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Candlewick can·dle·wick  
n.
1. The wick of a candle.

2.
a. A soft heavy cotton thread similar to that used to make wicks for candles.

b. Embroidery made of tufts of this thread.
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2067 Massachusetts Avenue Massachusetts Avenue may refer to:
  • Massachusetts Avenue (Boston), Massachusetts, also:
  • Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station), a subway station on the MBTA Orange Line
, Cambridge, MA 02140

www.candlewick.com

Ginny is certain the new girl in her second-grade class will be her best friend--they're both Chinese--but finds her new companion is very different. She hates Chinese food and her straight hair--and her parents aren't even Chinese. How can Ginny be a best friend to somebody who seems so like her, but so different? Carolyn Marsden & Virginia Shin-Mui Loh's The Jade Dragon Jade Dragon (Dei Guan) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Alpha Flight vol. 1 #59. Fictional character biography  (0763630128 $15.99) is a warm story of friendship based on the author's own experiences. Rebecca Rupp's JOURNEY TO THE BLUE MOON (0763625442, $15.99) tells of a confusing heirloom watch which gives Alex a mysterious message--and then vanishes. His chance encounter with an old lady leads to a ride on a rickety rick·et·y  
adj. rick·et·i·er, rick·et·i·est
1. Likely to break or fall apart; shaky.

2. Feeble with age; infirm.

3. Of, having, or resembling rickets.
 spaceship journeying to the full Blue Moon in this zany fantasy packed with unexpected twists and turns of plot. Laura Amy Schlitz's A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR Maiden's hair can refer to either of four groups of plant:
  • Maiden's hair plant describes a filamentous alga of the genus Caulerpa or the genus Chlorodesmis;
  • Maidenhair fern refers to several members of the genus Adiantum
: A MELODRAMA (0763629308, $15.99) tells of Maud, a 'plain, clever and bad' girl living at an orphanage, who is adopted into a real family headed by elderly sisters who think she's perfect. Here's where the usual story ends 'happily ever after', but here's where A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR really begins, moving from an orphan's fantasy fulfilled to a darker tale of affection, needs, and a family secret which offers danger as well as love. A riveting story.
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