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"As the clock ticks forward to midnight during Wendy Davis's historic filibuster of the abortion bill HB2 in June 2013, an Austin teen grapples with his past mistakes, the complex issue of abortion, and the kind of person he wants to be"--Provided by publisher.
3) Chubby bunny
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Barbara "Bunny" Binks comes from a long line of Barbaras, that started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bunny buns," playing with her rabbit Ralph, and eating marshmallows. Then one day, she participates in her favorite marshmallow eating contest at field day called "Chubby Bunny," and her classmates start teasing her. But with a little help from her gradma Barbara, Bunny figures out a very sweet solution.
7) The Gray
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Thirteen-year-old Sasha suffers from bullying and extreme anxiety, which he calls the Gray, and when things hit a breaking point, his parents send him to stay with his Aunt Ruthie in upstate New York, where Sasha's aunt and uncle used to run a Jewish summer camp. There, Sasha begins to explore and even make some new friends, and things start to look up when he meets a horse nicknamed the Gray at a local ranch. But when one of his new friends disappears,...
10) Jawbreaker
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Everything for Max Plink is going wrong, what with her parents fighting, school bullies and her sister--the worst bully--well, bullying her, and her mess of a mouth, shackled not only with braces but also "the jawbreaker," an orthodontic headgear intended to correct her severe overbite. Things get even worse when Max finds out her journalism competition includes a video component, meaning that to win she will have to show her face not only to her...
12) Un lobo dentro
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"Eric is fifteen years old and has a big knot inside that he only knows how to express by smearing his notebooks with comics and cartoon drawings. His grades are horribly bad, he has been the victim of bullying by several classmates, and this is the third time he has had to change schools. So when his mother receives a note from his new teacher the first week of school, she senses that her son's nightmare is starting all over again. However, to...
13) Size me up
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Ben is a soccer star even though he's small in size. After some bullies target him because of his size, Ben focuses on applying for college programs in an attempt to ignore the violence and to feel safe once again.
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Thirteen-year-old Will is awkward and terrible at hockey, which makes him an easy target for bullies and a big disappointment to his dad, the school principal and a former NHL player. Then, things go from bad to worse when his seventeen-year-old hockey star cousin, Alex, comes to stay with Will's family. But everything changes when Will and Alex realizes they aren't so different after all, and Will discovers he's actually good at something: dancing....
15) Carina Felina
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Carina Felina is an arrogant cat with an appetite so huge that she eats everything and everyone who crosses her path as she ambles through Havana--until a small crab outsmarts her and saves the day.
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Each year since he's outgrown dressing up in costume, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have been stealing trick-or-treaters' bags of candy on Halloween night. But this year his target was Gideon Rao, who isn't letting the incident go. When Jonas begins receiving threatening notes in his locker, and a neighborhood friend asks him to write about the worst thing he's ever done, he begins a long journey of self-reflection and introspection on the...
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"French bulldog Billy the Kid was born with an ear for music. And not just any music. He loves barking to the beat of country music! So Billy sets out to Nashville to sing his heart out. But when he meets some big bullies at the Battle of the Bow-wows, Billy worries he's barking up the wrong tree. He'll need his favorite songs ('Jowlene' and 'I Will Pawlways Love You, ' of course), a group of scrappy new friends, and his favorite country music star...
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Eleven-year-old Pakistani British Alina Butt has had trouble fitting in at school due to her ethnic origins and funny last name, but is determined that her latest new school will be the one where she'll make her mark. Deciding to join the cast of the school play, Alina tries out for the lead role, but only makes a supporting role, forcing her to overcome her jealousy in order to become the person she wants others to notice.
20) The dog knight
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After saving a friendly golden retriever from bullies, nonbinary middle schooler Frankie meets a group of dog superheroes called the Pawtheon who offer them the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs.