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MOLLY MCGINTY HAS A REALLY GOOD DAY Gary Paulsen Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | September 2004 | $12.95 | 0-385-32588-6 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Wendy Lamb Books | September 2004 | $14.99 | 0-385-90911-X | Ages 8-12

Molly McGinty has lost her notebook. And not just any notebook, either. The Notebook. The notebook that has her entire life in it. It is color-coded, cross-referenced, and keeps track of every important detail in her life. This is only the beginning of her problems, though. First, her grandmother is attending school with her for the annual Senior Citizen Day at Our Lady of Mercy Middle School. Not only that, but her grandmother is wearing her new purple suede pants to school. Second, Molly’s grandmother makes her lug around her huge black purse, which Molly trips over and gives herself a big black eye. Then her grandmother is caught smoking in the girls’ bathroom. The list goes on and on and on.   But with all of these bad things happening to Molly, how on earth does her day end up being good?

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

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