Jukes Mavis, Author, Mavis Jukes, Author, Lloyd Bloom, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $2.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-679-83375-8
A girl with veterinary aspirations--proud possessor of a goose and an alligator lizard--has designs on a stray dog in this tender, true-to-life tale. Ages 7-10. (Dec.)
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Mavis Jukes, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-385-32243-0
Not a whole lot has changed in Mr. Elmo's sixth-grade class since Expecting the Unexpected. In this equally hilarious and energetic sequel, River, the irrepressible heroine, is still awaiting puberty, and she still has her eye on ""mmmmm! mmmmm!"" D.
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Mavis Jukes. Knopf, $14.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-85879-6
Jukes puts a lightheartedly realistic spin on the experience of being new in school. A job opportunity for Carson’s single father means a midyear move from Pasadena to Northern California. Carson’s new public school is dramatically different from...
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Mavis Jukes, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-88399-1
Emma speaks the language of animals, though no oneespecially her brother Bobbelieves her, and her mother only humors her. She wants Christmas lights around the palm tree outside the house for a change, wound around the trunk ""like a Maypole.''...
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Mavis Jukes, Author Yearling Books $4.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-22866-0
The ball in this ""sassy"" Cinderella story is a New Year's Eve Millennium bash. ""Besides offering plenty of laughs, this updated classic adds much color to characters traditionally painted in black and white,"" said PW. Ages 10-up. (Jan.)
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Mavis Jukes, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $8.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-32711-4
This sassy Cinderella story centers on 14-year-old Ashley Ella Toral, who has just received an invitation to the biggest bash of the season, a New Millennium's Eve party held at the prestigious Ocean Crest Country Club and hosted by her heartthrob,...
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Mavis Jukes, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $16.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-374-37085-5
Animal lovers in particular will relate to Jukes's (Like Jake and Me
) novel about a 12-year-old's move from rural Idaho to an old farmstead in California. Colton is sad about leaving his grandfather and moving further away from his rodeo-r
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Mavis Jukes, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-385-32242-3
Full of broad humor and not-so-subtle ironies, this lighthearted novel shows how 12-year-old River learns the facts of life in a pilot sex education class taught in her school by peppy Mrs. Furley, a visiting nurse. If River does not have the...
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Mavis Jukes, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $11.95 (163p) ISBN 978-0-394-89594-9
Maggie no longer knows whom to listen to when Corky, the school pest (and principal's nephew) puts a hairball in her sandwich and extorts peppermints from classmates. Her parents, divorced, have differing opinions: Maggie's father proposes ""getting
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Mavis Jukes, Author Crown Books for Young Readers $12.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-679-89028-7
Loaded with information about puberty, personal hygiene, dating, sex even the prom Mavis Jukes's The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual puts boys in the driver's seat. Cheeky chapter headings (e.g., ""Under the Hood"" and ""Ignition System""), funky '50s
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Thomas B. Allen, Illustrator Yearling Books $5.99 (58p) ISBN 978-0-679-86570-4
The Newberry Honor author tells a heartwarming story of a boy visiting his grandmother after his grandfather's death. Ages 7-1O. (Oct.)
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Lloyd Bloom, Illustrator Random House Books for Young Readers $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-394-89264-1
Jukes's impressive first book tells of Sonia, a girl who will fight for the dog she loves. Ages 7-10. (October)
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Lloyd Bloom, Illustrator Dragonfly Books $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-89263-4
The Newbery Honor-winning story of a small boy meetingand learning to lovehis new stepfather. Ages 6-10. (September)
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Debbie Tilley, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12 (144p) ISBN 978-0-679-87392-1
It's difficult to imagine an adolescent girl who wouldn't benefit from this candid, supportive and often genuinely funny guide to surviving--and enjoying--those awkward pre- and early-teen years. Newbery Honor author Jukes bares her soul about her...
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Stacey Schuett, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $14 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-81891-5
While her parents are ``gallivanting around Europe'' for six weeks in the fall, Iris is stuck at home with Mrs. Fuller, the dorky housekeeper. Left to her own devices, the irrepressible 12-year-old lets her room turn into a disaster area, indulges...
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Stacey Schuett, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-679-82690-3
The familiar sentiments of an Amelia Earhart-inspired fantasy (``If she were a skywriter, she would wait for the sky to turn pink and blue--the colors of dusk or dawn'') that open this heartfelt story turn out to be the futile hopes of a youngster...
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Mavis Jukes, Author, Stacey Shuett, Illustrator, Stacey Schuett, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-375-81518-8
Strong, centered and free from fear, a girl imagines herself as a skywriter bidding farewell to her dying uncle, a former pilot, in I'll See You in My Dreams (1993) by Mavis Jukes, illus. by Stacey Schuett an unsentimental look at the rituals...
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Lilian W. Y. Cheung, Author, Mavis Jukes, Author, Debra Ziss, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $12.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-89029-4
Learn how to eat right and feel good with Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great! by Mavis Jukes and Lilian Cheung. This guide to a healthy lifestyle includes nutritional information, the ""Cactus Plan"" of food and...
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Navis Jukes, Author, Mavis Jukes, Author Yearling Books $3.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-440-41227-4
PW called this comedy of sixth-grade manners ""full of broad humor and not-so-subtle ironies,"" and praised Jukes as ""well attuned to preadolescent concerns and attitudes about puberty."" Ages 10-up. (Mar.)
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