Download or read book Stella Batts Needs a New Name written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Who s in Charge written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Stella Batts written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Stella Batts (Hardcover). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Nova in New York written by Katherine Richards and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Broken Birthday written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the best day of the year? A birthday, of course! Stella Batts is turning nine, and she has big plans. Her family will be going to Pennsylvania to celebrate. That's where Stella's best friend Willa moved to, and Stella hasn't seen Willa for months. It's hard not to see your best friend for that long, so this is an important trip. But before Stella can get on the plane--DISASTER STRIKES! Now instead of a birthday weekend sleepover with Willa in Pennsylvania, Stella is stuck in a hospital room in her hometown of Somers, California, with a broken leg, doctors, nurses, and a roommate who is a stranger. What's the worst day of the year? You guessed it. Stella's birthday.
Download or read book All the Things You Are written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Chance and the Butterfly written by Maggie De Vries and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Addison Addley and the Things That Aren t There written by Melody DeFields McMillan and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addison has to give a speech at school, but he'd rather be fishing or playing baseball that writing.
Download or read book Fly Back Agnes written by Elizabeth Atkinson and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt story that sensitively tackles the everyday inner turmoil of growing up and staying true to oneself. Twelve-year-old Agnes hates everything about her life: her name, her parents' divorce, her best friend's abandonment, her changing body . . . . So while staying with her dad over the summer, she decides to become someone else. She tells people she meets that her name is Chloe, she's fourteen, her parents are married, and she's a dancer and actor—just the life she wants. But Agnes's fibs quickly stack up and start to complicate her new friendships, especially with Fin, whose mysterious relative runs a local raptor rehab center that fascinates Agnes. The birds, given time and care, heal and fly back home. Agnes, too, wants to get back to wherever she truly belongs. But first she must come to see the good in her real life, however flawed and messy it is, and be honest with her friends, her family, and herself.
Download or read book Lucky Break written by Brooke Carter and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book A Case of the Meanies written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Stella Batts (Paperback). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?
Download or read book Just Plain Al written by Constance C. Greene and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1988-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Al(exandra) the Great" and her friend face the ups and downs experienced by every open and sensitive young person trying to cope in New York City.
Download or read book Positively written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the day Emerson Pressman and her mother were diagnosed as HIV positive, nothing has been the same. When her mother dies of AIDS, Emmy has to go live with the father and stepmother she barely knows, and she feels more alone than ever. Now she has to take pills by herself, and there is no one left who understands what it's like to be afraid every time she has a cold. But when her father decides to send her to Camp Positive, a camp for HIV-positive children, Emmy begins to realize that she's not alone after all, and that sometimes, opening up to other people can make all the difference in the world.
Download or read book Sallie Bee Writes a Thank You Note written by Susan Verde and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Susan Verde, Courtney Sheinmel, and Heather Ross comes a warmhearted story about expressing gratitude, perfectly modeling how to write a great thank-you note! When a surprise comes in the mail from Grandma, Sallie wants to text her right away: Thanks, Grandma! But wait—how will Grandma know what Sallie is thanking her for and how it makes her feel? And every proper thank-you needs some swirlies, right? This calls for something special: a handwritten note. The next day, Sallie hopes to get another package so she can write a second note. Nothing comes. But . . . she does get safely across the street on the way to school. Maybe that deserves a thank you! Dear Crossing Guard . . . With each new day, Sallie discovers more and more reasons to feel grateful. A warm and witty story about appreciating others, Sallie Bee Writes a Thank-You Note celebrates the simple kindness of saying “thank you.” The book also includes tips on how to write the perfect thank-you note!
Download or read book Zacktastic written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignment. But he doesn't have a clue as to what he is supposed to do or what his powers might entail.
Download or read book Judy Moody written by Megan McDonald and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.
Download or read book Sincerely written by Courtney Sheinmel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought together as pen pals by a school assignment, Sophie and Katie, eleven-year-olds living on opposite sides of the country, find comfort in their growing relationship when problems at home and at school disrupt their lives.
