Ellen Conford
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Set against a 1950's-era backdrop of James Dean billboards and jukeboxes blasting Elvis, Ellen Conford's classic road adventure follows fifteen-year-old Sylvie as she leaves her foster home in New Jersey chasing dreams of celluloid stardom. Sylvie soon learns, however, that life isn't like the movies as she ends up broke and alone.
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And This Is Laura is the hilarious story of an average girl in a family of overachievers who learns she's not so average. Laura's oldest brother composes his own music and is a debate team champion; her sister is a star actress and bowler; her youngest brother is in the process of counting to a million. Laura? She's just an ordinary twelve-year old-that is, until she discovers that she can see the future. Suddenly, she has popularity, attention from...
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Annabel the actress volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Though a little disppointed that her first acting part is to be a gorilla at a birthday party, Annabel determines to really get into the role.
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Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, including a plunge into real estate that puts her house on the market.
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Annabel the actress volume 2
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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When she learns that a famous director is making a movie in her home town, ten-year-old Annabel is determined to get a part in it.
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Annabel the actress volume 3
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1