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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kingsbury, Karen, author. | Russell, Tyler, author.
Title: Never grow up / Karen Kingsbury and Tyler Russell.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2021] | Series: The Baxter family children ; [3] | “A Paula Wiseman Book.” | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Audience: Grades 4-6. | Summary: While Kari Baxter eagerly awaits a meteor shower and frets over what she wants to be when she grows up, Ashley gets an idea for how to keep her siblings from growing up too fast.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020029435 (print) | LCCN 2020029436 (eBook) | ISBN 9781534412217 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534412231 (eBook)
Subjects: CYAC: Family life—Fiction. | Brothers and sisters—Fiction. | Meteor showers—Fiction. | Christian life—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.K6117 Nev 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.K6117 (eBook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020029435
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020029436
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