Julie Murphy
3) Dumplin'
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Dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom, Willowdean has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked ... until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo, but she is...
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Meant to be volume 1
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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...
5) Pumpkin
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Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show. What he doesn’t count on is the tape getting accidentally...
6) Ramona blue
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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 a trailer in Eulogy, Mississippi. Then, the return of her childhood friend Freddie brings a welcome distraction. Ramona begins to wonder if this new attraction is just a fluke or if life and love are more fluid than they seem.
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Christmas Notch novel volume 2
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Kallum Liberman is 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 with bridesmaids at all his friends' weddings. But after an old one-off sex tape is leaked and quickly goes viral, Kallum decides he's ready to step into the spotlight again,...
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"When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia her prognosis is grim. To make the most of the time she has left, she vows to spend her final months righting wrongs--however she sees fit. She convinces her friend Harvey to help her with a bucket list that's as much about revenge (humiliating her ex-boyfriend) as it is about hope (doing something unexpectedly kind for a stranger). But just when Alice's scores are settled, she goes into remission....
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Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy second chance Christmas in July rom-com.
After Angel and Luca connected on the set of Duke the Halls and had a whirlwind romance in the literal snow globe of Christmas Notch, Vermont, Luca found himself falling in love. Hard. He’d never been one to believe in fate or true love, but one thing was certain: Angel was his person....
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Discover the amazing ways animals adapt to the most extreme regions on Earth. Fiery temps and little rain make the desert a difficult place to survive. But several animals from fennec foxes to kangaroo rats have adapted to these harsh conditions. Find out how their unique behaviors and body parts allow them to call this biome home. With stunning photographs and fact-filled, easy-to-read text, Amazing Animal Adaptations are perfect nonfiction books...
17) Whale sharks
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"This book takes readers on a journey under the sea to discover the fascinating facts about whale sharks, including physical features, habitat, life cycle, food, and more. Photos, captions, and keywords supplement the narrative of this informational text, while additional search tools--including a glossary and an index--help students locate and review important information." -- from publisher's website.
19) Anglerfish
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The ocean is home to a variety of fascinating animals. Strange Sea Creatures: Anglerfish dives in and gives readers a chance to explore this little-known creature. This captivating book provides fascinating facts about these under water animals, including their varied physical traits, habitats, food sources, life cycles, and more. Strange Sea Creatures: Anglerfish provides an interactive approach to teaching life science. The book introduces basic...
20) Dumplin
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Willowdean Dickson es Will para sus amigos, una chica gorda (y a mucha honra) para sí misma y Dumplin para su madre. Ser hija de una antigua reina de la belleza nunca ha afectado su autoestima... hasta que descubre que el chico que le gusta se siente atraído por ella.
Para librarse de la repentina inseguridad que eso le genera, Will hace lo más impulsivo y horrible que podría habérsele ocurrido: presentarse al concurso de belleza local Miss Lupino...