Copyright © 2017 by Mary E. Lambert

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lambert, Mary E., 1984– author.

Title: Family game night and other catastrophes / Mary E. Lambert.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2017. | Summary: Seventh-grader Annabelle’s mother is a hoarder, and their whole house is full of canned goods, broken toys, fabric, and old newspapers—but when a pile of newspapers (organized by weather reports) falls on Annabelle’s younger sister Leslie and their mother is more concerned about the newspapers, it sets off a chain of events that brings their fix-it-all grandmother in and Annabelle realizes that if there is any hope for change she can not isolate herself and keep her family’s problems secret.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016030472 (print) | LCCN 2016032690 (ebook) | ISBN 9780545931984 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780545932004

Subjects: LCSH: Compulsive hoarding—Juvenile fiction. | Obsessive-compulsive disorder—Juvenile fiction. | Family secrets—Juvenile fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Juvenile fiction. | Sisters—Juvenile fiction. | Families—Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Compulisive hoarding—Fiction. | Obsessive-compulsive disorder—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Fiction. | Sisters—Fiction. | Family problems—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.L25 Fam 2017 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.L25 (ebook) | DDC 813.6 [Fic] —dc23

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First edition, March 2017

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