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Bright's Pond novels volume 1
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English
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No longer able or willing to leave her home, this unusual woman has committed herself to a life of prayer--prayer that has resulted in numerous miracles, both large and garden variety, including a prize-winning pumpkin. The rural residents of this quirky Pennsylvania town are so enamored with Agnes they plan to erect a sign in her honor on the interstate. Agnes wants no part of it and sends her sister Griselda to fight city hall. Their petitions are...
8) Pumpkin
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Dumplin' volume 3
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English
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"Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy's #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin'--now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston--in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen."--Publisher's description.
10) Huge
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Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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When Wilhelmina and April find themselves roommates at a fat camp, both with very different goals, they find they have very little in common until they are both humiliated by the same person.
11) The underdogs
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English
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"A shy, overweight 12-year-old [and] her best friend take on the case of a popular 16-year-old who died mysteriously, leading to a ... surprise twist"-- Provided by publisher.
12) Dumplin'
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Dumplin' volume 1
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English
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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.
With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, and Dolly Parton songs, Dumplin' is guaranteed to steal your heart.Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed...
13) Hairspray
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.
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English
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Kirsten and Walk, seventh-graders at an elite private school, alternate telling how race, wealth, weight, and other issues shape their relationships as they and other misfits stand up to a mean but influential classmate, even as they are uncovering a long-kept secret about themselves.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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While investigating the supposed suicides of her best friend Riley and mean girls June and Dayton, sixteen-year-old Wiccan Mila Flores accidentally brings them back to life.
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Wade didn't quite fit in. He goes to school with a pack of kids called goat ropers who make the boys from Deliverance look like honor students. And he both loved and hated his perfect older brother. While other families traveled to Florida and Hawaii for vacation, Wade's family packed their clothes in garbage bags and drove to their log cabin on Sugar Creek in the Missouri Ozarks. And it is here that Wade found refuge from his everyday struggle to...
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