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The Sam the Man series
#1: Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan
#2: Sam the Man & the Rutabaga Plan
#3: Sam the Man & the Dragon Van Plan
#4: Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan
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Text copyright © 2019 by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Amy June Bates
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Jacket illustrations copyright © 2016, 2019 by Amy June Bates
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dowell, Frances O'Roark, author. | Bates, Amy June, illustrator.
Title: Sam the Man & the cell phone plan / Frances O'Roark Dowell ; illustrated by Amy June Bates.
Other titles: Sam the Man and the cell phone plan
Description: First edition. | New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] | “A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.” | Summary: Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018034266| ISBN 9781534412613 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9781534412637 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Notebooks—Fiction. | Ciphers—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Cell phones—Fiction. | Family life—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.D75455 Sag 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018034266
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