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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series volume 1
Pants1 volume 1
Laurel-leaf books
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants volume Book 1
Pants1 volume 1
Laurel-leaf books
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants volume Book 1
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English
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Before Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget part for the summer, Carmen offers her ratty pair of jeans to whomever they fit best. But they fit everyone perfectly! Agreeing to share the pants equally, the girls embark on an unforgettable summer. The movie stars Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera. BookSense Award winner for 2002. First in the series. "[Goethals'] narration is joyful and alive with nuance." -- AudioFile
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Learn about the challenges millions of girls face while trying to earn an education in many developing countries around the world.
63) Heroine
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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"When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
186 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club as they deal with crank calls, uncontrollable two-year-olds, wild pets, and parents who do not always tell the truth. A graphic novel based on the 1988 book by the same name.
66) Lost nation
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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The acclaimed author's "mesmerizing tale" of a young man and woman who struggle to survive in the remote, disputed territory of 19th-century New Hampshire (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
With an oxcart full of rum, a man known as Blood travels through the wild country of New England toward an ungoverned territory called the Indian Stream—a land where the luckless or outlawed can make a fresh start. Blood is a man of contradictions,...
With an oxcart full of rum, a man known as Blood travels through the wild country of New England toward an ungoverned territory called the Indian Stream—a land where the luckless or outlawed can make a fresh start. Blood is a man of contradictions,...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
For years twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille, a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. When Camille is killed by a truck, CeeCee's previously unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell, whisks CeeCee away to Savannah, a world seemingly run entirely by women. These exotic women keep CeeCee enthralled for an entire summer.
68) Thumbelina
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped by an ugly toad, a beautiful girl no bigger than a thumb has a series of dreadful experiences before meeting a fairy prince just her size.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This thoughtful advice book will guide you through the next steps of growing up. With illustrations and expert contributors, this book covers new questions about periods, your growing body, peer pressure, personal care, and more!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Girls can rule the world?all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless.
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Language
English
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Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, the letters lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters,...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The Pearl of Orr's Island' is a novel the famed abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe, known for the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Tragedy strikes when young Naomi and her husband die in a tragedy at sea. But out of the ashes of tragedy hope will rise in the form of the little baby Mara left behind, who will survive against the odds to bring great joy to the Orr's Island community.
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English
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In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family's subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month record club. Shy, quiet, and bookish, she's glad when she lands a summer job as a nanny for the daughter of a local doctor. A respectable job, Mary Jane's mother says. In a respectable house.The house may look respectable on the outside, but inside it's a literal and...
Author
Series
Inheritance games volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Overnight, Avery Grambs went from sleeping in her car to billionaire heiress. Now ensconced in a world of opulence, riddles, danger, and family secrets, Avery is on the hunt for the one person who might hold the answers to all her question--including why eccentric billionaire Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daugthers and grandsons. Avery has a DNA test that proves she's not a Hawthorne...
76) Specials
Author
Series
Uglies volume 3
Language
English
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Description
After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home. "Special Circumstances": The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly...
78) Girls' home spa lab: all-natural recipes, healthy habits, and feel-good activities to make you glow
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
159 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"For today's active, plugged-in girls ages 9 to 13, finding healthy ways to unwind and de-stress is an important part of well-being. Girls' Home Spa Lab is packed with all-natural recipes, activities, and tips for self-care and relaxation specially designed for tweens. From homemade facial steams and hair masks to foot soaks, tub teas, and body balms, the 50 head-to-toe recipes can be easily made from ingredients found in the kitchen cupboard, like...
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
187 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh, Scotland, Miss Jean Brodie was a woman of ideas, wit, and charm who had a lover. The students she chose as her special friends were called the "Brodie set." One of them would betray her.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Dashti, sworn to obey her sixteen-year-old mistress, the Lady Saren, shares Saren's years of punishment locked in a tower, then brings her safely to the lands of her true love, where both must hide who they are as they work as kitchen maids.
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