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    Part of Frankly, Frannie

    Author AJ Stern
    Illustrated by Doreen Mulryan Marts
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    Penguin Young Readers | Grosset & Dunlap
    On sale Sep 16, 2010 | 128 Pages | 9781101443347
    Grades 1-3
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    ItÕs opening night at a local restaurant, and the service is a little slow. Always on the lookout for employment opportunities, Frannie sidles up to the bus station, grabs some bread baskets and water pitchers, and lends a helping hand. Who knows, maybe the restaurant will hire her on permanently? ThatÕs what she hopes anyway, until she discovers patrons eating escargotÑactual snails! Frannie knows itÕs up to her to warn people away from the disgusting mollusks. But can she do it without ruining the restaurantÕs reputation?
    AJ Stern lives in New York, New York.

    Doreen Mulryan Marts lives in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
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    ItÕs opening night at a local restaurant, and the service is a little slow. Always on the lookout for employment opportunities, Frannie sidles up to the bus station, grabs some bread baskets and water pitchers, and lends a helping hand. Who knows, maybe the restaurant will hire her on permanently? ThatÕs what she hopes anyway, until she discovers patrons eating escargotÑactual snails! Frannie knows itÕs up to her to warn people away from the disgusting mollusks. But can she do it without ruining the restaurantÕs reputation?

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    AJ Stern lives in New York, New York.

    Doreen Mulryan Marts lives in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
    AJ Stern View titles by AJ Stern
    Doreen Mulryan Marts View titles by Doreen Mulryan Marts

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