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082			_a[Fic]
090			_aP Year 6 [Fic] _bHOU
100			_aHoutman, Jacqueline _eAuthor
245	1	0	_aThe reinvention of Edison Thomas/ _cJacqueline Houtman
260			_aHonesdale, Pa. _bBoyds Mills Press _c2010
300			_a199 p.
520			_aEddy's a science geek and has problems communicating with others. The combination gives the class bully, who pretends to be Eddy's friend, plenty of ammunition. Eddy Thomas can read a college physics book, but he can't read the emotions on the faces of his classmates. He can spend hours tinkering with an invention, but he can't stand more than a few minutes in a noisy crowd, like the crowd at the science fair, which Eddy fails to win. When the local school crossing guard is laid off, Eddy is haunted by thoughts of the potentially disastrous consequences and invents a traffic-calming device, using parts he has scavenged from discarded machines. By trusting his real friends, Eddy uses his talents to help others and rethinks his purely mechanic
697			_aFriendship
697			_aRealistic fiction
697			_aSpecial needs
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