Stephen Manes, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05488-0
Readers seeking a respite from ``problem'' novels need look no further than this lighthearted romp. This book sparkles with puckish exuberance, even though the central conflict that fuels the story is a minor one. Narrator Frank ``Back'' Wess is new
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Stephen Manes, Author Skylark Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15682-9
For his 12th birthday, Arnold gets his heart's desire, a pair of Helicopter Shoes, the latest in overpriced athletic footwear as advertised on TV. But his long hoped-for gift falls short of his expectations: he gets a killing blister and the tongue...
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Stephen Manes, Author, Paul Andrews, With Doubleday Books $25 (541p) ISBN 978-0-385-42075-4
According to this ``independent'' biography, the computer whiz kid, Harvard dropout, youngest self-made billionaire ever William Henry ``Bill'' Gates III (b. 1955) has dominated the immense, dramatic story of America's electronic revolution. Manes,...
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Stephen Manes, Author, William Joyce, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-440358-0
The dashing derring-do of this eponymous hero is set forth in eight piquant chapters that offer, according to PW , ``high adventure and rib-tickling hilarity in the best tall-tale tradition.'' Ages 8-12. (Feb.)
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Stephen Manes, Author, William Joyce, Illustrator, William Joyce, Photographer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins $10.95 (117p) ISBN 978-0-397-32347-0
A magazine writer gets lost in the wilds of Rhode Island but finds a story nonetheless--that of Rhode Island Red, a literal bantamweight who hatched from a hen's egg, grew older but never up, who can ``lick a fellow twenty times his size before...
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Stephen Manes, Author, George Ulrich, Illustrator Skylark Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15908-0
According to PW , Manes's sequel to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! ``contains a similar plot and much of the same kid-pleasing humor. This entertaining escapade will provoke chuckles in even the most reluctant readers.'' Ages 8-12. (Feb.)
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