Story Outline

Trouble in Bearpaw Junction

A town in Canada is suddenly afflicted with odd difficulties in their ability to communicate. People are struck at random, each with different symptoms. The symptoms come and go, and no one knows why either way. The town physician is mystified. Finally, the epidemic disappears after townspeople manage a rescue operation. (Total 15191 words, ages 12 to 16).

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Mai Lin's Amazing Hair

The setting is around 1920. Eddie, a young boy and his father are left alone for three years. By the time his mother returns, Eddie has become careless and unruly. His father criticizes him constantly but nothing works. Then an unexpected and spectacular series of events occur to turn Eddie around. In the process, his mother becomes a local legend and years later one of her locks is preserved
in a local history museum. (Total 9040 words with animations, ages 6 to 12)

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Moonbeams on the River

Emmet is forced to tag along while his mother shops because she doesn't want him out of her sight. He reads in a picture book that animals have unusual features that serve a special purpose in helping them survive. Emmet soon gets tired, curls up in a chair and falls asleep. By coincidence he has a dream, in which he explores a strange world and meets even stranger animals. ...(Total 2499 words, ages 6 to 12).

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Sadie Hawkins Day

The girls in Kate's 8th-grade class must plan an event and each invite a boy for Sadie Hawkins Day. Kate records her sharp and often amusing observations of the whole thing in her daily journal. (Total 9003 words, ages 10 to 18)

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A Gift, You Say?

The setting is preindustrial England. A young girl named Olivia attempts to capture a toad and wakes up the next day with a "gift" she can't get rid of. How would you deal with this problem? Find out what Olivia does after her fateful meeting with the mysterious amphibian. (Total 4503 words, ages 6 to 12)

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