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Short Circuits

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By Donald R. Gallo
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Laurel Leaf)
Short Circuits
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Prepare to be jolted . . . electrified . . . zapped. Here are thirteen hairraising stories that are bound to stun and shock you. There is great suspense in Robert Westalls Aunt Florrie and Larry Bograds The Reincarnation of Sweet Lips. Horrifying happenings occur in Annette Curtis Klauses The Hoppins and Patricia Windsors Teeth. Ghosts abound in stories by Joan Aiken, Vivien Alcock, Elsa Marston, Jane McFann, Frances A. Miller, and Joan Lowery Nixon. For a dose of comic relief, readers will gulp with glee at Ellen Confords For Petes Snake, Gary Blackwoods Ethan Unbound, and Steven Otfinoskis Salesman, Beware! Read this shocking collection at your own risk.

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55616 words55,616 words
224 pages224 pages
Lexile 820LLexile 820L

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9780440218890

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