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Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry

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By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher Simon Schuster Children's Publishing - (Atheneum)
Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry
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There are strange goingson once again in Middleburg. Someone has put up posters warning townspeople that the dreaded Indiana Aztec bat has been sighted in the area. Whats more, the town is in an uproar over the bells recently placed in the church belfry that chime every hour twentyfour hours a day! It seems the whole town is going batty with the constant pealing! Bernie Magruder is determined to get to the bottom of things. Who put up all those posters about a species of bat no one has ever heard of? What can the townspeople do to return some peace to their lives? And are the bats that Bernie and his family see swooping about the belfry the dreaded Indiana Aztecs? Looks like Bernie, and his two friends Georgene and Weasel, have their work cut out for them again!

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26709 words26,709 words
144 pages144 pages
Lexile 940LLexile 940L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2004Published 2004

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Hear it contagious Hear it cancel Hear it sensitive Hear it posse Hear it crisp Hear it bond Hear it scheme Hear it underestimate Hear it hymn Hear it considerable Hear it motive Hear it recite Hear it linen Hear it platter Hear it remote Hear it fatal Hear it accompany Hear it browse Hear it welt Hear it caution Hear it radish Hear it dispatch Hear it peach Hear it cue Hear it loaf Hear it loft Hear it snoop Hear it annual Hear it concrete Hear it rearrange Hear it swat Hear it arc Hear it lunatic Hear it yowl Hear it vicious Hear it waffle Hear it veterinary Hear it inherit Hear it sundae Hear it pure Hear it distinguishable Hear it caramel Hear it doggone Hear it slumber Hear it constant Hear it saltshaker Hear it kin Hear it controversy Hear it syllable Hear it sonar Hear it choir Hear it innocent Hear it raspberry Hear it foe Hear it marvelous Hear it clunk Hear it mesh Hear it fraud Hear it flannel Hear it brainless Hear it coincidence Hear it charitable Hear it batch Hear it distress Hear it frantic Hear it plump Hear it fig Hear it drugstore Hear it wastebasket Hear it pillar Hear it housekeeping Hear it doormat Hear it keen Hear it frightful Hear it bullhorn Hear it midwestern Hear it coward Hear it scam Hear it congregation Hear it unlikely Hear it undisturbed Hear it lamppost Hear it mere Hear it mechanical Hear it deceased Hear it grief Hear it hasty Hear it unfriendly Hear it grieving Hear it bandit Hear it feline Hear it vendor Hear it honorary Hear it pocketbook Hear it intruder Hear it hostess Hear it corridor Hear it pepperoni Hear it adrift Hear it tutu
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9780689850677

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