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The Sparrow Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Discover award-winning author Gail Donovan’s books for middle-grade readers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gail Donovan is an award-winning children’s book author of middle-grade novels. She lives and works on the coast of Maine.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Middle-grade novels: ages 7 – 12<\/span>

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Finchosaurus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Waffler<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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What’s Bugging Bailey Blecker?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s non-negotiable. I want a rat.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The worst, stupidest, craziest, itchiest, lousiest birthday of your life. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Yes! Of course, he had a problem with a five-legged frog.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am the fierce and mighty Finchosaurus<\/em>!\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Somebody\u2019s in trouble<\/em> noises rumbled through the room like thunder after lightning.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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