Barry Varela

• Jun-2006
• / General Fiction
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Set in a small working-class town near the South Jersey shore, Palmers Gate describes 11-year-old Robby Cleff's attempts to understand and befriend the classmate who lives next door. Colleen Gardner is a childlike, virtually silent girl who may or ma...

• Apr-2007
• / General Fiction
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When Professor Glink decides to create a perpetual motion machine replete with a "mingle-mangle" of pendulums, pulleys, cogs and gears, the darn contraption soon takes on a life of its own--with hilarious results. With sensationally complicated i...

• Mar-2011
• / General Fiction
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Juan Fernandez de Villavicencio, who lives with his parents in a Spanish village, starts to worry when it seems he has more bad days than good, but he finally learns that both good and bad are important to make a rich life. Includes recipes for bean ...