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Milo is going crazy for a world record set by him and he has trouble finding it. He is failing in school and has a nemesis puckering him with jokes. Milo is going around the states to compete for one from poison to dogs. Will he ever get a record and will it change his life around more than ever?

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Brooklyn Bridge: A Novel by Karen S. Hesse tells the story of Morris Michtom, A Russian born Jewish immigrant to the United States. Michtom invented the Teddy Bear and came up with the idea after seeing a newspaper cartoon depicting Teddy Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a wounded bear. Joseph, the son of Morris Michtom, would rather not get involved in the Teddy Bear making business for he fears that the things he had previously cherished were ending.