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Books in An Avon Camelot Book series

  • The Princess in the Pigpen

    Jane Resh Thomas

    Paperback (Camelot, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Transported through time and place to twentieth-century Iowa, Elizabeth, a princess from seventeenth-century England learns about the changes that have occurred since her day with the help of her new friend, Ann. Reprint.
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  • Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters

    Bruce Coville

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Oct. 6, 1999)
    Morphing creatures fill this collection of sci-fi shapeshifter tales by Jack Dann, Jessica A. Salmonson, Jane Yolen, and other notable authors. Original.
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  • Ask Me Anything About the Presidents

    Louis Phillips

    Paperback (Collins, Feb. 1, 1992)
    Which President killed a man in a duel? Who was arrested while holding office? What did Lincoln dream the night before his assassination. A fun and fascinating guide to the U.S. Presidents from Washington to Clinton-with a portrait of each one and a description of each man's life and accomplishments.
  • Summerdog

    Thom Roberts, George A. Zabriskie

    Paperback (Avon Books, Jan. 1, 1983)
    A family adopts an abandoned dog that proves to be a resoureful detective.
  • The Key to the Indian

    Lynne Reid Banks, James Watling

    Hardcover (Camelot, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Seeking to aid Little Bear, Omri's Iroquois friend from the past, and his desperate people, Omri and his father try to journey back in time, but when Jessica Charlotte, Omri's ancestor, tries to use her magical gifts to help them, things go terribly wrong.
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  • Stranger from the Stars

    Nancy Etchemendy, Teje Etchemendy

    Paperback (Avon Books, June 1, 1983)
    Fourteen-year-old Ruthie rescues Rowen, an old man from the planet Seldor who has come to earth to study humans, when she finds him near death after his spaceship has crashed in the desert.
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  • Mystery of the Melted Diamonds

    Carol J. Farley, Tom Newsom

    Paperback (Avon Books, Jan. 1, 1986)
    A boring trip to Kipper's Kansas home turns too exciting when a blizzard forces Kipper and Larry to take shelter in the not-so-abandoned Morgensterne mansion
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  • A Pony Promise

    Lois Szymanski, Doron Ben-Ami

    Paperback (Camelot, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Thrilled when a mother horse gives birth to a brown-and-white pony, nine-year-old Tiffany becomes alarmed when the mother refuses to care for her foal, and Tiffany wonders if her favorite pony, Windy, will adopt the baby. Original.
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  • The Anti-Peggy Plot

    Thomas McKean

    Paperback (Avon Books, Sept. 1, 1986)
    The three Smith children unite to prevent their father from marrying Peggy, a woman they heartily dislike
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  • Don't Try This at Home! Science Fun for Kids on the Go

    Vicki Cobb, True Kelley

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, July 1, 1999)
    Science is everywhere--in playgrounds, amusement parks, shopping malls, and restaurants, on beaches, planes, and even school buses!Look for secret messages in license platesBlow frozen soap bubblesTurn plastic garbage bags into hot-air balloonsGather meteorites on the beach...and moreWith more than sixty hands-on experiments to choose from, you can have fun wherever you go.Written by Vicki Cobb and Kathy Darling, the best-selling authors of Bet You Can! and Bet You Can't, this kid-pleasing science activity book is essential fun for family outings and class field trips.With a world of science adventures waiting to be discovered beyond your doorstep, don't try this at home!
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  • Dinosaur Habitat

    Helen V. Griffith, Sonja Lamut

    Paperback (Camelot, Oct. 1, 1999)
    After being transported back in time to the Jurassic period, two brothers--Ryan and Nathan--argue over whether to stay in the land of the dinosaurs or return home. Original.
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  • The Crystal City

    Nancy Etchemendy

    Paperback (Avon Books, Aug. 1, 1985)
    Follows the adventures of William, Maggie, and their fellow space travelers as they set up a colony on Earth II, are trapped in a copperdust storm, and encounter strange spider-like creatures
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