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MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE WRITING THANK-YOU NOTES Peggy Gifford; illustrated by Valorie Fisher Hardcover | Schwartz & Wade | 978-0-375-84270-2 | August 2008 | $12.99 | Ages 9-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Schwartz & Wade | 978-0-375-94552-6 | August 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 9-12

Moxy Maxwell has no doubt she will be able to do all 13 things on her List of 13 Things to Do Before Tomorrow. How hard could it be? I mean, the first 12 things are pretty much the same thing. Write 12 thank-you notes for the presents she received for Christmas. After that, she can get ready for the trip of a lifetime. She is going to Hollywood to visit her dad who she hasn’t seen in almost three years. But first, the thank-you notes. Unfortunately, things don’t go the way Moxy has planned. There is the mishap with the copy machine. Plus the unfortunate incident with the gold spray paint. Still, all in all, Moxy is pretty pleased with herself; that is, until her mother comes home, sees the mess, and orders Moxy to her room to think about what she’s done. Will Moxy ever make it to Hollywood to rub shoulders with the rich and famous? Or will the 473 photocopied thank-you notes and the huge gold “THANK YOU” painted on the living room wall stand in the way of Moxy’s destiny?

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Aledo Middle School, Aledo, Texas

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