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Kathy-jo Wargin

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Kathy-jo Wargin is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for adults and children. With more than 1.2 million copies sold, she writes across genres and age-groups, and has earned national recognition for award–winning titles such as Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear, the International Reading Association’s Children's Choice Award Winner The Legend of the Loon, the Bank Street College of Education Best Book Listee The Voyageur’s Paddle, the IRA Teacher's Choice Award Winner Win One for the Gipper, and many more.

Her Orchard Bay series for adults takes place in a fictional town nestled in the lovely Door Peninsula of Wisconsin.

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	The Legend of Sleeping Bear 4.27 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moose on the Loose by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), John Bendall-Brunello (Illustrator) 3.48 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Mackinac Island 4.23 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scare a Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), John Bendall-Brunello (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frog Prince by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), Anne Yvonne Gilbert (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), Zachary Pullen (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of the Lady's Slipper by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of the Petoskey Stone by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author), Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legend of the Loon by Kathy-jo Wargin (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations), Gisbert Van Frankemhuyzen 4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I keep a ceramic fish in my office.

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By all appearances, the school was typical. Clean, bright hallways trimmed with small lockers, student artwork taped on walls and paper mobiles hanging from the ceiling. It rang with the expected sounds of start-time bells, a morning announcement, classroom doors opening and closing, chairs be...

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