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Gephart, Donna.
DEATH BY TOILET PAPER
New York : Delacorte Press, 2014
IL 3-6, RL 4.9
ISBN 0385743998
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Fact: Each day, 83,048,116 rolls of toilet paper are produced worldwide

Fact: Prior to the invention of toilet paper, Eskimos used snow and tundra moss.

Fact: World Toilet Day is celebrated on November 19. 

Fact: The most expensive toilet is found at the international space station. NASA paid nineteen million dollars for a Russian built toilet system.

Fact:  If Ben’s family can’t come up with the money, they will be evicted from their home. Ben’s dad died a year ago and things are tight.  Ben tries to help by selling candy, entering sweepstakes and other contests.  The latest contest is making up a new slogan for The Royal T Bathroom Tissue.  How do Ben and his buddy, Toothpick, an aspiring horror movie make-up artist and Grandpa Jake save the day?  Find out other amazing facts about toilets and toilet paper. Even with Ben’s serious family problems, this book will tickle your funny bone.    (Booktalk by Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award Committee)

SUBJECTS:    Contests -- Fiction.
                        Moneymaking projects -- Fiction.
                        Single-parent families -- Fiction.
                        Toilet paper -- Fiction.

 
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