Help! I'm a prisoner in the libraryTwo girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard. |
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User Review - Cheryl_in_CC_NV - LibraryThingRather implausible, but still fun and satisfying. Better for ages 8-10, or younger if you're reading it to them. Too bad the girls don't actually wind up spending that much time among all the books ... Read full review
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User Review - NicoleSch - LibraryThingThe dialogue is somewhat stilted, and the girls aren't very interesting (except for their names, why would an author call two characters Mary Rose and Jo-Beth.) though the story was interesting. "Kids don't faint, only grown-ups faint." Tell that to my eight-year-old fainting self. Read full review
Contents
LastMinute Harry | 5 |
Off With Their Heads | 24 |
The Body on the Floor | 41 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Help! I'm a prisoner in the library |
| Author | Eth Clifford |
| Publisher | Scholastic Book Services, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0590315919, 9780590315913 |
| Length | 96 pages |
| Subjects | Blizzards Children's literature Libraries |
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