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Jacob Two-Two volume 8
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Jacob is tired of failing sour Pickle's daily country capitals quiz, so he does a little detective work and figures out her system for picking which countries to ask. As a result, he aces the quiz and becomes a hero to the entire student body. It all backfires, however, when he is chosen to be the geography expert on the school's "Scholars for Dollars" team. He's only got one night to memorize all the countries and capitals before the big competition!...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 10
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Jacob's grandpa is coming to visit and that means it's time for one of Dad's special Sunday brunches. Jacob is entrusted with the all-important trip downtown to fetch the bagels. He takes this responsibility very seriously, but as soon as he leaves the house everything starts going wrong. Eluding bullies, dodging vicious dogs, braving sudden snowstorms, and outwitting Principal Greedyguts…will Jacob come out on top and deliver the bagels in time...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 13
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The school science fair is fast approaching and Jacob still hasn't come up with a project. To make matters worse Mom and Dad have gone away on a trip and the dreaded Auntie Good-For-You is babysitting Jacob and his siblings. Auntie won't let them do anything that isn't good for them, which means no fun allowed! When Jacob accidentally grows a huge, weird fungus in his closet (with the aid of Auntie's green health shake) he figures his science project...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 3
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When Jacob receives a Gummer Gormley hockey card from his Dad he decidesthat this is just the lucky charm his hapless hockey team needs to end itsrecord-breaking losing streak. With the card in hand all goes well and theteam is finally winning some games... until perfectly loathsome Leo Lousesteals the card from Jacob's locker. Jake and Buford visit the aged GummerGormley to ask for another card but he turns them down, reminding them thatskill wins...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 11
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With the help of Intrepid the hamster, Jacob uncovers a plot by a group of little old ladies to cover Montreal in a gigantic tea cosy. They've been stealing all the wool they can get their hands on for their secret project, including the bunny sweater Jacob's Grandmother has knit for him. Jacob foils their scheme and rescues the embarrassing sweater before it gets unraveled.
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Jacob Two-Two volume 2
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It's his first day at a brand new school and Jacob wants to look cool so heborrows his brother Daniel's favourite skull T-shirt to wear. What hedoesn't realize is that skull shirts are against the school rules, andbefore he knows what's happening Principal Greedyguts has confiscated theshirt and locked it away in the school vault. Jacob's got to get that shirtback! Aided by an odd kid named Buford and a daredevil skateboarder namedRenee, Jacob dares...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 9
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The school superintendent has shut down the school's decrepit gymnasium, and the only way to get it reopened is to sell a record number of candy bars in the school fundraising drive. Jacob spearheads the effort, encouraging his fellow students to get out there and sell, sell, sell! When he hits the street however, Jacob finds out that it's not so easy selling to complete strangers. Especially when your last house is the haunted abode of a notorious...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 1
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Jacob is fed up with sharing a room with his brother Noah - he wants his ownroom! Dad says he can have the attic if he can spend an entire night upthere. Unfortunately, while watching wrestling on TV Jacob gets freaked outby the bad-guy wrestler the Hooded Fang and is too frightened to stay in theattic all night. When his Dad takes them to a wrestling match the nextevening and Jacob finds himself face to face with the hulking Hooded Fang,he learns...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 6
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Jacob becomes obsessed with solving the real-life mystery in his MaltyMcGuffin book; the mystery is supposed to lead to a real secret treasure.The only problem is that he is being followed by library ninjas intent ongetting the book back. Jacob, Buford and Renee use their combined brainpowerto decode the clues, solve the riddles, and find the location of the secrettreasure... only to be scooped at the last minute by I.M. Greedyguts! Willthe library...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 5
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A new newspaper becomes an overnight success in Montreal, but Jacob issuspicious. The paper is poorly written gibberish, and yet all the grownupsin town are subscribing to it and spending all their money on the uselessproducts advertised in it. Jacob and Buford become paperboys to infiltratethe Daily Crown headquarters, coming face to face with its eccentricfounder, Carl Fester King. Learning that the paper's ink does indeed containa "brainwashing"...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 4
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In a cost-cutting move Principal Greedyguts has replaced the schoollunchlady with Leo Louse the janitor. Faced with dishwater lemonade, sawdustsoup, and other revolting concoctions, Jacob decides something must be done.With the help of Buford and his new next door neighbour Mr. Dinglebat (aninternational spy), Jacob discovers Leo's secret dungeon kitchen and revealsthe truth about the lunches to their parents. Greedyguts is forced to rehireBella Bountiful,...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 7
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It's school photo day and Jacob wakes up with the nastiest cowlick you've ever seen. Principal Greedyguts has promised dire punishments to those who don't look absolutely perfect for the photos, so Jacob has got to tame his hair, and quick! When tape and glue doesn't do the trick, Jacob and Buford turn to a gooey concoction of hair products…Which turns the whole mess green! The barber can't help him, neither can the hair stylist, but Renee the chemistry...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 12
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Jacob discovers he has a ghostly roommate named Claude LaToque, a former coureur de bois. A friendship quickly develops, but soon Jacob learns Claude is hiding a shameful secret about his past, which he doesn't want Jacob to know, lest their friendship come to an end. As he tries to learn the truth, Jacob finds himself transported back in time, to a lonely trading post on the night that the terrible event took place. Jacob's trust in Claude is not...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 4
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Noah and Emma finally offer little brother Jacob his chance to join the ranks of their secret organization known as 'Kid Power', fighters for kids' rights everywhere. The mission goes horribly awry, and Jacob is sent to maximum security detention facility for stink-bombing his school. A lifetime detention is bad enough, but the worst part is, Jacob thinks his brother and sister have set him up.
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Jacob Two-Two volume 5
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English
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Jacob and Buford build the 'Predicto-Magic Machine' for a fortune telling booth at the school fun fair, and are amazed that it really does predict the future. Fun turns to mayhem when Principal Greedyguts grows more and more desperate to know why the school superintendent wants to talk with him. The future that is revealed causes Greedyguts to celebrate, and the kids to realize that while they can't change the past, they must try to affect the future....
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Jacob Two-Two volume 3
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While searching for his lost house key, Jacob tumbles into the school lost and found box, where he is promptly claimed by dastardly school janitor Leo Louse. Leo declares 'finders keepers' and puts Jacob to work as his personal servant. While prying old gum wads from the bottom of desks, Jacob plots to turn the tables on his 'keeper'.
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Jacob Two-Two volume 2
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When Jacob accidentally breaks brother Daniel's favorite record, he wishes he could have the fateful moment to live over again. Thanks to a top secret device compliments of X. Barnaby Dinglebat, Jacob gets his second chance. He discovers no matter how bad things are, things could always be worse.
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Jacob Two-Two volume 12
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When he is teamed up with a trio of slackers for an important science project, Jacob is certain he'll fail and have to spend time in summer school. When he finally manages to get his 'science buddies' interested in a project, Jacob's hopes for a passing grade are rekindled. But when the slacker's newfound enthusiasm for homework leads them to construct the world's biggest potato clock, Jacob has to choose between summer school or destroying the...
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Jacob Two-Two volume 9
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Jacob's wish he could find a way to make big sister Marfa be nicer to him appears to be answered when he finds an ancient book of magic which contains a spell that should do the trick. The spell does bring about some amazing changes in Marfa, but none of them the good kind. Jacob frantically tries to change her back to the way she was before his parents find out their eldest daughter is a goat.
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Jacob Two-Two volume 7
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Jacob reluctantly agrees to do some volunteer to work at the veterinary clinic of Dr. Leduc, who is rumoured to have a secret laboratory where he conducts strange experiments. Life imitates crazy rumour, when while demonstrating his pet hypnosis technique for Jacob the well-meaning veterinarian accidentally turns his hulking butler Monsford into a snarling animal that is soon terrorizing the city. Jacob befriends rampaging Monsford, and finds it...
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