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Gifford, Peggy Elizabeth.
Moxy Maxwell does not love writing thank-you notes / by Peggy Gifford; photographs by Valorie Fisher.
p. cm.
Summary: Ten-year-old Moxy Maxwell has promised to write twelve thank-you notes by the day after Christmas so that she and her twin brother Mark can go to Hollywood to visit their father, but all her brilliant ideas to help finish the task more efficiently end up creating chaos in the house.
[1. Thank-you notes—Fiction. 2. Behavior—Fiction. 3. Twins—Fiction. 4. Brothers and sisters—Fiction. 5. Family life—Fiction. 6. Christmas—Fiction. 7. Humorous stories.] I. Fisher, Valorie, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.G3635Mw 2008
[Fic]—dc22
2007015686
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