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159 pp.
| Darby Creek |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7613-6075-9$15.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Jennifer Kalis.
In her twentieth outing, Mallory once again has to make the best of a bad situation. This time it's a six-week arts program, which Mallory had been eagerly anticipating...until she's assigned to play the tuba in the school band. How the reliably likable protagonist, with a teacher's help, deals with the humiliation makes for an enjoyable story.