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Martin lives in a perfect world--until the day a stranger arrives to take away all of the little children, including Martin's sister.

Part of the classic Fudge series from Judy Blume, bestselling author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing!Peter Hatcher can't catch a break. His little brother, Fudge-the five-year-old human hurricane-has big plans to marry Peter's sworn enemy, Sheila Tubman. That alone would be enough to ruin Peter's summer, but now his parents have decided to rent a summer home next door to Sheila the Cootie Queen's house. Peter will be trapped with Fudge and Sheila for three whole weeks!"As a kid, Judy Blume was my favorite author, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was my favorite book."-Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling Wimpy Kid seriesLove Fudge, Peter, and Sheila? Read all the books featuring your favorite characters: Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingOtherwise Known as Sheila the Great SuperfudgeDouble Fudge

Graceling meets Fable in this exciting debut novel by an electrifying new voice - now in paperback!They use magic to silence the world. Who will break the hush?Seventeen-year-old Shae has led a seemingly quiet life, joking with her best friend Fiona, and chatting with Mads, the neighborhood boy who always knows how to make her smile. All while secretly keeping her fears at bay... Of the disease that took her brother's life. Of how her dreams seem to bleed into reality around her. Of a group of justice seekers called the Bards who claim to use the magic of Telling to keep her community safe.When her mother is murdered, she can no longer pretend.Not knowing who to trust, Shae journeys to unlock the truth, instead finding a new enemy keen to destroy her, a brooding boy with dark secrets, and an untold power she never thought possible.

Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet recital to her ex-best friend. Or the thousand other things that can go wrong between September and June. But it looks like it's shaping up to be that kind of a year! As readers follow Ginny throughout the story of her year, told entirely through her stuff--notes from classmates, school reports, emails, poems, receipts, and cartoons from her perpetually-in-trouble older brother Harry--a portrait emerges of a funny, loveable, thoughtful girl struggling to be herself...whoever that person turns out to be.

Jam-packed with up-to-date, easy-to-understand information on every area of money, this smart, useful book?just right for kids age 8?14?makes learning about money fun. A savvy brother and sister team, Arthur and Rose explain a lot about money matters, including: Budgets and savings (great ways to get the stuff you really want!) The basics of stocks, bonds, and other ways of investing Credit cards (?The Plastic Flash?) and borrowing Updated information on the Internet with useful Web links Online investing, Web safety precautions Saving and paying for college And much more

"Some magic doesn't want to be remembered."After the night of her Claiming, Gemma learned the hard way that she can't outrun who she is-or the magic that wants her. Then, in a cruel twist of fate, her entire world collapses, leaving her to pick up the pieces of the life she no longer recognizes and the memories she wishes she could forget. Now there's only one thing left for her to believe in: Ollie. Not magic, not fate. Not even herself.Thrown into this chaotic world of mystery and wonder, Ollie is desperate for something to hold on to. As he grapples with his choices and the consequences that always follow, he struggles to untangle the legend of the Claimed and mend what's been broken before time runs out. In his search for answers, there's only one thing he knows for sure: he belongs with Gemma, and he'll do anything to make that dream his reality.In this gripping conclusion to A Tangle of Dreams, Gemma, Ollie, and Milo must discover the true meaning behind their magic and the power that can only be found on the journey back home.

A dying realm.The ancient evil of the Droch-Shúil has been unleashed. The Orchids have been silenced... but for how long?Daegan, elite of the Ferrishyn warrior tribe of Faeries, is charged with a mission to find the Sol-lumieth, a mysterious new power that could change the fate of all in the realm of Alandria. But he is conflicted by his purpose, and he cannot trust the motives of those he serves. He has too many questions and they must be answered.Kaeleigh, a girl abandoned as a small child just outside Missoula, Montana, is now 18. She is trying to discover who she is and where she belongs. In her heart, she feels she has family out there... somewhere. Desperate to unravel the mysteries of her past, she embarks on a journey that will forever change her along with her two best friends, Finn and Chel-who have secrets of their own.

Includes an author interview and an excerpt from Too bright to see.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Guided Journal for Teens offers journal prompts, worksheets, and exercises to help you accomplish all your short and long-term goals.

Jamila Phillips is so done with secrets. So done with Pirates Cove.So done with everyone calling her Bean.So done with living across the street from her so-called best friend.Metai Johnson is so done with summer.So done with ballet.So done with her useless father.So done with her supposed best friend, who answered exactly zero texts all summer.But how do you take a break from being somebody's best friend? Especially when you're in the same middle school and auditioning for the same talented-and-gifted dance program. Especially when you can't stop thinking about what happened that day at the end of seventh grade?can't stop thinking about that secret you've never told.What happens when you're done with your so-called life, but it's not done with you?

This charming YA rom-com follows a strong-willed, ambitious teen as she teams up with her childhood frenemy to start a dating-advice column, perfect for fans of Emma Lord and Gloria Chao.Juliana Zhao is absolutely certain of a few things: 1. She is the world's foremost expert on love.2. She is going to win the nationally renowned Asian Americans in Business Competition.When Juliana is unceremoniously dropped by her partner and she's forced to pair with her nonconformist and annoying frenemy, Garrett Tsai, everything seems less clear. Their joint dating advice column must be good enough to win and secure bragging rights within her small Taiwanese American community, where her family's reputation has been in the pits since her older sister was disowned a few years prior.Juliana always thought prestige mattered above all else. But as she argues with Garrett over how to best solve everyone else's love problems and faces failure for the first time, she starts to see fractures in this privileged, sheltered worldview.With the competition heating up, Juliana must reckon with the sacrifices she's made to be a perfect daughter--and whether winning is something she even wants anymore.

THE SAD GHOST CLUB er en hemmelig klub for dig, der nogle gange føler dig usynlig. Dig, hvis tanker fylder alt for meget og nogle gange stikker af med dig og gør dig usikker på dig selv. Du er ikke alene.Denne historie handler om, hvad der sker, når man har fundet sine sjælevenner ....For folk er fantastiske, men ... det er også indviklet at være sammen med dem, især når man er vant til at være alene.Meld dig ind i The Sad Ghost Club, og lær at tackle verden et skridt ad gangen.Til Heartstopper- og Jennifier Niven fans – og til alle dem, der har prøvet at føle sig alene.VÆR IKKE BANGE FOR AT TALE MED DINE VENNER OM SVÆRE TING.DET KAN FØLES SKRÆMMENDE, MEN DET ER DET HELE VÆRD.YOU GOT THIS, GHOSTIES!Lize Meddings har skrevet og illustreret THE SAD GHOST CLUB. Hun bor i Bristol, hvor hun arbejder med design og tegneserier og forsøger at skabe positiv opmærksomhed om, hvordan det mentale helbred påvirker os alle på forskellig vis.En virkelig fin og vigtig graphic novel holdt i sort/hvid og enkel i sin streg. Hovedpersonerne fremstår som spøgelser, med et lagen over hovederne, hvilket effektfuldt underbygger og beskriver følelsen af at være usynlig, og om ikke at føle sig som en del af fællesskabet. Ikke at blive set og hørt. En fortælling om håb, om at finde andre, som man kan spejle sig i og åbne sig for. Anbefales helt klar til såvel ungdomshylderne som til PLC.Lektørudtalelsen på første bind

This is the latest adventure in the series that has won the Newbery Award. Powerhouse author Katherine Applegate invites readers back into Ivan's world for one last adventure--his most exciting yet.Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in the elephant enclosure, frequent visits from his canine friend Bob, and his mate Kinyani by his side. And in the happiest turn of all, Ivan and Kinyani have welcomed a set of twins to their family!Ivan loves being a papa, even though it can be hard sometimes. But as he navigates the joys and challenges of parenthood, he can't help but recall his life before the glass walls of the mall circus, his own childhood in the jungle--and his own twin.In the tradition of timeless classics like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, The One and Only Family is a poignant, delightful, heartbreaking, unforgettable final foray into the world of Ivan, the world's favorite silverback.

In this stand-alone novel with themes of friendship and family, twelve-year-old Elsby discovers a family of talking cats living in the house next door and must help them harness the magic that made them that way. From the author of the acclaimed Coo, The Cats of Silver Crescent is for fans of Kathi Appelt and Katherine Applegate.With her mother busy traveling for work, Elsby isn't thrilled to be spending a few weeks with her great-aunt Verity. Luckily, she has her notebook and a lush garden to sketch to help pass the time. But a visitor takes Elsby by surprise: a cat standing on its two hind legs and dressed like a sailor dashes across the garden and into the neighboring woods!Elsby can't believe her eyes, and she can't imagine that Aunt Verity would believe her, either. But that night, the cat and three of his cat companions approach Elsby. They need Elsby's help. While the cats can talk, think, and behave like humans, the magical spell that made them that way will revert if it's not renewed soon. Elsby might be the only one who can save them--but every enchantment comes at a price.A contemporary fantasy about family, friends, trust, and the magic that's inside everyone, The Cats of Silver Crescent will captivate animal lovers and fans of Jenn Reese's A Game of Fox & Squirrels.

Alle har brug for gode venner, for uden dem mister vi kontakt med det at have betydning. Først når vi betyder noget for andre, forstår vi, hvorfor vi er her. Vi har brug for, at nogen har brug for os.Men har du nogensinde overvejet, hvordan venskab opstår, og hvordan man skaber gode venskaber? Venskab er alt andet end tilfældigt. Venskab er valg. Vi viser nogen, at vi vil dem, og vi bliver ved med at gøre det. Det sker ikke af sig selv – det har det aldrig gjort.Frederik Svinth har holdt foredrag om venskab og ensomhed i mere end 10 år, og han har udviklet et sprog for venskabet, som gør det til noget, vi kan arbejde med, noget vi bevidst kan bruge, som kan blive et værn mod den ensomhed, som mange går og kæmper med.Venner for livet handler ikke om, at vi skal have de samme venner hele livet, men at vi skal have venner gennem livet, fordi venner er gode for livet.

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life?and makes discoveries about friendship, community, and himself along the way.Herc Beal knows who he's named after?a mythical hero?but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules's amazing feats in real life, he's skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod?and not a single Hydra in sight.Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn't working all the time, Herc figures out how to take his first steps along the road that the great Hercules himself once walked. Soon, new friends, human and animal, are helping him. And though his mythical role model performed his twelve labors by himself, Herc begins to see that he may not have to go it alone.

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, Liam, and all the characters that fans first met in New Kid, winner of the Newbery Award and the Coretta Scott King Author Award! In this full-color contemporary graphic novel, the gang from Riverdale Academy Day is heading to Paris, for an international education like you've never seen before ...Jordan, Drew, Liam, Maury, and their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are heading out on a school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous City of Lights.But when their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected?and hilarious?turn. Especially when trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost as tricky as navigating the same friendships, fears, and differences that they struggle with at home.Will Jordan and his friends embrace being exposed to a new language, unfamiliar food, and a different culture? Or will they all end up feeling like the ?new kid??Don't miss the two hilarious and powerful companion novels by Jerry Craft, New Kid and Class Act!

Are you looking for an engaging educational coloring and activity book focused on diverse hairstyles and characters?Of course, "Color Our Hairstyles" is the answer.Self-Love and diversity matter! Celebrate the diverse characters as you color their hairstyles and unique look. This coloring and activity book will also go great with the reading books, "Hairstyles Like Ours: Milani & Friends Face Bullies" and "Hair Like Us: Denny & His Friends Face Bullies."What's inside:- Mazes- Self-portraits- Coloring pages- Affirmation Poster- Self-love Challenge- Affirmation Word Search- Glossary

Where can a princess hide if her Ever After isn't all that Happy? Bestselling author Alex London turns classic fairy tales on their heads in this fast-paced, funny fantasy about embracing change and taking control of your own story. For fans of The School for Good and Evil and the Chronicles of Never After series.Every fairy tale ends with its characters living happily ever after, right? A valiant prince quests long and hard to reach the castle where the sleeping princess lies. And with a kiss, he awakens her.But what if the princess does NOT think a kiss from a stranger is a very pleasant way to wake up? Yuck!When Rosamund flees her prince, a Door of Opportunity opens, and she steps through it to the Home Educational Academy (the HEA for short). Rosamund has found the Princess Protection Program, where fugitive fairy-tale princesses escape unwanted affections, untimely ends, and all the other perils of their stories.But the longer Rosamund lives in the real world, the more questions she has. Does anyone ever graduate from the HEA? Why doesn't anyone seem to remember the former students? Is the kindly fairy headmistress all she appears to be? Is anyone? And the most important question of all: Can Rosamund change her story?Acclaimed and bestselling author Alex London weaves together several beloved fairy tales in this fast-paced, funny, and slyly subversive adventure about finding your place in the world.

"Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is an absolutely real, raw and emotional read, and it's a book that touched my heart with every page." - Katie McGarry, critically acclaimed author of Only a Breath Apart Fifteen-year-old JL Markham's life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren't the friends they once were. With JL's father gone on long term business, and her mother struggling with her mental illness, JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road - with or without JL.JL can't bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you?Gae Polisner's Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is a story about the fragility of female friendship, of falling in love and wondering if you are ready for more, and of the glimmers of hope we find by taking stock in ourselves.

The New York Times bestselling sequel to Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli's modern-day classic Stargirl, now an original film on Disney+!Love, Stargirl picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved character who moved away so suddenly at the end of Stargirl. The novel takes the form of "the world's longest letter," in diary form, going from date to date through a little more than a year's time. In her writing, Stargirl mixes memories of her bittersweet time in Mica, Arizona, with involvements with new people in her life.In Love, Stargirl, we hear the voice of Stargirl herself as she reflects on time, life, Leo, and - of course - love."Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion." -The New York Times