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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
9) Feather
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Paulina, nicknamed Feather, leaves her piano to take up boxing, showing her father and brothers that she will stand up for herself.
10) I am Cleopatra
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Xavier learns that tonight is going to be a supermoon and he wants to stay up late to see it. He asks in a disrespectful way, however. The Secret Museum sends Cleopatra to help him learn how to ask in a respectful, compromising way to his parents.
13) Time to roar
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When great yellow beasts threaten the forest, Sasha the bear and other animals try to use their strengths to stop them, including, finally, Sasha's big, loud, powerful roar.
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"Mary Anne has never been a leader of the BSC. So when a fight breaks out among the club's four members, Mary Anne feels a little lost, unable to depend on Kristy, Stacey, or Claudia anymore. Sitting by herself in the cafeteria is bad enough; when Mary Anne has to baby-sit a sick child without any help from the club, she knows someone has to take action. It's time for Mary Anne to step in and save the day!" --Page 4 of cover.
15) The kiddie table
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On Thanksgiving Day, a girl who has just turned eight loudly insists that she be permitted to sit at the dining room table, rather than with the babies.
16) Love, Lucy
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After accepting a trip to Europe as a bribe from her parents to attend the college of their choice as a business major, seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers she's unwilling to give up her dream of being an actress--or Jesse, the boy she met in Italy.
17) The fat girl
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Jeff, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful, person out of an unhappy fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation.
18) Señor Sí
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El señor Sí podía hacer un montón de cosas diferentes y divertidas, pero lo que nunca había aprendido era a decir no. ¿Y usted, querido lector, responde con sí cuando, con honestidad y amabilidad, hubiese querido decir no? Una divertida historia para todas las edades, sobre la importancia de la comunicación y la asertividad.
Mr. Yes could do a lot of different, funny things but he'd never learned how to say no. Even though it made...
19) Mister Yes
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"Mr. Yes could do a lot of different, funny things but he'd never learned how to say no. Have you ever smiled and said yes when what you really wanted to say was no? This is a fun story for readers of all ages about the importance of communication and being assertive."--Page [4] of cover.