| 1. |  | Keeping the Moon (reissue)
from Puffin
Price: $8.99
Customer Review:
Keeping The Moon by Sarah Dessen was a very interesting book. Colie Sparks is the main character and her famous mom, Kiki Sparks, is a weight loss trainer and inspiration for fat people. They used to be very fat and Colie was very unpopular, until her mom rear ended another car and the lady gave... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Science in Seconds for Kids: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
from Jossey-Bass
Price: $10.36
Customer Review:
My DH is using this and other books for a science and gadget class with 10 K-2 kids. He likes this book as the experiments are easy and fast paced enough to keep the kids' attention, a real issue with this bunch.
| 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Melting of Maggie Bean
from Aladdin
Price: $5.99
Customer Review:
Maggie Bean is addicted to candy. She needs a few bags to get her through the pressures of the week. At her house, the tension adds up because her dad's been out of work for months and they're barely scraping by. Maggie's gained weight during this time - so much weight that it's embarrassing her... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Dragon's Scales (Step Into Reading + Math: A Step 2 Book)
from Topeka Bindery
Price: $12.95
Customer Review:
The reason I didn't give this book five stars, is because I feel that if a child is old enough to read, the "math" would be too simplistic. For my four year old, it was great. I found it a clever way to introduce the concept of size and weight in an engaging story, (a bigger thing can be lighter,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Maggie Bean Stays Afloat
from Aladdin
Price: $5.99
Customer Review:
Maggie hasn't eaten chocolate in 92 days. She's in great shape thanks to her newfound love of swimming. Plus, her days at Pound Patrollers are coming to an end, or so she thinks.
She and Arnie are asked to help create a Pound Patroller program for kids. In addition, Maggie also becomes a summer... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Teen's Top 10 (Awards))
from Candlewick
Price: $10.87
Customer Review:
Ok, this book is a little pat in some places. Turning your life around is probably not as easy as Carolyn Mackler would make it out to be. That being said, this is a really good book. Virginia (or Ginny) is a believable, sympathetic, likable character. Her problems are real, and her solutions to... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
from Puffin
Price: $5.99
Customer Review:
I have to say, I would have given up on this book except that my daughter never lets me do that. (I was reading it to her, she's seven).
I'm glad I stuck with it because the second half of the book rewards the reader with a faster-paced story and satisfyingly complex characters for a book at... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Mr. Skinny (Mr. Men and Little Miss)
from Price Stern Sloan
Price: $3.99
Customer Review:
Mr. Skinny was a little book my daughter wanted read over & over again when a young girl. She is now 30, & was thrilled to have an old friend back in her life... | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Catundra (reissue) (Serendipity)
from Price Stern Sloan
Price: $4.99
Customer Review:
This book is horrible. The cat was an emotional eater. Fine. But then he meets a mole who tells him "Rather than eating, you should go on a diet and get yourself in shape. If you're not fat, then nobody can make fun of you, and if they don't make fun of you, you won't be miserable and if you're not... more info | 2.5 / 5.0
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| 10. | ![]() | Artichoke's Heart
from Dutton Juvenile
Price: $6.29
Customer Review:
Wow. I was so incredibly blown away by Artichoke's Heart. I only wish I'd picked it up sooner. The one thing that stopped me from doing so was the fact it was about a "fat" girl losing weight and generally, I shy away from those books. I rarely find them to be realistic and since I relate to this... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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