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	Philippe, Ben. CHARMING AS A VERB New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]  IL YA ISBN     9780062824141
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger has the smile and swagger to charm anyone, and he knows it. It’s made him popular at school, a debate team star, and the neighborhood’s most in-demand dog walker. He’s confident his charm will help him nail his Columbia interview, making his (and his Haitian immigrant father’s) dreams a reality. He’s pretty much got it all figured out, until Corinne Troy. Corinne finds out something not so charming about Halti’s dog-walking business, and blackmails him into helping her fit in at school. When Henri starts to see something unexpected in it for him, the deal gets more complicated. Hilarious, touching romantic comedy for fans of David Yoon and Jason Reynolds and a must-read for New York-ophiles. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021-2022)
	SUBJECTS:   Haitians -- Fiction.                         Private schools -- Fiction.                         Dogs -- Care -- Fiction.                         Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.                         New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

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