Download or read book Me and Fat Glenda written by Lila Perl and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1985-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thin Sara's family is so unconventional and fat Glenda's so conventional that the differences put a real strain on the two girls' friendship.
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Download or read book Hey Remember Fat Glenda written by Lila Perl and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 1982-11 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenda's resolve to lose weight is complicated by her mother who won't practice the eating habits she preaches, conflicts with classmates, and a crush on her English teacher.
Download or read book Four Perfect Pebbles written by Lila Perl and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. “The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what’s said and in what is left out.”—ALA Booklist (starred review) Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Blumenthal family—father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert—were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive. Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults’ Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. “A harrowing and often moving account.”—School Library Journal
Download or read book Pookins Gets Her Way written by Helen Lester and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pookins always manages to get her way until the day she meets a gnome who can grant her every wish.
Download or read book Skinny written by Donna Cooner and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll probably never be loved, and Skinny makes sure she never forgets it. But there is another voice: Ever's singing voice, which is beautiful but has been silenced by Skinny. Partly in the hopes of trying out for the school musical - and partly to try and save her own life - Ever decides to undergo a risky surgery that may help her lose weight and start over. With the support of her best friend, Ever begins the uphill battle toward change. But demons, she finds, are not so easy to shake, not even as she sheds pounds. Because Skinny is still around. And Ever will have to confront that voice before she can truly find her own. Donna Cooner brings warmth, wit, and startling insight to this unforgettable debut.
Download or read book Michael and Me written by Shana Mangatal and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than six years after his death, Michael Jackson continues to fascinate the world. Shana Mangatal was one of Jackson's only constant and true rocks of stability for nearly two decades. Their relationship was quiet and sweet and real—a closely guarded secret, known only to a few trusted employees and friends. Shana is now coming forward to tell their love story. Her story is rich with every little detail. She witnessed the scandals, lawsuits, the release of groundbreaking albums and subsequent world tours, big-budget short films, addictions. Michael and Me entertains and inspires, but above all, Shana continues to treat Michael (and his legacy) with respect. This is not an exploitative tell-all, but rather a book that shows the side of Michael people never knew. In it, Shana paints a more intimate picture of this beloved, yet very misunderstood man.
Download or read book A Mused My Big Fat Greek Mythology written by Glenda N. Rogers and published by Kdp. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an Amazon Bestseller!Sexy and sleek, A-Mused is a laugh-out-loud fantasy romance page-turner! Rani, a beautiful, but slightly socially awkward astrophysicist is in a celestial aspiration of her own making. Somehow, she is responsible for releasing the constellations from the sky, and, as they retake their godly appearances and mischievous, lustful natures, she finds she is the focal point of the amorous quests of some, and the desires for vengeance of others. Meanwhile, the earth is hurtling toward destruction because the stars have fallen from the sky and the sun and moon are answering to her chaotic emotions. How did she do this, and how can she set it right? Answering these questions leads Rani on a madcap voyage of love, self-discovery, and empowerment as she discovers her prowess and powers in this installment of My Big Fat Greek Mythology. With a cast of quirky characters, action, adventure, and international exotic settings, A-MUSED is a new take on Greek mythology that makes it one of the best summer reads for 2021. It is chick lit at its best, packed with magic, love, and humor.
Download or read book The Death of Sweet Mister written by Daniel Woodrell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him -- she calls him Sweet Mister and attempts to boost his confidence and give him hope for his future. Shuggie's purported father, Red, is a brutal man with a short fuse who mocks and despises the boy. Into this small-town Ozarks mix comes Jimmy Vin Pearce, with his shiny green T-bird and his smart city clothes. When he and Glenda begin a torrid affair, a series of violent events is inevitably set in motion. The outcome will break your heart. "This is Daniel Woodrell's third book set in the Ozarks and, like the other two, Give Us a Kiss and Tomato Red, it peels back the layers from lives already made bare by poverty and petty crime."-Otto Penzler, Penzler Pick, 2001
Download or read book Someone We Know written by Shari Lapena and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "No one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena." —Ruth Ware, internationally bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 Maybe you don't know your neighbours as well as you thought you did . . . In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses—and into the owners' computers as well—learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too. Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they're telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets? In this neighbourhood, it's not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide. You never really know what people are capable of . . .
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Download or read book Fat Glenda s Summer Romance written by Lila Perl and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Glenda finds her old weight problem returning to haunt her after friendship, romance, and a new job turn sour during a summer that looked so promising in the beginning.
Download or read book Isabel s War written by Lila Perl and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabel thinks World War II is a drag--until the horrors of war literally come right into her home.
Download or read book Ollie Goes to School written by Elizabeth Rodgers and published by Cartwheel Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ollie Mole is apprehensive about his first day of school, but he discovers school can be lots of fun.
Download or read book Fat Glenda Turns Fourteen written by Lila Perl and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Glenda, extremely unhappy after regaining the pounds she worked so hard to lose, meets the very overweight Giselle and discovers the world of plus-size modeling, but she will have to stay fat to keep working as such a model.
Download or read book 3 Hour Window Diet written by Glenda L. Maynard and published by Bforce LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yours truly, the author, can teach you how to lose weight because she has lost weight. In this diet book, the kitchen and the gym are secondary to the cell phone, computer, social media, and old-fashioned pen-to-paper journal. The game-changer activity is using the power of telling others, posting, and sharing to ensure that your body follows your thoughts and intentions. No one wants friends and loved ones to know that you have not followed through on your stated actions. Here is where bragging and shame intersect. Brag about your intention, then back it up with the effort to avoid SHAME: a powerful equation. Trust me. I promise you it works better than any other "diet plan" that gives you a list of foods, recipes, and meal plans.
Download or read book Glenda s Wedding Night written by Nadjina Shanik and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenda’s Wedding Night By Nadjina Shanik Glenda’s Wedding Night is a search-for-love story like nothing you've ever read. It takes a look at many different cultures, how they deal with love and marriage. This tale revolves around culture shock and class clash. Our protagonist Glenda marries five times to men of different nationalities in different countries. She progresses hopefully from the spineless wimp to the ultra-macho man of her dreams. Traveling from Tuxedo Park, to Ibiza, Mexico, Greece, Israel, Cyprus, Jordan, Turkey, and New York City, Glenda’s Wedding Night is doormat versus diva, wife versus mistress, career versus home, feminism versus machismo, quack versus witch, users and losers, playboys and wannabes, the Latin culture versus the Anglo culture, and immigrant versus blue-blood. It’s about what everybody thinks they’re missing in life, about dangerous liaisons and fatal attractions. It’s all here in a multicolored tapestry of steamy romance and bizarre travel, spanning decades.
