With a key to the Oakes School in his possession Benjamin, his friend Jill, and a new friend continue to seek ways to protect the school and their town but Lyman, the janitor and a spy, has new tricks up his sleeve.

Andrew Clements delivers the latest in his adventure-filled school series. This could be the last great Memorial Day weekend on Barclay Bay, and Ben knows it. This time next year, he might not be able to stand in the yard of the Oakes School and watch the harbor shake off winterboats buzzing just beyond the bulkhead and families spreading picnics in the fields. If the school gets torn down and replaced by an amusement park, the town will never be the same. But thats only if the school gets torn down. Ben and Jill are determined to keep that from happening. And the evil janitor Lyman has taken note. He's following their every move - and undoing their progress along the way. Good thing Ben and Jill have a secret weapon. (Who knew that annoying Robert Gerritt would be such a spy wiz?) But Lyman has a secret weapon as well, a vicious guard dog. These kids are smart, but can they outsmart Lymanand his beastas the clock tick, tick, ticks toward total demolition?

As the Keepers of the School, sixth-graders Ben and Jill try to save their school from impending bulldozers and a greedy company whose janitor-spy is hot on their trail.

Benjamin Pratt and his friend Jan try to prevent bulldozers from knocking down their school, but the evil janitor--who is not actually a janitor--is hot on their trail.

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Author of the best-selling hit Frindle, Andrew Clements has won numerous awards for his imaginative children's books. The third book in the popular Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School series, The Whites of Their Eyes picks up with Ben and Jill trying to keep their school from being bulldozed by money-hungry developers. Ben and Jill will have to use everything in their bag of tricks to stop both the demolition crew and the evil janitor Lyman, who is not exactly who he claims to be.

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Demolition looms in the third Keepers of the School adventure from Andrew Clements, the master of the school story. Benjamin Pratt is running out of time--and if the old Oakes School gets torn down by greedy developers, his hometown by the sea will be changed forever. Good thing Ben and Jill have found a secret weapon--a third Keeper. Who knew that a kid so annoying could be such a spy wiz? But that nefarious janitor Lyman has secret weapons of his own: a bag of high-tech tricks, plus some low-tech security measures that are simple but terrifying. These kids are smart, but can they outsmart Lyman and his new "assistant"? There's history in the making here, and the clock keeps tick, tick, ticking toward total demolition

Ben and Jill have managed to find out a lot about the development firm that wants to destroy their beloved Oakes School, but not enough to stop the impending demolition. As they search for more clues that might be able to save the historic building, the development firm sends in one of their own to pose as a school janitor and find out what the two kids are up to next.

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-- If the school gets torn down. Ben and Jill are determined to keep that from happening. And the evil janitor Lyman has taken note. He?s following their every move?and undoing their progress along the way. Good thing Ben and Jill have a secret weapon. (Who knew that annoying Robert Gerritt would be such a spy wiz?) But Lyman has a secret weapon as well: a vicious guard dog. These kids are smart, but can they outsmart Lyman?and his beast?as the clock tick, tick, ticks toward total demolition?

Book Three in this riveting and mysterious series by master storyteller Clements picks up where Book Two left off and sends Ben and Jill on an even wilder goose chase as they try to save their school from impending bulldozers. Illustrations.

Demolition looms in the third Keepers of the School adventure from Andrew Clements, the master of the school story. Benjamin Pratt is running out of time-and if the old Oakes School gets torn down by greedy developers, his hometown by the sea will be

Ben's school is getting torn down and replaced by an amusement park, he is determined to keep that from happening, but the janitor undoes everything he tries to prevent it.

Sixteen-year-old old Kaelyn challenges her fears, finds a second chance at love, and fights to keep her family and friends safe as a deadly new virus devastates her island community.

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