Millions

Frank Boyce Cottrell, . . HarperTrophy, $6.99 (247pp) ISBN 978-0-06-073332-2

A fourth-grader finds a bag of cash that seemingly drops from the sky. In our Best Books citation, PW wrote, "The irresistible premise of this novel asks: How would you spend a lot of money fast? Readers will madly flip the pages to figure out the cash's true source." Ages 8-up. (Aug.)

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