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2) Slacker
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When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
3) Pearl
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When young Pearl, a mermaid, becomes caretaker of a single grain of sand, she discovers that performing even the smallest task well can transform the world.
6) Pet-rified
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In an effort to convince her parents that she is responsible enough to have a pet of her own, Finley takes a job pet-sitting her neighbor's cat--however the cat turns out to be a hostile handful and Finley's siblings are not proving to be much help in what could turn out to be a complete disaster.
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Tyler Trofee would like to spend all his time doing skateboarding tricks, but his parents are tired of his recklessness and are insisting that he pay for all the things he has destroyed around the neighborhood--will he learn to be more responsible in time to get a new skateboard for the big contest?
10) Stop that frog!
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When the principal has to be away from school at a conference, Hank's class agrees to take care of the principal's special pet frog, and Hank is chosen to take the frog home for the weekend.
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When Molly volunteers to look after Sammy McHamsterhead, the class pet, for the weekend she has visions of training him to do tricks and becoming rich and famous--but when she leaves the cage open and Sammy escapes she realizes that she has to find him or confess her carelessness to her teacher, Mr. Rose.