false <![CDATA[Puddlejumpers]]> 3017234 2 Ernie Banks, named for the legendary Chicago Cubs shortstop, is a troubled, thirteen-year-old juvenile delinquent. Abandoned on the doorstep of the Lakeside Home for Boys when he was three years old, his only proof that he once belonged to somebody is a vintage Ernie Banks baseball card, a crystal acorn he wears on a string around his neck, and a strange spiral birthmark on the bottom of his right foot.<br><br>As a last reprieve before being sent to a juvenile detention facility, Ernie is allowed to spend three weeks on a working farm. When Ernie arrives at the home of Russ Frazier, he learns that the widower s baby was kidnapped years before. Ernie is determined to solve the case. He teams up with Joey, a local tomboy, to investigate clues that lead them on a dangerous journey into a forbidden world of dark secrets, magic puddles, and the cavernous underground kingdom of the Puddlejumpers eleven-inch-tall water creatures with whom Ernie has a mysterious connection. 3047790 1 4 2008 Puddlejumpers total:87|5:17|4:28|3:31|2:8|1:3| 87 309 152 37 5 1 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 16:57:39 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 14:49:27 -0800 2008 1 Synopsis: Who is Ernie Banks? He thinks he's an orphan roughing it out in the Lakeside School for boys. However, what he truly is, is something much more vital, powerful and mysterious. He is magical and the survival of the Puddlejumpers (along with the rest of humanity) depends on him recalling all...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 15:41:36 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 16:34:35 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:02:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:32:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 11 13:08:38 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:14:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 28 20:53:17 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 20:53:47 -0700 2008
Ernie Banks was left on the doorstep of the Lakeside Home for Boys when he was just three years old. Now, ten years later, he's thirteen and well on his way to spending his life running from the law.

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Nice blend of action, drama, and magic!]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:09:23 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:13:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 14:21:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 14:21:51 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3993758