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2) Mirror image
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English
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Sable wears only black and has always felt that doom is near. Lacey wears pink and seeks beauty everywhere.
A sadistic art teacher pairs Sable and Lacey together for their final project. The girls have to get to know one another and select a suitable poem for the back of each other's decorative mirror. Sable is less than thrilled at having to spend time with Lacey, who she believes to be nothing more than a brainless doll.
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"Twelve-year-old artist Zailey lives in a utopian community where residents are forbidden from anything that might reveal their image, but when her grandmother discovers her secret collection of portraits, it triggers a chain of events that enables Zailey to view everything in a new way."--
4) Fruit
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Peter Paddington is grossly overweight and the subject of ridicule, and the only escape from his miserable life with his dysfunctional family is fantasizing about a perfect world in which he's "normal" like everyone else.
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Second Story Press
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English
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After a social media disaster, Clara leaves New York to spend the summer with her estranged father in Paris, where she is charged with the care of her autistic six-year-old brother, Alastair.
Growing up in New York City with her mother, a prima ballerina, Clara has never felt good about her body. After a social media disaster, she leaves to spend the summer with her estranged father in Paris. There she is charged with the care of her autistic six-year-old...
7) To be honest
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2018.
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English
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"Savannah's mother has become overbearing regarding weight and body image. Meanwhile, Savannah meets the cute new guy at school, who has insecurities of his own." --
11) Lake Rescue
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The Beacon Street Girls and the rest of their seventh-grade class go on their annual outdoor education trip. Charlotte and Avery are totally excited to explore the wilderness, but Katani, Maeve, and Isabel are nervous. Will the physical challenges of this outdoor adventure prove disastrous for one overweight seventh-grade girl?
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"As New York City teenager Virginia learns to accept her plus-size body and struggles to cope with her brother's suspension from college for date rape, she finds herself losing interest in boyfriend Froggy and growing closer to new boy Sebastian until a terrible secret threatens everything." --
"Virginia Shreves thought her life was finally back on course. She's come to terms with who she is both inside and out, and has started to rebuild her relationship...
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EllRay Jakes ; 9
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English
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EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series. There's a new game in town: basketball! Or in EllRay's case, "pre"--Basketball. Coach Havens has all the third graders dribbling, passing, and shooting, and he's quick to compliment EllRay's skills. No one else seems to notice them, however, and as 'the shortest kid in the class, ' EllRay is still chosen last for teams at recess. What's a short guy gotta...
15) Wonder
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I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid--but his new classmates can't get past Auggie's extraordinary face. Beginning from Auggie's point of view and expanding to include his classmates, his...
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