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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Seventeen-year-old Kate Williams is willing to do whatever it takes to get her acting career back on track, even if that means getting a boring office job to support herself--but when she witnesses a double murder in the office across from hers, will she be able to get anyone to believe her before she becomes the next victim?"--
3) Starfish
Author
Language
English
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Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
For Fans of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Novels in Verse: Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Overweight and non-athletic, twelve-year-old Hale may have been born and raised to be a spy for the Sub Rosa Society but it seems he is unlikely to become a Field Agent until his parents are captured by the evil League and Hale sets out on a solo mission to save them.
5) Mammoth
Author
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Paleontology geek and plus-size fashion blogger Natalie Page lands an internship working with a celebrated paleontologist, but she realizes that in order to stand out in a field dominated by men, she must first learn to stand up for herself.
6) The bridge
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth." --
"Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is, only that she will never be good enough. They arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time. There...
9) All of me
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations." --
10) Fat Cat
Author
Language
English
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Description
An experiment so bold, anyone might think it was a little crazy...Catherine Locke is smart, ambitious, and--okay, not the slimmest girl around. But she's always cared more about her brain than her body. So far that's gotten her where she wanted: into the most advanced, competitive science class at her high school, where she'll once again face her fiercest rival, Matt McKinney.The guy who broke her heart. If Cat's plan works, she'll win it all: a huge...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Francis loves words, and the class exercise where the students come up with words starting with a chosen letter; Francis has chosen the letter "p", but while reviewing the letter "f" one of her classmates comes up with "fat" and associates it with Francis which makes her sad and withdrawn--until later her father teaches her the word "possible" and they explore its meanings together.
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Cody Parker moves to Baltimore, Maryland, where as a fat eighth-grader, he has to deal with brutal teasing from a baseball teammate, and his school is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts that threaten to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for his team.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn't need to lose weight, so she's none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp's van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive, and the camp owner's snobby son. And when they arrive at Camp Featherlite at the start of the worst blizzard in the history of Flagstaff, Arizona, it's clear that something isn't right. Vee barely has a chance to meet the other members...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Kat Sanchez, de diecisiete a�nos, usa fotos de un amigo para crear una cuenta de Instagram falsa, pero cuando una de sus publicaciones se vuelve viral y expone la duplicidad de Kat, todo su mundo, tanto real como ficticio, se derrumba a su alrededor.
"Seventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes...
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