Kate the Great, Except When She's Not

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Becker, Suzy.
Kate the great except when she’s not / Suzy Becker. —First edition.
p. cm. — (Kate the great)
Summary: Fifth-grader Kate faces a challenge when her mother asks her
to be especially nice to Nora, a classmate and fellow flute player who is
sometimes mean.
Trade paperback ISBN 978-0-385-38742-2 — Library binding ISBN 978-0-
385-38743-9 — eBook ISBN 978-0-385-38744-6
[1. Friendship—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Family life—Fiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.B3817174Kat 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2013046710

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