The unexpected weapon
Connie Griffith
In St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1927, thirteen-year-old Tootie McCarthy makes a new friend, Joey Staddler, and together they show up the conniving street preacher who has duped Tootie's older sister into joining him.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
The day the school blew up
by Seth J. Pierce (2009)
About this book
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.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe day the school blew up Lead Character
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