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    Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean
    Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean
    Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean
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    Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean

    By Sigmund Brouwer and Dave Whamond

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    Justine McKeen is back, and she’s on a deadline. With only days left before Earth Day, Justine enlists the help of her classmates to count flower buds, frogs, spiders and ants in their natural habitat as part of an environmental science project. But there’s a species right in her own classroom that she’ll have to tackle first--a class bully. Savannah Blue, aka the Queen of Mean, criticizes Justine’s secondhand clothes and calls being green a waste of time. Their teacher, Mrs. Howie, gives the girls a new assignment for Earth Day--they must present together to the class on why it’s important to care for the environment. In the sixth book in this bestselling series, Justine is up against her biggest challenge yet--can she convince the Queen of Mean to go green?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateNov 1, 2014
    ISBN9781459803992
    Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean
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    Sigmund Brouwer

    Sigmund Brouwer is the award-winning author of over 100 books for young readers, with close to 4 million books in print. He has won the Christy Book of the Year and an Arthur Ellis Award, as well as being nominated for two TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards and the Red Maple Award. For years, Sigmund has captivated students with his Rock & Roll Literacy Show and Story Ninja program during his school visits, reaching up to 80,000 students per year. His many books in the Orca Sports and Orca Currents lines have changed the lives of countless striving readers. Sigmund lives in Red Deer, Alberta.

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      Justine Mckeen vs. the Queen of Mean - Sigmund Brouwer

      JUSTINE McKEEN

      vs. the QUEEN of MEAN

      Sigmund Brouwer

      illustrated by Dave Whamond

      O R C A   B O O K   P U B L I S H E R S

      Text copyright © 2014 Sigmund Brouwer

      Illustrations copyright © 2014 Dave Whamond

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-, author

      Justine McKeen vs. the queen of mean / Sigmund Brouwer;

      illustrated by Dave Whamond.

      (Orca echoes)

      Issued in print and electronic formats.

      ISBN 978-1-4598-0397-8 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-4598-0398-5 (pdf).--

      ISBN 978-1-4598-0399-2 (epub)

      I. Whamond, Dave, illustrator II. Title. III. Series: Orca echoes

      PS8553.R68467J883 2014           jC813’.54           C2014-901956-4

      C2014-901957-2

      First published in the United States, 2014

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936072

      Summary: Justine is faced with the challenge of convincing the Queen of Mean that being environmentally conscious is worthwhile.

      Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

      Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Dave Whamond

      Author photo by Reba Baskett

      www.orcabook.com

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      To the Savannah in my life who inspired this story.

      (And who is NOT mean in any way!)

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      Chapter One

      Justine stood at her desk and looked down

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