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The Candy Corn Contest

The Candy Corn Contest

by Patricia Reilly Giff

Book Details

Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1987
Language: en
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9780440410720
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💥Violence
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❤️Love & Romance
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🧠Mental Health
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🧙Fantasy / Supernatural
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💬!*$#Language
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🍷🚬Substance Use
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😨Fear / Horror

Description

It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess.<br><br><br><br>Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, " he says. But Richard won't give up. He can already taste those Candy Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones.<br><br><br><br>What will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionSchool & EducationHolidays & CelebrationsThanksgivingSocial ThemesBullying

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