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Marshmallow Muscles, Banana Brainstorms

by Karen T. Taha

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Fourteen-year-old Pitt Kowalski's efforts to live up to his family's expectations result in disaster until Pitt discovers and uses his own special talents.

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Canonical title: Marshmallow Muscles, Banana Brainstorms
Alternate titles: Marshmallow Muscles, Banana Brainstorms, a Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .T1288 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 3
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Published: 1988
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Kids
LCC: PZ7 .T1288

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