The Zippy Fix (15 page)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2009 by Graham Salisbury
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Jacqueline Rogers

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Salisbury, Graham.
Calvin Coconut : the Zippy fix / Graham Salisbury; illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers.
—1st ed.    
p. cm.
Summary: Calvin tries to earn money to buy Stella, the babysitter, a present for her
sixteenth birthday because he feels guilty for taking advantage of her allergy to cats.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89394-0 [1. Moneymaking projects—Fiction. 2. Family life-
Hawaii—Fiction. 3. Hawaii—Fiction.] I. Rogers, Jacqueline, ill. II. Title. III. Title: Zippy fix.
PZ7.S 15225 Cae
[Fic]—dc22           
2008036221

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