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From the moment Miss Payne ("The Hound of the Baskervilles, the English teacher from Hell. The Pitbull!") walks into their classroom, Calma and Kiffo know she will have to go. After doing a bit of, well, teacher stalking, they are amazed to discover her having late-night rendezvous with suspicious associates. Could she be involved in the mob? The drug trade? How fabulous! But the more they work to prove Miss Payne is crooked, the more evidence they find of her innocence. Creeping hell! A teacher this heinous has got to be guilty of something - right? (Publisher blurb, American ed.)

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  • Prequel to It's Not All About You Calma!.
  • Included in the 2005 White Ravens Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany. Special mention.

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2004 .
      person or book cover
      Extent: 257p.
      ISBN: 1741141125
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Knopf ,       2005 .
      image of person or book cover 6237892497404891456.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Amazon
      Alternative title: The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne
      Extent: 257p.
      Edition info: 1st American ed.
      ISBN: 0375932402 (lib. bdg.), 0375832408 (trade)
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Flammarion ,       2006 .
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      This image has been sourced from Abe Books
      Alternative title: L'embrouille entre Kiffo et le pitbull
      Extent: 368p.
      ISBN: 9782081631427, 2081631423
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Flammarion ,       2013 .
      image of person or book cover 7855122449376278006.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Alternative title: Les embrouilles de Calma
      Extent: 341p.p.
      ISBN: 9782081244658, 2081244659
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