The Pushcart War

Pushcart peddlers wage war against the truckers and politicians who try to dominate the streets of New York

Teen & Young Adult

Merrill, Jean

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon -- he makes a million! This fun, breezy story set in 1960s Cleveland, Ohio contains many real-life mathematical problems which the characters must solve to succeed in their budding business. Includes black-and-white illustrations by Jan Palmer.

Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents The toothpaste millionaire

Houghton/Mifflin

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon -- he makes a million! This fun, breezy story set in 1960s Cleveland, Ohio contains many real-life mathematical problems which the characters must solve to succeed in their budding business. Includes black-and-white illustrations by Jan Palmer.

The Toothpaste Millionaire,

Children's Books

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic, and bulldoze into anything that is in their way, and the pushcart peddlers are determined to get rid of them. But the trucks are just as determined to get rid of the pushcarts, and chaos results in the city. The pushcarts have come up with a brilliant strategy that will surely let the hot air out of their enemies. The secret weapon--a peashooter armed with a pin; the target--the vulnerable truck tires. Once the source of the flat tires is discovered, the children of the city joyfully join in with their own pin peashooters. The pushcarts have won one battle, but can they win the war against a corrupt mayor who taxes the pins and prohibits the sale of dried peas?

Dell Yearling

The Girl from the Diadem

Romance

Historical

Fawcett

Seraphina's life was ordered and tranquil until her neice, Georgiana, came to visit. First Miss Georgiana's canary flew over the gate and into the garden of Seraphina's long-lost fiance. Then Miss Seraphoina Silk missed her weekly Ladies' Guild meeting and met instead the disturbing, mysterious Mr. Rowbotham. Next, Georgiana disappeared and Seraphina had to don the garish costume of a magician's assistant to find her. And finally, she saved her neice from the clutches of villainous white slavers and, at long last, Seraphina found her own true love!

Seraphina (Cvntry 85)

Paranormal

Ivy Books

The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan

Geography & Cultures

Demco Media

Young people are introduced to the workings of the business world through the experiences of a twelve-year-old boy who becomes a millionaire by making and selling inexpensive toothpaste. Simultaneous.

The Toothpaste Millionaire

Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step production plan with help from his good friend Kate MacKinstrey. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon -- he makes a million! This fun, breezy story set in 1960s Cleveland, Ohio contains many real-life mathematical problems which the characters must solve to succeed in their budding business. Includes black-and-white illustrations by Jan Palmer. 
This 35th anniversary edition includes an exclusive author interview and reader's guide with book summary and discussion questions.

Biographies

Clarion Books

A young woman resists social and family pressures as she befriends caterpillars and other socially unacceptable creatures

The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars

Puffin

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Books by Merrill, Jean

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The Pushcart War

Weekly Reader Children's Book Club presents The toothpaste millionaire

The Toothpaste Millionaire,

The Pushcart War

The Girl from the Diadem

Seraphina (Cvntry 85)

The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan

The Toothpaste Millionaire

The Toothpaste Millionaire

The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars