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1) Dumplin'
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
Author
Series
Christmas Notch volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with"--
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't...
Author
Series
Christmas Notch volume 2
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A washed-up former member of a boy band agrees to star in a sexy Santa biopic that also stars his ex, in the second novel of the series following A Merry Little Meet Cute.
Kallum Liebermanis the funny one. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy band INK, he enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then moved home where he opened a regional pizza chain called Slice, Slice, Baby! He’s living his best dad bod life, hooking up...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin', comes the first in a two-book origin story of Faith, a groundbreaking, plus-sized superhero from the Valiant Entertainment comics.
Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she's not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she's volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama The Grove.
So far,
...Author
Series
Meant to be volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
If the shoe doesn't fit, maybe it's time to design your own. Cindy loves shoes. A well-placed bow or a chic stacked heel is her form of self-expression. As a fashion-obsessed plus-size woman, she can never find designer clothes that work on her body, but a special pair of shoes always fits just right. With a shiny new design degree but no job in sight, Cindy moves back in with her stepmother, Erica Tremaine, the executive producer of the world's biggest...
8) Chubby Bunny
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
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 grandma Barbara, Bunny figures out a very sweet solution.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Patricia, widely known as Sweet Pea, navigates her parents' unconventional divorce and finds herself in the unlikely role of her town's advice columnist"--
10) Ramona Blue
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever. Since then, it's been Ramona and her family against the world. Standing over six feet tall with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona is sure of three things: she likes girls, she's fiercely devoted to her family, and she knows she's destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flaky mom, and her well-meaning...
12) Pumpkin
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A plus-sized high school senior who hides a secret ability to fly pursues an unexpected romantic relationship with the heroine star of her favorite teen drama before her investigation into a new recreational drug puts those she loves in danger.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Alice is ready to go out in a blaze of glory, but then she discovers she's in remission from cancer and she must deal with all of the mistakes she's made and the people she's hurt"--
16) Camp Sylvania
Author
Series
Camp Sylvania volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Magnolia "Maggie" Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight ... if she can just get over her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp she's been dying to go to for three whole summers. But on the last day of school, her parents break the news: Maggie isn't going to Camp Rising Star. She's being shipped off to fat camp, and not just any fat camp. She's going to Camp Sylvania,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What can we learn from a coral reef? Murphy explains that coral reefs are a living organism grow and develop a mutualistic relationship with other sea flora and fauna. Discover how changes in water temperature and purity are putting them at risk-- and what you can do about it.
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favorite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will swoon for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding, and serendipitous."
Author
Series
Untold legends volume 1
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices! In this delicious new collection, you'll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out--and going out for their first kill--and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire--and a revolution on the page. Vampires...
Series
Untold legends volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The second book in the Untold Legends series, this is an anthology of short stories that feature mermaids"--