Books with author Julie Murphy

SummaryThe 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 concepts and ideas while also providing activities and exercises that engage students in processes and skills that are essential to scientific learning and discovery.Specifications Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6Dewey: 597.62Graphics: Full-color photographsReinforced book (9781631880247): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2015Paperback (9781631880674): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2015PDF (9781631881107): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2015ePub (9781633623477): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2015Hosted ebook (9781631881534): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2015Series: 21st Century Skills LibrarySubseries: Exploring Our Oceans Leveling Lexile® Measure: 750Guided Reading Level: Q

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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 surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself.So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant-along with several other unlikely candidates-to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City-and maybe herself most of all.

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan.Patricia Sweet Pea DiMarco wasn t sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the brilliant idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind Miss Flora Mae I? Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesn t help that at school, Sweet Pea is now sitting right next to her ex best friend, Kiera, a daily reminder of the friendship that once was. Things might be unbearable if Sweet Pea didn t have Oscar her new best friend and her fifteen-pound cat, Cheese.Then one day Flora leaves for a trip and asks Sweet Pea to forward her the letters for the column. And Sweet Pea happens to recognize the handwriting on one of the envelopes.What she decides to do with that letter sets off a chain of events that will forever change the lives of Sweet Pea DiMarco, her family, and many of the readers of Miss Flora Mae I?

From faraway deserts to neighboring parks, nature is full of interesting animals. Colorful camouflage, powerful poison, amazing armor and sharp senses are just a few of the adaptations that help animals survive in their unique environments. Reading about animals and their habitats is the first step to understanding and protecting the world we share. Readers will marvel at the vivid photos of weird, wild and wonderful animals from around the globe.

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 concepts and ideas while also providing activities and exercises that engage students in processes and skills that are essential to scientific learning and discovery.

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 for pre-readers and early readers alike.

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)]A new novel from Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin', about family, friendship, and modern love.Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever. Since then, it's been Ramona and her family against the world. One of only two out lesbians in her small town and standing over six feet tall with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona knows she's destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flakey mom, and her well-meaning but ineffectual dad forces her to be the adult of the family. Now with her sister Hattie pregnant, her responsibilities weigh more heavily than ever. The return of her childhood friend, Freddie, brings a welcome distraction. Ramona's friendship with the former competitive swimmer picks up exactly where they left off, and soon he's talked her into joining him for laps at the pool. Ramona is hesitant at first, but soon she finds herself called to the water in a way that makes all the other noise fade.As Ramona falls more in love with swimming, her feelings for Freddie begin to shift as well, and she must decide if knowing who she is is more important than figuring out who she might become.From bestselling author Julie Murphy, comes a sharp and thought provoking novel about modern love, family, and the labels that we just can't seem to escape.

Meet Mulligan, a puppy who is adopted and moves to another state.Follow his adventures as he makes new friends,as he discovers the computer and begins emailing "cousins" and new friends, as he goes to work to make dog food moneyand goes on his first sleepover with a cat named Kabuki.And learn how he gets his nickname, "Pistol." A must read for children who love animals and who are making transitions in their own lives.