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Books in A Roxbury Park Book series

  • Scary Myths and Legends from Around the World

    Neal Yamamoto, Matt Nelson

    Paperback (Lowell House, Sept. 1, 1997)
    A collection of horror stories, some based on ancient legends, from such places as Canada, Peru, Norway, Greece, China, and the United States
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #1: Mission Impawsible

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, May 3, 2016)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.This first book follows Kim, who’s great with dogs. She’s the only person who can get her neighbors’ dog, a sweet but lazy basset hound named Humphrey, to go on his daily walk, and she makes it look so easy that her brother calls her the dog whisperer. So she can’t wait to start her seventh grade volunteer project: working at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter. But the shelter is running out of money and might have to shut down…unless Kim and her friends Sasha and Taylor can save it!
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #2: When the Going Gets Ruff

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, May 3, 2016)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.This second book focuses on Sasha, who has always wanted a pet. There’s only one problem: her mom doesn’t think she’s responsible enough. Sasha knows she can be forgetful sometimes, but after weeks of volunteering at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter with her friends Kim and Taylor, she’s sure she can convince her mom she’s ready to take care of a pet. But then the newest dog in the girls’ after-school dog care program turns out to be too rambunctious to manage. How can Sasha prove she’s responsible if she can’t get one problem puppy under control?
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #4: All Paws on Deck

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Sept. 6, 2016)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.In this fourth book, Kim has to face the fact that while understanding dogs is easy, keeping up in class can be hard. Her parents are talking about sending her to a different school if she doesn’t improve her grades—which would mean leaving the Dog Club! To get through this crisis, Kim will need a helping hand (or paw) from all her friends.
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #3: Top Dog

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Sept. 6, 2016)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.In this third book, Taylor discovers that not everyone in Roxbury Park is as welcoming as her two best friends, Kim and Sasha. A girl at school won’t stop picking on Taylor for being new. Even worse, the Dog Club is under attack, too! A fancy dog grooming shop across town has set up a competing dog day care, and unless the girls figure out how to keep their customers, the Pampered Puppy might put them out business—for good.
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #5: A New Leash on Life

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 10, 2017)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.In this fifth book, Brianna tries to figure out where she fits as the Dog Club’s newest member. She loves the dogs, especially sweet shelter dog Lily, but sometimes she feels like the fourth wheel in Sasha, Kim, and Taylor’s friendship trio. Then the shelter starts a new foster program. Bri knows she’ll feel better if she can bring Lily home—but convincing her mom to take in an older shelter dog may be even tougher than feeling like a fourth wheel…
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  • Roxbury Park Dog Club #6: A Bone to Pick

    Daphne Maple, Annabelle Metayer

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 10, 2017)
    What’s better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like Cupcake Diaries and Candy Apple, or for anyone who loves dogs.In this sixth book, the Dog Club is busier than ever—and headed right for its first big fight! Sasha doesn’t think it’s fair that she’s stuck answering calls and emails while Kim, Taylor, and Bri don’t have to worry about the business side of the Club. But when she tries to speak up, the other girls don’t get it. Now they’re mad at Sasha… and it feels like the Dog Club is about to fall apart!
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  • The Martial Arts Almanac

    Ngo Vinh-Hoi, Vinh-Hoi Ngo

    Paperback (Lowell House Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1997)
    The Martial Arts Almanac features inside inf ormation on kung fu, karate, tae kwon do, aikido, kenpo, kal i, and other martial arts, explains their technqiues and ter minology, looks at martial arts movies, and shows how to get started. '
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  • Tales of the Great White

    Jocelyn Heaney

    Paperback (Lowell House, May 1, 1999)
    Follow paleontologist Jack Chance as he searches for Megaladon, a sixty-foot prehistoric great white shark. Witness thirteen-year-old Lisa Garvey come face to face with a huge shark. These stories and more are part of this heart-stopping collection about the sea's most feared predator.
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  • Wild Animals in Art

    Lowell House Juvenile

    Board book (Lowell House, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Portrays wild animals taken from paintings, including a lion by Rubens, a rabbit by Pisanello, and a deer by Landseer
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  • Classic Adventures: A Collection of Action-Packed Masterpieces

    Glen Bledsoe, Karen Bledsoe

    Paperback (Lowell House, May 1, 2000)
    Gathers well-known adventure stories, all dealing with bravery and courage, and provides a a brief biography of each author.
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  • The Parent's Guide to Soccer

    Dan Woog, Jason Pederson

    Paperback (Lowell House, April 1, 1999)
    Parents will find in these pages answers to all of their questions concerning their children's participation in soccer--from how the game is played to easy drills and exercises they can do to develop their skills.