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"Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people's lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby's been happy to focus on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a great internship at her favorite boutique, she's thrilled to take the first step toward her dream career. Then she...
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"Will Grayson tiene dos reglas en la vida: guardar silencio y no implicarse en nada. Sin embargo, su mejor amigo, Tiny Cooper, está decidido a buscarle novia y a montar su musical autobiográfico: Tiny Dancer. Muy cerca de él hay otro Will Grayson: un chico melancólico que no tiene nada bueno a lo que agarrarse. Lo único que hace que su vida merezca la pena es su relación online con Isaac, al que nunca ha visto en persona. Una fría noche de...
65) Hairspray
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In 1962 Baltimore, all the kids watch the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, and her best friend Penny run home to watch and drool over teenage heartthrob Link Larkin. When one of the "Council Kids" goes on a leave of absence, Tracy auditions to be the replacement, is sent to detention for skipping school, and thereby meets Seaweed--who shows her how to really shake 'em down....
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"Alcanzar la mayoría de edad siendo una chica gorda y morena en un suburbio blanco de Connecticut es difícil. Más aún cuando toda tu vida parece estar en llamas. Charlie Vega es muchas cosas: Inteligente. Divertida. Artística. Ambiciosa. Gorda. La gente a veces tiene problemas con esto último, especialmente su madre. Charlie quiere tener una buena relación con su cuerpo, pero es difícil. Y no ayuda el hecho de que su madre le deje...
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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the letter "f" one of her classmates comes up with "fat" and associates it with Francis which makes her sad and withdrawn--until later her father teaches her the word "possible" and they explore its meanings together.
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Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
73) The Laura line
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When Laura Dyson's seventh grade history teacher schedules a class trip to the slave shack on her grandmother's Texas farm, Laura is forced to come to terms with her family's past and what it means for her future.
74) All of me
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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.
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Murphy stars as shy, kind, brilliant "calorically challenged" genetics professor Sherman Klump, who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of a beautiful faculty member. His experimental fat-reducing serum creates a slimmed down alter-ego, with startling comical results.
77) Slob
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Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
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A love story. It's about two people, ordinary yet extraordinary, who have always protected themselves and relied on their ability to laugh through life. Now, with the help of each other, and the Overeaters Anonymous meeting where they met, they are learning to open up and trust one another. But falling in love is no easy task, especially when surrounded by friends and family who are just a little too close, and a little too opinionated. Includes bonus...