one in town -- owned by Biddy Iremonger, the fiercely competitive local witch!
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  • The Stink Files, Dossier 002: To Scratch a Thief

    Holm & Hamel, Brad Weinman

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, Aug. 1, 2005)
    Life is good for James Edward Bristlefur. The sophisticated British secret agent cat is settling into his new home in New Jersey. He's become quite fond of his uncouth but loving new family. He's even gotten used to being called Mr. Stink. (Although he does not appreciate jokes about his new name, thanks very much.) Then a dark shadow falls across his happy home. Someone is threatening Mr. Stink's new family -- a thief who leaves no pawprints. As James investigates the crimes, he realizes that a frightening old enemy lurks at the center of a web of conspiracy, plotting against him. Who is the hidden paw behind these misdeeds? And what grudge does he bear against our hero? As every cat with a past knows, sometimes you need to sharpen your claws ...
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  • A Dog on Barkham Street

    Mary Stolz

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, Sept. 16, 1985)
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    Eric Carle

    Unknown Binding (HarperTrophy, Aug. 16, 1996)
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  • Little House on the Prairie

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Unknown Binding (HarperTrophy, March 15, 1994)
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  • Murder On The Canadian Mm

    Eric Wilson

    Mass Market Paperback (HarperTrophy, June 3, 1996)
    While on board the sleek train The Canadian, Tom Austen tries to unravel a murder plot. As he begins talking about Catherine Saks’ death to the passengers in Car 165, he finds that everyone sounds like a suspect. Suddenly, Tom’s own life is put in danger when the real killer confronts him in this speeding plot. Eric Wilson’s Murder on the Canadian is part of his popular Tom Austen mystery series.
  • The King's Swift Rider

    Mollie Hunter

    Hardcover (HarperTrophy, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, sixteen-year-old Martin Crawford joins Scotland's rebel army as a swift rider and master of espionage for the leader, Robert the Bruce.
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  • Billion for Boris

    Mary Rodgers

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, April 16, 1976)
    When they discover an old TV that plays tomorrow's programs, fourteen-year-old Annabel and her fifteen-year-old friend Boris try to use it to help mankind and earn money to renovate Boris' eccentric mother.
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  • Little Runner of the Longhouse

    Betty Baker, Arnold Lobel

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, Jan. 15, 1989)
    Little Runner wants to play big boys games. He wants to wear old clothes and scary masks, just like them. But Mother thinks he's too young ... until clever Little Runner thinks of a funny trick to get what he wants.
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  • Her Majesty, Grace Jones = Formerly the Majesty of Grace

    Jane Langton

    (HarperTrophy, Sept. 1, 1972)
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  • Irish Chain

    Barbara Haworth-Attard

    eBook (HarperTrophy, March 7, 2017)
    Irish Chain has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
  • The Weirdo

    Theodore Taylor

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, Aug. 1, 1993)
    They call Chip Clewt, who tracks bears, The Weirdo. But no one knows much about him. Only that he lives in the eerie swamp where Samantha Sanders found a body and where she saw another body get dumped.Finally, she meets The Weirdo, sees his scarred face, looks into his tortured soul, and becomes his friend. Together, they begin the nightmare search for the killer who has stalked innocent victims, through the murky waters and dangerous marshes of the swamp.
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