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Gr 3-6 Ten-year-old Liberty has never been let out of her decrepit house on 33 Gooch Street, and her massively obese mother, Sal, doesn't dare leave either. Only Liberty's dreadful father, Mal, a self-described "friggin' genius," comes and goes. As Liberty discovers one day, he really is a genius (the evil sort) and has invented, among other things, potions for communicating with animals and for levitati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ten-year-old Libby lives in a creaky old house with her passive, obese mother Sal and "bad apple" father Mal, an insurance salesman, inventor, and self-described "friggin' genius." After poking around in Mal's basement laboratory (strictly forbidden), Libby finds herself able to communicate with animals—and in possession of Mal's "lifting soda," a sip of which carries her off the roof of her terrible home and into the city. Libby, now going by her real name, Liberty, strives to reach the Sullivan S...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

After poking around her self-described "friggin' genius" father's laboratory, Libby finds herself able to communicate with animals--and in posse...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Liberty Aimes has the kind of moxie her nickname, Libby, cannot hide. Self-educated through fairy-tale books and armed with Mal’s magic Comprehension Cream (which enables people to communicate with animals) and Lifting Soda (which tastes like peaches and causes one to rise into the air), Liberty goes fearlessly into the world to find her destiny. Like her storybook heroes and heroines, she meets both benefactors and scoundrels along the way. Through ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More