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Half of me was thinking , Georgina, don’t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking , Georgina, you’re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it. Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough... (more)

True Talents

by David Lubar

It’s been over a year since fourteen-year-old Eddie “Trash” Thalmeyer and his friends from Edgeview Alternative School found out about their special hidden talents. Trash can move things with his mind, Torchie is a fire-starter, Cheater reads minds, Lucky finds lost objects, Flinch can predict the future, and Martin can see into people’s souls. Now back home with their families, all the boys want to do is get... (more)

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

by Gabrielle Zevin

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn’t have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn’t have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn’t have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps... (more)

Call Me Hope

by Gretchen Olson

As 11-year-old Hope struggles to live under the pressures of her verbally abusive mother, she's tempted to run away but instead chooses resilience. She creates a secret safe haven and an innovative point system (giving herself points for every bad thing her mother says to her); finds comfort and inspiration from Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl ; and gains a support team. Ultimately, Hope able to confront... (more)

Stargirl

by Jerry Spinelli

The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness: Take Your Health into Your Own Hands to Feel, Think, and Live Better Than You Ev

The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness: Take Your Health into Your Own Hands to Feel, Think, and Live Better Than You Ev

by Greg Anderson

An acclaimed nature writer and environmentalist delivers an eloquent and provocative pro-hunting exploration of the primal impulse to hunt and its endangered value in modern society.

I Put a Spell on You: From the Files of Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective

I Put a Spell on You: From the Files of Chrissie Woodward, Spelling Bee Detective

by Adam Selzer

COME SPELLING BEE season, the tiny town of Preston erupts in excitement: the bee is televised, and the hottest ticket in town. This year, an assortment of sixth-grade miscreants is going for the top prize: Jennifer, an overscheduled free spirit whose parents are obsessed with her college applications; Mutual, a previously home-schooled outsider who's enrolled in public school for the first time in order to... (more)

Surprises According to Humphrey

by Betty G. Birney

A classroom hamster has to be ready for anything, but suddenly there are LOTS-LOTS-LOTS of big surprises in HumphreyÂ’s world. Some are exciting, like a new hamster ball. But some are scary, like a run-in with a cat and a new janitor who might be from another planet. But even with all thatÂ’s going on, Humphrey finds time to help his classmates with their problems. But will Mrs. BrisbaneÂ’s unsqueakable surprise... (more)

Ethan, Suspended

by Pamela Ehrenberg

After getting suspended from school, Ethan Oppenheimer is uprooted from his comfortable suburban life in Pennsylvania and sent to live in Washington, D.C., with grandparents he hardly knows. At Parker Junior High, he stands out as the only white student. Making friends there is difficult; fitting in, impossible.It doesn't help that his overprotective grandparents expect him to live their old-fashioned,... (more)

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat

by Lynne Jonell

Emmy was a good girl. At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet—some days. Honestly, Emmy really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all. . . .

Lighten Up! (When you're feeling loaded down)

Lighten Up! (When you're feeling loaded down)

by Chieko N. Okazaki

Smiles to Go

by Jerry Spinelli

What is stargazer, skateboarder, chess champ, pepperoni pizza eater, older brother, sister hater, best friend, first kisser, science geek, control freak Will Tuppence so afraid of in this great big universe? Jerry Spinelli knows.

City Of The Dead (The Haunting Of Derek Stone)

City Of The Dead (The Haunting Of Derek Stone)

by Tony Abbott

Could the road to the afterlife be a two-way street? Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in the heart of New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight. He can't hear well out of his left ear. Oh, and he's on the run from the dead. Derek never imagined that the dead could be anything but dead. But there's no denying it. They're back --... (more)

First Things First

by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well? Does this nagging question haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, First Things First can help you understand why so often our first things aren't first. Rather than offering you another clock, First Things... (more)

A Short Guide to a Happy Life

by Anna Quindlen

"Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won't happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live...to love the journey, not the destination." In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on... (more)

Love Among the Walnuts: Or How I Saved My Family from Being Poisoned

Love Among the Walnuts: Or How I Saved My Family from Being Poisoned

by Jean Ferris

Sandy Huntington-Ackerman didn't expect life to be a free ride (even though his parents are multimillionaires). He certainly didn't expect his two money-grubbing uncles to try to kill his family with a drugged birthday cake. Luckily for Sandy, the cake only sends his parents (and their pet chicken, Attila) into a coma. Along with a loyal butler and a wacky nurse from the asylum next door, Sandy is determined to... (more)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book 3

The Last Straw

by Jeff Kinney

This is the third book of the series, "Diary of A Wimpy Kid". A great book all kids will love!

Best Friends Forever

by Jennifer Weiner

Some bonds can never be broken... Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That's what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they're both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school's scapegoat. Flash-forward fifteen years. Valerie Adler has found a measure of fame... (more)

The Path into Healing

by Sam Oliver

The Path into Healing is a model for healing through the feminine side of the soul. The purpose of this book is to outline a process whereby a person can understand and acquaint him or herself with an aspect of our awareness often neglected in our world today. Much of the emphasis in our world is on what a person can achieve without regard to how these achievements affect the world and the people living in these... (more)

Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress

by Lee Woodruff

“ You can tell a woman’s whole life story from the possessions in her jewelry box. Like reading a palm, you can trace the points where her life has intersected with memorable events, people, places, and loves. You can speculate on the essence of her personality, all from what she has accumulated in that box. ”—from Perfectly Imperfect In her acclaimed first book, In an Instant, Lee Woodruff, along with her... (more)

Shelfari Book Activity

Tags: conduct of life

by Barbara O'Connor

by David Lubar

by Gabrielle Zevin

by Gretchen Olson

by Jerry Spinelli

by Greg Anderson

by Adam Selzer

by Betty G. Birney

by Pamela Ehrenberg

by Lynne Jonell

by Chieko N. Okazaki

by Jerry Spinelli

by Tony Abbott

by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill

by Anna Quindlen

by Jean Ferris

by Jeff Kinney

by Jennifer Weiner

by Sam Oliver

by Lee Woodruff