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Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy

An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

By: Judith L. Irvin,Julie Meltzer,Melinda Dukes

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Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy

An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

By: Judith L. Irvin,Julie Meltzer,Melinda Dukes

Literacy lies at the heart of student understanding and achievement. Yet too many educators mistakenly assume that the reading, writing, speaking, and thinking skills that students developed in elementary school are sufficient for the sophisticated learning tasks they face in middle and high school. The result? Disappointing test scores, high dropout rates, and students unprepared for higher education, citizenship, and the world of work. Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders presents a structured approach to using literacy as a lever for overall school improvement. Literacy instruction is not an "add-on," authors Judith L. Irvin, Julie Meltzer, and Melinda Dukes insist; it's an ongoing essential. All adolescent students, no matter what their level of achievement, can benefit from direct instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. And all secondary school leaders can improve students' literacy and learning by following the five action steps outlined in this book: (1) develop and implement a literacy action plan, (2) support teachers to improve literacy instruction, (3) use data to make curricular decisions, (4) build capacity for shared leadership, and (5) creatively allocate resources to support the literacy plan. The book also offers strategies to help educators integrate literacy and learning across the content areas, provide targeted interventions for students who are struggling the most, and develop a supportive school environment that involves parents, community members, and district leaders. Practical tools, helpful resources, and vignettes based on the authors' extensive work in school districts nationwide make this an indispensable guide for principals, central office administrators, literacy coaches, department chairs, and other school leaders committed to helping students succeed.

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1416617418

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The Models X-Change- Breaking Through the Exclusion

By: Melinda James-Davis

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The Models X-Change- Breaking Through the Exclusion

By: Melinda James-Davis

Book Description is made for theatrical purpose, motivational, and hope

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Lulu.com

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138720291X

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9781387202911

The Temporary Duke

By: Melinda McRae

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The Temporary Duke

By: Melinda McRae

Just before his wedding, a duke disappears, leaving his sister no choice but to hire an impostor to take his place to protect their inheritance. While she instructs the double on the behavior of a well-mannered gentleman, he ignites a passion within her. But how can she, a titled lady, wed a mere commoner--especially with all that is at stake?

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Signet Book

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0451195779

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Power and Place

Preservation, Progress, and the Culture War over Land

By: Melinda Bollar Wagner

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Power and Place

Preservation, Progress, and the Culture War over Land

By: Melinda Bollar Wagner

Rural life and culture hold a practical and symbolic importance in American society. A central tenet of the survival of our cherished values—and of ourselves as a species—is the stewardship of cultural diversity and the places that foster it, like rural America. These may be the places that teach us to use land to make a living and to make a life, to forge and carry on our identities, and to feel history. They may yield a harvest of policies for managing an environmental balancing act that will preserve essential resources for America's children's children. Power and Place: Preservation, Progress, and the Culture War over Land examines the ongoing culture wars that pit conservation against economic progress. For author Melinda Bollar Wagner, what began as a study of Appalachia's long-standing and continuing status as an energy sacrifice zone evolved into a twenty-four-year research project that sheds new light on the physical and emotional parameters of cultural attachment to land. Drawing on interviews with more than 220 residents from ten communities in five Appalachian counties, Power and Place gives voice to rural citizens whose place at the table is far from assured with regard to critical energy, environmental, and infrastructure decisions.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813197740

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9780813197746

Joseph Stalin

An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Periodical Literature to 2005

By: David R. Egan,Melinda A. Egan

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Joseph Stalin

An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Periodical Literature to 2005

By: David R. Egan,Melinda A. Egan

With the opening of Russian and communist-bloc archives dating from the Soviet-era, there has been a significant increase of scholarly writings pertaining to Joseph Stalin. Widely considered to be among the most influential historical figures of the twentieth century, Stalin continues to be a source of intense study. In the absence of a comprehensive compilation of periodical literature, the need for Joseph Stalin: An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Periodical Literature to 2005 is conspicuous. Ranging from editorials and news reports to academic articles, the more than 1,700 sources cited collectively cover the full range of his life, the various aspects of his leadership, and virtually all facets of the system and practices traditionally associated with his name. The coverage in this bibliography extends beyond the person of Stalin to include the subjects of Stalinism, the Stalinist system, the Stalin phenomenon, and those policies and practices of the Communist Party and Soviet state associated with him. This volume also provides a record of scholarly opinion on Stalin and sheds light on the evolution and current state of Stalinology. An effort has been made to list only those articles in which Stalin figures prominently, but, in some instances, articles have been included which do not center on Stalin but are worthy of listing for other reasons. The book is divided into fourteen main sections: General Studies and Overviews; Biographical Information and Psychological Assessments; The Revolutionary Movement, October Revolution and Civil War; Rise to Power; Politics; Economics; Society and Social Policy; Nationalism and Nationality Policy; Culture; Religion; Philosophy and Theory; Foreign Relations and International Communism; Military Affairs; and De-Stalinization. Including a subject index of several hundred headings and even greater number of subheadings, this comprehensive annotated bibliography should be of benefit to those individuals who, for the purpose of research or classroom instruction, are seeking sources of information on Stalin.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810866714

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9780810866713

Sorrow: State of Sorrow

By: Melinda Salisbury

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Sorrow: State of Sorrow

By: Melinda Salisbury

Sorrow all but rules the Court of Tears, in a land gripped by perpetual grief, forever mourning her brother who died just days before Sorrow was born. By day she governs in place of her father, by night she seeks secret solace in the arms of the boy she's loved since childhood. But when her brother is seemingly found alive, and intent on taking control, Sorrow has to choose whether to step aside for a stranger who might not be who he claims to be, or embark on a power struggle for a position she never really wanted.

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Scholastic UK

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1407185268

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9781407185262

Challenging Orthodoxies: The Social and Cultural Worlds of Early Modern Women

Essays Presented to Hilda L. Smith

By: Melinda S. Zook

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Challenging Orthodoxies: The Social and Cultural Worlds of Early Modern Women

Essays Presented to Hilda L. Smith

By: Melinda S. Zook

Offering a broad and eclectic approach to the experience and activities of early modern women, Challenging Orthodoxies presents new research from a group of leading voices in their respective fields. Each essay confronts some received wisdom, ’truth’ or orthodoxy in social and cultural, scientific and intellectual, and political and legal traditions, to demonstrate how women from a range of social classes could challenge the conventional thinking of their time as well as the ways in which they have been traditionally portrayed by scholars. Subjects include women's relationship to guns and gunpowder, the law and legal discourse, religion, public finances, and the new science in early modern Europe, as well as women and indentured servitude in the New World. A testament to the pioneering work of Hilda L. Smith, this collection makes a valuable contribution to scholarship in women’s studies, political science, history, religion and literature.

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Routledge

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1317168755

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9781317168751

Nutrition Psychology

Improving Dietary Adherence

By: Melinda Blackman,Colleen Kvaska

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Nutrition Psychology

Improving Dietary Adherence

By: Melinda Blackman,Colleen Kvaska

Nutrition Psychology: Improving Dietary Adherence presents prominent psychological theories that are known to drive human eating behavior, and reveal how these models can be transformed into proactive strategies for adhering to healthy dietary regimens.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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144960997X

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9781449609979

Miniature and the English Imagination

Literature, Cognition, and Small-Scale Culture, 16501765

By: Melinda Alliker Rabb

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Miniature and the English Imagination

Literature, Cognition, and Small-Scale Culture, 16501765

By: Melinda Alliker Rabb

Examines the practice and purposes of presenting the small-scale in literature, material culture and theories of cognition.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108425836

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9781108425834

Frommer's? Japan Day by Day

By: Matt Alt,Hiroko Yoda,Melinda Joe

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Frommer's? Japan Day by Day

By: Matt Alt,Hiroko Yoda,Melinda Joe

Folded, col. map in pocket on p. [3] of cover.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470908262

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9780470908266

Racial Mixture and Musical Mash-ups in the Life and Art of Bruno Mars

By: Melinda A. Mills

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Racial Mixture and Musical Mash-ups in the Life and Art of Bruno Mars

By: Melinda A. Mills

This book argues that Bruno Mars is uniquely positioned to borrow from his heritage and experiential knowledge as well as his musical talent, performative expertise, and hybrid identities (culturally, ethnically, and racially) to remix music that can create "new music nostalgia." Melinda Mills attends to the ways that Mars is precariously positioned in relation to all of the racial and ethnic groups that constitute his known background and argues that this complexity serves him well in the contemporary moment. Engaging in the performative politics of blackness allows Mars to advocate for social justice by employing his artistic agency. Through his entertainment and the everyday practice of joy, Mars models a way of moving through the world that counters its harsh realities. Through his music and perfomance, Mars provides a way for a reconceptualization of race and a reimagining of the future.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793619832

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9781793619839

Dancing Queen

Marie de Médicis' Ballets at the Court of Henri IV

By: Melinda J. Gough

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Dancing Queen

Marie de Médicis' Ballets at the Court of Henri IV

By: Melinda J. Gough

Under glittering lights in the Louvre palace, the French court ballets danced by Queen Marie de M?dicis prior to Henri IV's assassination in 1610 attracted thousands of spectators ranging from pickpockets to ambassadors from across Europe. Drawing on newly discovered primary sources as well as theories and methodologies derived from literary studies, political history, musicology, dance studies, and women's and gender studies, Dancing Queen traces how Marie's ballets authorized her incipient political authority through innovative verbal and visual imagery, avant-garde musical developments, and ceremonial arrangements of objects and bodies in space. Making use of women's "semi-official" status as political agents, Marie's ballets also manipulated the subtle social and cultural codes of international courtly society in order to more deftly navigate rivalries and alliances both at home and abroad. At times the queen's productions could challenge Henri IV's immediate interests, contesting the influence enjoyed by his mistresses or giving space to implied critiques of official foreign policy, for example. Such defenses of Marie's own position, though, took shape as part of a larger governmental program designed to promote the French consort queen's political authority not in its own right but as a means of maintaining power for the new Bourbon monarchy in the event of Henri IV's untimely death.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487503660

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9781487503666

Beyond Me

Finding Your Way to Life's Next Level

By: Melinda Doolittle

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Beyond Me

Finding Your Way to Life's Next Level

By: Melinda Doolittle

Through poignant, often humorous stories, you will discover the secrets to MelindaÆs success, finding practical help to overcome your own obstacles to achieve the next level in any area of life.Because she was tone deaf as a child, DoolittleÆs choir director would plead with her to just move her mouth and not let any sound come out. Undaunted, her love of singing drove her to enter a contest in the 7th grade and, miraculously, she won. Melinda began to realize that success in life was something bigger than herÙor, as she puts it, ÔItÆs beyond me!ÖShe began setting and systematically reaching her goals, such as singing background vocals for her many of her favorite music artists. Then by an amazing turn of events, she burst onto the music scene with her flawless vocal performances on American Idol Û becoming the clear favorite of the showÆs most difficult judge, Simon Cowell.Beyond Me also provides you a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of one of AmericaÆs biggest pop culture phenomenon, American Idol, and how she turned that stress-filled environment into a springboard from which she could soar.

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180

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Zondervan

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031032744X

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9780310327448

Legs and the Two-Ton Dick

By: Melinda Bailey

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Legs and the Two-Ton Dick

By: Melinda Bailey

When Talia Green answers a Craig's List ad to work for the faux-fat former police detective, Porter Nepal, she assumes she'll be a glorified errand girl ... but she soon finds her duties include making coffee, tailing suspects, and solving the biggest murder mystery San Francisco has ever seen: beloved rock star Buster Bones, found strangled in his recording studio. And the prime suspect is Buster's foul-mouthed wife-and-muse Minnie ... Throw in a two-timing three-way polygamist, a music mogul with incredible partying skills, a wild child pop-star with an embarrassingly mundane secret, a gay surf gang and the Pacific Ocean, and you have a rollercoaster ride guaranteed to keep you entertained from the Presidio to Daly City and back!

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Lulu.com

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1925536378

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9781925536379

In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation

The Americans Who Fought the Korean War

By: Melinda L. Pash

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In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation

The Americans Who Fought the Korean War

By: Melinda L. Pash

Largely overshadowed by World War II’s “greatest generation” and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. Yet, just as the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam worked profound changes on conflict participants, the Korean Peninsula chipped away at the beliefs, physical and mental well-being, and fortitude of Americans completing wartime tours of duty there. Upon returning home, Korean War veterans struggled with home front attitudes toward the war, faced employment and family dilemmas, and wrestled with readjustment. Not unlike other wars, Korea proved a formative and defining influence on the men and women stationed in theater, on their loved ones, and in some measure on American culture. In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation not only gives voice to those Americans who served in the “forgotten war” but chronicles the larger personal and collective consequences of waging war the American way.

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NYU Press

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1479847283

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9781479847280

Haunted

By: Melinda Metz

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Haunted

By: Melinda Metz

From the author of the Roswell High series, a teen with telepathic powers tries to locate an abducted friend, only to discover she has a deadly stalker. One touch of her hand, and Rae knows everyone’s thoughts. Her friend Anthony says this is a gift. But for Rae, it feels more like a nightmare. Still, at Anthony’s urging, she puts her powers to the test when their mutual friend goes missing. It appears Jesse has been kidnapped but whatever clues she and Anthony can grasp at yield even greater mysteries. Until Rae follows a lead that reveals one terrifying truth: someone is watching Rae’s every move. Someone who wants her dead. Praise for Gifted Touch “[A] fast pace and original premise.” —Publishers Weekly “This engaging mystery conveys themes of self-discovery and self-acceptance within a classic whodunit framework.” —School Library Journal

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Open Road Media

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150408862X

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9781504088626

Strangers to the Law

Gay People on Trial

By: Lisa Melinda Keen,Suzanne Beth Goldberg

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Strangers to the Law

Gay People on Trial

By: Lisa Melinda Keen,Suzanne Beth Goldberg

In 1992, the voters of Colorado passed a ballot initiative amending the state constitution to prevent the state or any local government from adopting any law or policy that protected a person with a homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation from discrimination. This amendment was immediately challenged in the courts as a denial of equal protection of the laws under the United States Constitution. This litigation ultimately led to a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court invalidating the Colorado ballot initiative. Suzanne Goldberg, an attorney involved in the case from the beginning on behalf of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Lisa Keen, a journalist who covered the initiative campaign and litigation, tell the story of this case, providing an inside view of this complex and important litigation. Starting with the background of the initiative, the authors tell us about the debates over strategy, the court proceedings, and the impact of each stage of the litigation on the parties involved. The authors explore the meaning of legal protection for gay people and the arguments for and against the Colorado initiative. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of civil rights protections for gay people and the evolution of what it means to be gay in contemporary American society and politics. In addition, it is a rich story well told, and will be of interest to the general reader and scholars working on issues of civil rights, majority-minority relations, and the meaning of equal rights in a democratic society. Suzanne Goldberg is an attorney with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. Lisa Keen is Senior Editor at the Washington Blade newspaper.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472086456

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9780472086450

The Case of the Nana-napper

By: Laura J. Burns,Melinda Metz

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The Case of the Nana-napper

By: Laura J. Burns,Melinda Metz

Agatha believes that her Nana has been kidnapped and enlists Orville to help find out what has happened to her.

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1595140158

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9781595140159

Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy

An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

By: Judith L. Irvin,Julie Meltzer,Melinda Dukes

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Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy

An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

By: Judith L. Irvin,Julie Meltzer,Melinda Dukes

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ASCD

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1416617418

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9781416617419

The Duke's Daughter

By: Melinda McRae

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The Duke's Daughter

By: Melinda McRae

Determined never to reveal the secret she conceals, Elizabeth Granford finds her icy will and indifference sorely tested by the persistent attentions of the dashing Somerset Graham, Earl of Wentworth

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New Amer Library

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0451169743

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9780451169747

New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley #34: The Case of the Sundae Surprise

(The Case of the Sundae Surprise)

By: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

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New Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley #34: The Case of the Sundae Surprise

(The Case of the Sundae Surprise)

By: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

After inventing a great new ice cream flavor for the Sweet Sundaes contest, Mary-Kate and Ashley are close to getting the grand prize, but the disappearance of the ice cream and their secret recipe has the twins searching for answers.

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0060093323

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