Alison Hughes
2) What matters
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In this picture book, the ripple effect of one child's small action shows how we can all make a big environmental difference.
4) Kasey & Ivy
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"In this middle-grade novel, twelve-year-old Kasey spends a month in the geriatric ward of her local hospital and strikes up some unusual friendships."--
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Little Gerbil has learned all of the important Gerbil Mottos from Grandpa: Always Keep Your Whiskers Clean, Celery Tops Come to Those Who Wait, etc.
But there is one motto that Little Gerbil just can't manage to keep: Curl Up Nose to Toes when it comes time to go to sleep. At the weekly Gerbil Circle meeting she knows she has to tell the truth. Little Gerbil discovers that she is not the only one that has problems following some of the Gerbil Mottos....
7) Fly
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"Felix Landon Yarrow (Fly) is a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who has a rich inner life and a witty, sometimes sarcastic, inner voice. Obsessed with the noble, chivalrous ideals of knighthood, he sets out into the wilderness (high school) on his steed (a mechanized wheelchair) to protect and save his lady love, Daria, from the nefarious villain (Carter, a pill-dealing cool kid). With the help of a trusty, loyal sidekick (his aide, Levi) and...
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When the Gladiators basketball team's nasty coach finally gets turfed midseason, things couldn't possibly get worse.
The team hasn't won a game yet, and morale is at rock bottom. Sameer, who announces the games and keeps score, and Vijay, the team mascot, have their hands full keeping the team's spirits up. When they get promoted to assistant coach and manager, can they help a small, unathletic, Shakespeare-quoting drama
...10) Watch out
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"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, fifteen-year-old Charlie investigates a series of break-ins in his neighborhood."--
Charlie has to stay home from school to help his brother, who is in a hip-to-toe cast after breaking his leg in a football game. But that means Charlie has time to investigate a series of break-ins that have the whole neighborhood on edge. Who could be behind the thefts, and whose house will be next? As Charlie tries...
11) Poser
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"Twelve-year-old Luke "Spin" Spinelli is sick of fake running, fake laughing and fake pointing. Sure, he once made the cover of Baby Show magazine, but now his secret modeling career is making him miserable. He dreams of using nonwhitening toothpaste. He can't wait to stop styling his hair. And he really wants to stop worrying that the school bully will discover he was once the face of Dribbleez Diapers. After all, Spin's just a normal boy looking...
14) Over the top
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Introverted sixth-grader Diva is used to her mother's excesses, but moving to a pink palace and acting as a glitzy mermaid-mascot is nothing compared to her surprise DIVAPALOOZA! birthday party.
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"Le matin, quand les oiseaux se mettent à chanter et le bébé se réveille, le Bruit frappe à la porte et entre bruyamment. Et le Silence s'en va discrètement. Mais le Silence reviendra quand tu le réclameras, quand tu en auras besoin. Même quand le Bruit est là, au milieu du vacarme."--Back cover.
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"What can we do when that cold little voice inside our own head tells us that we aren't good enough or smart enough to matter? Or when the voice tells us that we'll never succeed, that we look weird, that we're too tall or too short, that we can't do anything right? Sometimes all it takes is a bit of self-acceptance and love to make that cold little voice warm right up so that we can become our own best friend."--