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Hey! I'm Reading!
Betty Miles
Paperback (Knopf Books for Young Readers, April 11, 1995)Best-selling children's author Betty Miles reveals the secrets behind one of life's most important and enjoyable skills in the first-ever "how to" book for children who are just getting ready to read--and for the parents, relatives, teachers, and friends who want to help them.
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The Real Me
Betty Miles
Paperback (iUniverse, Aug. 14, 2000)This is an Author Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author Bio: Betty Miles is the author of thirty books for children, among them picture books, easy-to-read books, nonfiction about the environment and HEY! I'M READING!, a book about reading for beginners and their families. Her nine novels for middle school-aged readers have won awards and praise for their humor and understanding. Book description: Barbara Fisher just wants to be ordinary. She certainly doesn't want to be called a nut. But what's going on? Every time she tries to do something interesting, like sign up for tennis class or take over her brother's paper route, it turns out to be for boys only. So she has to speak up.And that, in this first-ever feminist novel for young readers, turns out to mean trouble.
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Trouble With Thirteen
Betty Miles
Paperback (Avon Books, April 1, 1985)Twelve-year-old Annie is unwilling to face some major changes in her life.
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I Would If I Could
Betty Miles
Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Feb. 12, 1982)When the bicycle she's been longing for turns out to be nothing like she expected, a young girl is sick with disappointment. Then the summer at her grandmother's teaches her several valuable lessons.
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Around and around--love
Betty Miles
Unknown Binding (Knopf : distributed by Random House, March 15, 1975)Text and photographs describe the many facets of love.
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Sink or Swim
Betty Miles
Paperback (Avon Books, April 1, 1987)An eleven-year-old boy from New York City goes to New Hampshire on a Fresh Air program for two weeks and has many new experiences in a small country town
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I Would If I Could
Betty Miles
Paperback (iUniverse, Nov. 1, 2000)Patty's sure she's the only 10-year-old in the world who can't ride a bike. This summer, when she visits her grandmother and aunt, she's sure their surprise is going to be a bike she can learn on. The kind all the other kids have. Butoh, no!this bike is impossible! And her best friend has started a club without her! And the twins are in it!Will Patty have the nerve to make summer turn wonderful? She would if she could...and she can!
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Just the Beginning
Betty Miles
Paperback (iUniverse, Nov. 20, 2000)It's bad enough to feel poor when you live in one of the richest towns in the U.S. When your friends' moms have cleaning ladies but your mom is going to be one. When your dad worries about paying for your brilliant sister to go to college and your teachers expect you to be brilliant like her. But for Cathy, what's happening today is worst of all: she's going to be suspended.
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Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book
Betty Miles
Paperback (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Nov. 18, 1989)Eleven-year-old Kate's ordinary life in a small Massachusetts town becomes quite extraordinary when she becomes involved with Maudie Schmidt and an inter-school reading project.
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The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Betty Miles
Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 12, 1981)"To be 'discovered' by an ad agency looking for the perfect kid for a TV commercial--A Dream Come True. To find that shooting will conflict with baseball practices--A Big Worry. But, to discover the TV commercial is for underwear--A Social Disaster! Yay! for a fast-reading book that's sure-fire fun."--School Library Journal. Reading level: 5.6.
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4 Book Lot the Puppy Place "Cody", "Princess", "Pugsley", "Snowball
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Paperback (scholastics, March 15, 2005)None
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Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book
Betty Miles
Paperback (Avon Books, Jan. 1, 1987)While struggling to adjust to life in middle school, Kate Harris unwittingly sparks an angry controversy when she innocently reads a picture book to some first graders--a book which parents, librarians, and teachers cannot decide is educational or obscene.While struggling to adjust to life in middle school, Kate Harris unwittingly sparks an angry controversy when she innocently reads a picture book to some first graders--a book which parents, librarians, and teachers cannot decide is educational or obscene
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