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The Money Room

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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Searching for a treasure their great-grandfather left in a "money room" on his farm in Oregon, two children realize that someone else is also searching.

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee – 1985)

CCBC Choices (Fiction for Middle Readers – 1981)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 1984)

Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee – 1984)

William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee – 1983-1984)

Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee – 1984)

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Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Children's Books (1981)

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3

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Published: 1981
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .M

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