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No purchase necessary / Maria Marianayagam.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PR9199.4.M34589 N62 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marianayagam, Maria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prize contests in advertising--Juvenile fiction.
- Prize contests in advertising.
- Middle school students--Juvenile fiction.
- Middle school students.
- Tamil (Indic people)--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
- Tamil (Indic people).
- East Indians--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
- East Indians.
- Peer pressure--Juvenile fiction.
- Peer pressure.
- Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
- Bullying.
- Prize conests in advertising--Fiction.
- Middle school students--Fiction.
- Tamil (Indic people)--Canada--Fiction.
- East Indians--Canada--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Social problem fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Ajay Anthonipillai has a million-dollar problem. Ajay has lived his life dutifully following the rules set by his Tamil parents. Rules like, "straight A's only" (rule #3), "no such thing as a no-homework day" (rule #5), and "never watch scary movies" (rule #10). But moving to a new school gives Ajay a new rule to follow: get on seventh grade all-star Jacob Underson's good side. When Jacob asks him to steal a Mercury bar from Scary Al's convenience store, Ajay feels this is his chance to finally "get cool" and gain real friends. Maybe even stop eating lunch alone. But Jacob rejects the stolen chocolate bar, leaving Ajay to unwrap it and discover that it contains Mercury's 25th Anniversary Grand Prize: one million dollars! Faced with an extreme dilemma, Ajay will have to bear the weight of his actions and battle his conscience in deciding whether or not to claim the prize that may change the life of his family forever."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "What if you stole a million dollars ... by accident?"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marianayagam, Maria. No purchase necessary.
- ISBN:
- 9780063360921
- 0063360926
- 9781443472616
- 1443472611
- OCLC:
- 1460009487
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