Stella

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Kate Messner

Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know. Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers during a math test that it will answer factual questions. As she continues to use it, the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.

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Seth J. Pierce

Mischievous fifth-grader Peter Paul Pappenfuss somehow manages to become his parochial school's representative in a city-wide academic contest, and in preparing, he learns more than facts and figures.

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Frances M. Wood

While twelve-year-old Rosemary observes life in 1790 North Carolina, she knows that she can choose to be what she has to be and that doing so will make her different.

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[by] Dyan Sheldon

In her first year at a suburban New Jersy high school, Mary Elizabeth Cep, who now calls herself "Lola," sets her sights on the lead in the annual drama production, and finds herself in conflict with the most popular girl in school.