Stella Batts Needs a New Name

Stella Batts Needs a New Name PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1410310515
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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In Needs a New Name, Stella decides to change her name after a boy from her class keeps calling her "Smella." How hard can it be to pick a new name? It's not as easy as it sounds.

Stella Batts Needs a New Name

Stella Batts Needs a New Name PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1410310515
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Book Description
In Needs a New Name, Stella decides to change her name after a boy from her class keeps calling her "Smella." How hard can it be to pick a new name? It's not as easy as it sounds.

Who's in Charge

Who's in Charge PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1627530436
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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In "Who's in Charge" Stella gets a lesson in responsibility when she volunteers to watch her best friend’s dog, Bella, for a few days. The only problem with this plan is that Stella didn’t ask her mother for permission. With new baby Marco at home, Stella’s mom already has her hands full. But Grandma agrees it’s good for Stella to have some responsibility as she’s getting older. It looks as though Stella has things under control. It’s only for a few days—what could go wrong? When Bella gets loose and runs away, Stella is heartbroken. Will Stella find Bella before Evie gets back? And where does she even start to look? It’s just another day in the life of Stella Batts! In this early chapter book series, the ups and downs of Stella’s life are charmingly chronicled.

Nova in New York

Nova in New York PDF Author: Katherine Richards
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459820312
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Seventeen-year-old Nova Abbott grew up dancing barefoot in the backyard with her aunt Ivy, whose dreams of becoming a professional ballerina were cut short by cystic fibrosis. Nova is invited to attend a prestigious ballet school's summer intensive program. She is a bit overwhelmed by New York City: the bustle of people, the talent of the other dancers, the demands of the instructors and being separated from her beloved aunt, whose health is deteriorating rapidly. With a coveted apprenticeship up for grabs, Nova isn't sure she'll make it in the big leagues, and now she's not even sure she wants to.

Lucky Break

Lucky Break PDF Author: Brooke Carter
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459816439
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87

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"Clever, quippy dialogue and enjoyable first-person voice make the sassy, inner-monologuing Lucy a pleasure of a protagonist...A sweet, sincere look at the complexities of female friendship between competitive athletes. This book tackles a lot and scores at every turn." —Booklist Seventeen-year-old Lucy "Lucky" Graves is devoted to her championship rugby team, but her dreams of a scholarship are destroyed when she breaks her ankle during an important game. If it doesn't heal properly, Lucy could be benched for the rest of the year. Goodbye pro career, goodbye college, goodbye future. Without rugby, who is she? Now her anxiety and OCD are getting worse, and a past trauma has resurfaced to haunt her. Lucy needs to stop running from her past to discover what it really means to be a team player.

All the Things You Are

All the Things You Are PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416997199
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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A girl’s perfect life falls apart when her mother is arrested for a white collar crime in this novel School Library Journal calls “realistic yet positive.” Carly Wheeler lives a charmed life. Her mother is a stylist for the soap opera Lovelock Falls, she lives in a nice house, and goes to an excellent private school. But when her mom is arrested and charged with embezzlement, everything starts to unravel. There are shocking stories about her mother’s crimes in the local newspaper. Carly's friends start avoiding her. And her stepfather starts worrying about money. How can Carly put her life back together when it feels like she’s missing all the pieces?

Stella Batts

Stella Batts PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Stella Batts (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9781585361939
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Stella is in third grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a wonderful candy shop. Life should be pretty good, right?

Chance and the Butterfly

Chance and the Butterfly PDF Author: Maggie De Vries
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554698650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135

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Chance has problems fitting in at school and in his new foster home, but watching a caterpillar become a butterfly helps him let go of some of his anger.

Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There

Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There PDF Author: Melody DeFields McMillan
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554695686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Addison Addley hates math. He hates public speaking too. Actually, he hates anything that involves work, but he only has a couple of weeks to write and memorize his grade five speech. The problem is, he can't think of a single topic. When he finally comes up with an excellent idea for a speech, it almost writes itself, but it's his poor math skills that make speech day unforgettable.

One Brave Summer

One Brave Summer PDF Author: Amber J. Keyser
Publisher: Darby Creek ™
ISBN: 1512434809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Paley Dixon is not excited about six weeks on a horse ranch without access to the virtual world of Dragonfyre. In-game, she's the Blue Elf, strong and powerful. In the real world, she's coming off a bad year after moving from Los Angeles to Denver. At least Prince, the majestic horse she's paired with at Quartz Creek Ranch, makes her feel like royalty. To gain Prince's trust, Paley has to find her own confidence, which isn't easy with jerks like Bryce around. When she makes an exciting discovery near the ranch, life finally seems as interesting as Dragonfyre. But to protect her real-world treasure, she'll have to figure out how to turn courage into action.

Stella Batts Scaredy Cat

Stella Batts Scaredy Cat PDF Author: Courtney Sheinmel
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1634707907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Are you afraid of the dark? Stella Batts never thought she was. In fact she's not feeling afraid of anything right now. She's just excited. Her class read the most books out of every class in school. The prize is a sleepover in the library. What could be better than that? Everyone is in pajamas, even the teachers. The kids break off into groups to go on a scavenger hunt. That's when Stella finds a really old book by an author who is also named Stella B. Though the subject matter is nothing this Stella would ever write about. And then there's an unexpected visitor who shows up in the middle of the night. Stella doesn't know what to think, but she knows one thing for sure--she's scared of the dark now!