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Perfect for fans of Star Fish and From the Desk of Zoe Washington, a nuanced middle grade from the author of The Prettiest about two girls--one "bad" and one "good"--who join forces against book banning and censorship. Rose is a good Jewish girl. She listens to her parents and follows every rule. After all, they're there for a reason--right? And adults always know best. Talia, the new girl from New York City, doesn't think so. After only a wee...

In this poignant middle grade novel, a struggling student joins her school's celebrated quiz team in a bid to avoid failing eighth grade. Marianne Blume knows she's one of the stupid kids. After years of trying and trying and feeling like she's always failing, she has mastered the art of turning off her brain whenever questions or lectures arise. She gets by in school on a combination of luck, deflection, and charisma-that is, until she lands ...

A story about a self-described 'ditz' who ends up on her school's Quiz Quest team in a bid to prove she's smart.Marianne Blume knows she's one of the stupid kids. After years of trying and trying and feeling like she's always failing, she has mastered the art of turning off her brain whenever questions or lectures arise. She gets by in school on a combination of luck, deflection, and charisma-that is, until she lands in the classroom of Mr. Ga...

Quiet outsider Tillie is known around school for using her camera to find lost things, but when a boy named Jake needs help finding his dad, Tillie faces her biggest challenge yet.

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young about fighting back against sexism and objectification.THE PRETTIEST: It's the last thing Eve Hoffmann expected to be, the only thing Sophie Kane wants to be, and something Nessa Flores-Brady knows she'll never be . . . until a list appears online, ranking the top fifty prettiest girls in the eighth grade.Eve is disgusted by the way her body is sudd...

Whether it's earrings, homework, or love notes, Tillie "Lost and Found" Green and her camera can find any lost thing-until a search for a missing person forces her to step out from behind the lens in Brigit Young's middle-grade debut novel, Worth a Thousand Words.Ever since a car accident left Tillie Green with lasting painful injuries, she's hidden behind her camera. She watches her family and classmates through the lens, tracking down mispla...

A must-read for young feminists, The Prettiest is an incisive, empowering novel by Brigit Young about fighting back against sexism and objectification.THE PRETTIEST: It's the last thing Eve Hoffmann expected to be, the only thing Sophie Kane wants to be, and something Nessa Flores-Brady knows she'll never be . . . until a list appears online, ranking the top fifty prettiest girls in the eighth grade.Eve is disgusted by the way her body is sudd...

Da quando le conseguenze di un incidente d'auto le impediscono di camminare agevolmente, Tillie vive nascosta dietro una macchina fotografica. Attraverso l'obiettivo osserva la sua famiglia e i compagni di scuola, rintracciando oggetti perduti e scoprendo piccoli dettagli che a lei dicono molto di più che agli altri. Tillie lo sa, a scuola la chiamano tutti Lost & Found, e in fondo le fa piacere. Ma quando Jake, il ragazzo più simpatico e popo...