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* HealthcareMotivation: Dakota sells her purple sequin slippers on Website/EBay. Then she steals Liam's collection of Bigfoot memorabilia and Izzy's stuffed horses and sells them too. Liam is furious with her for stealing, but she justifies it by saying that Cupcake is more important than their things.

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* HealthcareMotivation: Dakota sells her purple sequin slippers on Website/EBay.eBay. Then she steals Liam's collection of Bigfoot memorabilia and Izzy's stuffed horses and sells them too. Liam is furious with her for stealing, but she justifies it by saying that Cupcake is more important than their things.
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* OutnumberedSibling: Liam's the first of three siblings, with two younger sisters.
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* OutnumberedSibling: Liam's the first of three siblings, with two younger sisters.
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* WhatAreRecords: When Dodge mentions magazines and newspapers, Izzy asks, "What are they?" Dakota explains, "Newspapers are how people used to find out things before cars but after dinosaurs." Mom tells Dakota that newspapers still exists and she reads one online, causing Dakota to grumble that they shouldn't be called news''paper''s if they're digital.

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* WhatAreRecords: When Dodge mentions magazines and newspapers, Izzy asks, "What are they?" Dakota explains, "Newspapers are how people used to find out things before cars but after dinosaurs." Mom tells Dakota that newspapers still exists exist and she reads one online, causing Dakota to grumble that they shouldn't be called news''paper''s if they're digital.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Dodge lives with his grandfather because his mother is "fishing." He refuses to explain in any more detail.
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* TragicKeepsake: Dodge's grandmother Lily died a few years ago. Since then, his grandfather Crash has worked to keep all her plants alive. He also won't throw out anything that has her name on it, causing the table to be buried under a mound of junk mail.

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* TragicKeepsake: Dodge's grandmother Lily died a few four years ago. Since then, his grandfather Crash has worked to keep all her plants alive. He also won't throw out anything that has her name on it, causing the table to be buried under a mound of junk mail.
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* WhatAreRecords: When Dodge mentions magazines and newspapers, Izzy asks, "What are they?" Dakota explains, "Newspapers are how people used to find out things before cars but after dinosaurs." Mom tells Dakota that newspapers still exists and she reads one online, causing Dakota to grumble that they shouldn't be called news''paper''s if they're digital.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Dakota calls Mom Kimberly because she's "trying it out." Mom answers, "The name Mom has been around for thousands of years. I think it's a keeper."
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* AmicableExes: Liam's parents are still on good terms, and even seem to pool finances.
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Ten-year-old Liam Rose lives in a basement apartment with his mother, his science-obsessed eight-year-old sister Dakota, his seven-year-old sister Izzy, who has Down Syndrome, and their German shepherd Cupcake. Recently Cupcake has developed a problem - after years of being housebroken, she's suddenly started peeing inside again. If the landlord Mr. Torpse finds out, he'll make them get rid of Cupcake. The family needs money so Cupcake can go to the vet, but both their mother and their divorced father are cash-strapped. Can the siblings raise the money themselves?

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Ten-year-old Liam Rose lives in a basement apartment with his mother, his science-obsessed eight-year-old sister Dakota, his seven-year-old sister Izzy, who has Down Syndrome, and their German shepherd Cupcake. Recently Cupcake has developed a problem - after years of being housebroken, she's suddenly started peeing inside again. If the landlord Mr. Torpse finds out, he'll make them get rid of Cupcake. The family needs money $3,000 so Cupcake can go to the vet, veterinary school at UC Davis for further study, but both their mother and their divorced father are cash-strapped. Can the siblings raise the money themselves?



* HealthcareMotivation: The kids need to raise $3,000 so Cupcake can go to the veterinary school at UC Davis for further study.

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* HealthcareMotivation: The kids need to raise $3,000 so Dakota sells her purple sequin slippers on Website/EBay. Then she steals Liam's collection of Bigfoot memorabilia and Izzy's stuffed horses and sells them too. Liam is furious with her for stealing, but she justifies it by saying that Cupcake can go to the veterinary school at UC Davis for further study.is more important than their things.
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Ten-year-old Liam Rose lives in a ground-level apartment with his mother, his science-obsessed eight-year-old sister Dakota, his seven-year-old sister Izzy, who has Down Syndrome, and their German shepherd Cupcake. Recently Cupcake has developed a problem - after years of being housebroken, she's suddenly started peeing inside again. If the landlord Mr. Torpse finds out, he'll make them get rid of Cupcake. The family needs money so Cupcake can go to the vet, but both their mother and their divorced father are cash-strapped. Can the siblings raise the money themselves?

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Ten-year-old Liam Rose lives in a ground-level basement apartment with his mother, his science-obsessed eight-year-old sister Dakota, his seven-year-old sister Izzy, who has Down Syndrome, and their German shepherd Cupcake. Recently Cupcake has developed a problem - after years of being housebroken, she's suddenly started peeing inside again. If the landlord Mr. Torpse finds out, he'll make them get rid of Cupcake. The family needs money so Cupcake can go to the vet, but both their mother and their divorced father are cash-strapped. Can the siblings raise the money themselves?
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''One-Third Nerd'' is a children's book by Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Églantine Ceulemans.

Ten-year-old Liam Rose lives in a ground-level apartment with his mother, his science-obsessed eight-year-old sister Dakota, his seven-year-old sister Izzy, who has Down Syndrome, and their German shepherd Cupcake. Recently Cupcake has developed a problem - after years of being housebroken, she's suddenly started peeing inside again. If the landlord Mr. Torpse finds out, he'll make them get rid of Cupcake. The family needs money so Cupcake can go to the vet, but both their mother and their divorced father are cash-strapped. Can the siblings raise the money themselves?
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!!''One-Third Nerd'' contains examples of:
* HealthcareMotivation: The kids need to raise $3,000 so Cupcake can go to the veterinary school at UC Davis for further study.
* LastNameBasis: Liam's best friend Sebastian Dodge is known exclusively as Dodge.
* TragicKeepsake: Dodge's grandmother Lily died a few years ago. Since then, his grandfather Crash has worked to keep all her plants alive. He also won't throw out anything that has her name on it, causing the table to be buried under a mound of junk mail.
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