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"Shay desperately wants to feel loved and wanted--to be part of a real family. She thought that finally meeting her real father, a famous horse trainer, might change her life for the better. And it did. Sort of. She's more inspired to work with horses now, for sure, but a "normal" family--like her friends talk about--doesn't seem like it's in her future. Living with her aunt and working with horses every day doesn't seem to give her the love and acceptance...

Madison and her friends are going to a pop concert! When Madison and her friends win front-row tickets to see their favorite pop singer, Nikki, in concert, they can't believe their luck. Nikki just seems so perfect! All the magazines say so. Going to the mall to find the right outfit for the big night should be fun, but Madison's friend Aimee just doesn't seem like herself these days. She's not eating, and she's grumpy all the time. Getting zits and...

Growing up-and slimming down-is the tricky proposition in this repackaged installment of the beloved Alice series. The summer before ninth grade is all about getting it right-from head to toe. Alice and her friends want to start high school feeling like they always imagined a true high schooler feels: confident, capable, and pretty. But a little too much time standing in front of a mirror in their bathing suits makes Alice, Pamela, and Elizabeth...

Earl doesn't want to be a bully. It's not his fault that his body is as big as a football player's! Thirteen-year-old middle-schooler Earl has the body and facial scruff of a man-and this gets him into trouble. Everyone thinks Earl's a tough guy, but he's just trying to get by. Thinking he knows what's right from wrong-and using his fists to prove his point-earns him a week's suspension from school. Earl thinks he'll have a relaxing week, but things...

M. E. Kerr's first novel-hailed by the New York Times as a "timely, compelling," and "brilliantly funny" look at adolescence and friendship It was bad enough that they had to move to Brooklyn-Brooklyn Heights, as Tucker Woolf's dad instructs him to tell everyone after he loses his job. Now his father has suddenly developed an allergy to Tucker's cat, Nader, a nine-month-old calico Tucker found underneath a Chevrolet. Tucker's beloved pet finds a new...