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    Lily B. on the brink of cool

    Author Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
    Read by Kaili Vernoff
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    On sale Mar 23, 2004 | 4 Hours and 44 Minutes | 9780807220894
    Grades 4-7
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    Lily's Likes: Recording daily events in her notebook, alphabetizing books on her shelves, writing top-ten lists.

    Lily's Dislikes: Family outings, people who make their own beds in hotels (like her mother), and most of the items in her closet.

    Favorite Meal: Tacos and root beer.

    Favorite Daydream: Winning the Congressional Medal of Honor by saving the President from attack dogs using only a raincoat and a hanger.

    Lily is having the most boring summer EVER. Her best friend has abandoned her for Young Executives Camp, and there is nothing to do but go on family outings with her parents. Then Lily meets the coolest girl, Karma, and her incredibly cool parents. And guess what? They're her relatives! This summer is looking up, and Lily things she just might be on the brink of cool.
    Elizabeth Cody Kimmel lives with her family in Cold Spring, New York. She is the author of Balto and the Great Race, Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition, and As Far as the Eye Can Reach. View titles by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

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    Lily's Likes: Recording daily events in her notebook, alphabetizing books on her shelves, writing top-ten lists.

    Lily's Dislikes: Family outings, people who make their own beds in hotels (like her mother), and most of the items in her closet.

    Favorite Meal: Tacos and root beer.

    Favorite Daydream: Winning the Congressional Medal of Honor by saving the President from attack dogs using only a raincoat and a hanger.

    Lily is having the most boring summer EVER. Her best friend has abandoned her for Young Executives Camp, and there is nothing to do but go on family outings with her parents. Then Lily meets the coolest girl, Karma, and her incredibly cool parents. And guess what? They're her relatives! This summer is looking up, and Lily things she just might be on the brink of cool.

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    Elizabeth Cody Kimmel lives with her family in Cold Spring, New York. She is the author of Balto and the Great Race, Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition, and As Far as the Eye Can Reach. View titles by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

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