|aShelf life |bstories by the book |cedited by Gary Paulsen.
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|aNew York |bSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers|c2003.
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|axi, 173 p. |c24 cm.
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|aIn your hat / by Ellen Conford -- Escape / by Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Follow the water / by Jennifer L. Holm -- Testing, testing 1, 2, 3 / by A. La Faye -- Tea party ends in bloody massacre / by Gregory Maguire -- What's a fellow to do / by Katharine Karr -- Wet hens / by Ellen Wittlinger -- The good deed / by Marion Dane Bauer -- Bacarole for paper & bones / by M.T. Anderson -- Clean sweep / by Joan Bauer.
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|aTen short stories in which the lives of young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.
Offers a collection of ten original stories from celebrated authors--such as Kathleen Karr, Gregory Maguire, and Ellen Wittlinger--that display a wide range of genres and emotions, yet all celebrate the power of books.