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My Name is Aviva
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"My name is Aviva, not Amoeba!" shouts Aviva at her teasing classmates. Aviva is determined to change her name until she discovers where her name comes from and why her parents chose that special name for her.
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Lesléa Newman
LESLÉA NEWMAN has written many books both for children and adults, including Where Is Bear?, Cats! Cats! Cats! and Hachiko Waits. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is a friendly book, and giving children the weirdest names from the family's past is a cool cool thing.
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