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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
6) The fat girl
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Jeff, a high school senior, becomes obsessed with creating a new, beautiful, person out of an unhappy fat girl, but when she begins to think independently, he loses control of the situation.
7) Time to roar
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When great yellow beasts threaten the forest, Sasha the bear and other animals try to use their strengths to stop them, including, finally, Sasha's big, loud, powerful roar.
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Twenty years after making a pact to say "yes" to whatever life throws at them, which led to wonderful, life-changing results, four best friends, having reached their bandwidth of responsibilities, decide to reconnect to the passionate, fun and fulfilled people they were before, and so begins the "Year of No."
9) Feather
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Paulina, nicknamed Feather, leaves her piano to take up boxing, showing her father and brothers that she will stand up for herself.
10) The kiddie table
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On Thanksgiving Day, a girl who has just turned eight loudly insists that she be permitted to sit at the dining room table, rather than with the babies.
12) Señor Sí
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El señor Sí podía hacer un montón de cosas diferentes y divertidas, pero lo que nunca había aprendido era a decir no. ¿Y usted, querido lector, responde con sí cuando, con honestidad y amabilidad, hubiese querido decir no? Una divertida historia para todas las edades, sobre la importancia de la comunicación y la asertividad.
Mr. Yes could do a lot of different, funny things but he'd never learned how to say no. Even though it made...
13) Mister Yes
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"Mr. Yes could do a lot of different, funny things but he'd never learned how to say no. Have you ever smiled and said yes when what you really wanted to say was no? This is a fun story for readers of all ages about the importance of communication and being assertive."--Page [4] of cover.