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When their parents begin deliberately using the wrong words every time Sukey and her older brothers misbehave, the children realize it is a deliberately orchestrated tactic. Conscious of this plot, they choose to fight back, creating their own humorous misuses to outwit the adults.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Margaret Peterson Haddix
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