Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Melonhead	Katy Kelly	DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not ev…	OL11764312W
Hate You	Graham McNamee	Nursing hatred for the father who choked her and damaged her voice as a child, seventeen-year-old Alice writes songs she feels she cannot sing and seeks to reconcile her feelings for herself and her …	OL119105W
The Duchess of Whimsy	Randall De Sève	The Duchess of Whimsy has absolutely no interest in the Earl of Norm until he makes a sandwich that causes her to look at him in an entirely different way.	OL13691587W
Snail started it!	Katja Reider	By calling Pig fat, Snail starts a chain of insults among the other animals that eventually catches up with him and convinces him that each animal is right in liking himself just the way he is.	OL14850554W
The blunder years	Bill Myers	When thirteen-year-old Nicholas and his cartoon friend McGee hook up with the coolest guy in school, Nicholas turns into a major jerk before realizing that it is more important to be yourself.	OL15044005W
Buddy Love--Now on Video	Ilene Cooper	When Buddy interviews family and friends on videotape, he learns surprising things about his family and himself.	OL15122650W
How I survived being a girl	Wendelin Van Draanen	Twelve-year-old Carolyn, who has always wished she were a boy, begins to see things in a new light when her sister is born.	OL15142458W
Pizza for everyone	Josh McDowell	Amy's first soccer game teaches her that it's how you play, not whether you win, that counts.	OL15285693W
The king has goat ears	Katarina Jovanovic	Young Miro accepts the challenge to cut the kings hair and discovers he has goat ears.	OL15424319W
Radical acceptance	Tara Brach	A book about self acceptance.	OL15844781W
Stop whining, start living	Laura Schlessinger	Building on the principles developed during her long career as a licensed marriage and family therapist, and addressing the chronic struggles of so many of her listeners and readers, Dr. Laura encour…	OL15845337W
Whateverland	Alexis Stewart	"An exuberantly, hilariously irreverent guide to life from the hosts of Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer and Whatever, Martha!No one tells it like it is quite like the Whatever duo of Alexis Stewart…	OL15981172W
Sophie the Awesome	Lara Bergen	Third-grader Sophie wants to be special, and she tries in every way that she can think of to stand out, until she rescues Ella from an oncoming car and becomes Sophie the Hero.	OL16015362W
The apple tree's discovery	Peninnah Schram	A little apple tree in the middle of a forest of majestic oaks longs to have stars in its branches as the tall oak trees seem to have, but God says that the apple tree should be satisfied with what i…	OL16652215W
Saints of Augustine	Patrick Ryan	In St. Augustine, Florida, former best friends Charlie Perrin and Sam Findley, now both sixteen, come to realize that their friendship is the only thing that will keep them afloat when each of their …	OL16997727W
Banned books	Marcia Amidon Lu˜sted	Discusses the history of book banning and looks at the different reasons why books are challenged.	OL17914253W
Basic Witches	Jaya Saxena,Jess Zimmerman	A magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish crystal to banishing terrible Tinder dates. Want to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to proje…	OL18168113W
The Secret of the Shadow	Debbie Ford	The #1 New York Times bestselling author shows how our most self-defeating thought can become blueprints for a fulfilling, rewarding life.	OL1836891W
Pink!	Lynne Rickards	Teased in school for being pink, Patrick the penguin leaves the South Pole to live with the flamingos in Africa.	OL18565864W
God cares when I don't like myself	Elspeth Campbell Murphy	Upon reflection, a young boy realizes that God and his parents like him the way he is.	OL18944805W