Books with author Kari Miller

From The New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller comes a graphic novel about friendship and finding where you "click" in middle school, perfect for fans of Smile and Real Friends.Olive wants to get in on the act . . .. . . Any act! Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade—until one day she doesn’t. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups . . . without her. With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up?The New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller has woven together a heartfelt and insightful story about navigating friendships, leaning on family, and learning to take the stage in the most important role of all.Looking for more of Olive’s adventures? Check out the companion books Camp and Act.

Act is the funny and honest follow-up to the middle school graphic novel sensations Click and Camp. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Shannon Hale, and Victoria Jamieson. How do you know when the person who can make the difference . . . is you? Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard—even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends? New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller crafts a genuine and inspiring story about evolving friendships, supportive family, and finding out that you—yes, you—have the power to make a difference.

Two full-color illustrated graphic novels from The New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller! In Click, Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade—until one day, a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join and wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups . . . without her. Will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up? In Camp, Olive and Willow are off to have the best time at summer camp. But when Olive makes quick friends, Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to Olive, and it’s more than Olive can handle. When this begins to wear on Olive, the girls aren’t just fighting, they may not even be friends by the time camp is over. Will the two be able to patch things up.before camp is over?

These easy-to-do activities lead toddlers to many magical discoveries and experiences, and evoke their innate curiosity about their environment. It explores strategies to help you develop social competency in young children: how to stop "hurting" behaviors, as well as handling discipline and aggression. Includes hundreds of activities, techniques, and toy designs. 212 pages.

Grace is an ugly duckling from a dysfunctional home who knows she's not worth a damn. She's not pretty, not popular, not fashionable, not smart. And she's been in love with the same boy since kindergarten. What she does today means her life will never be the same again - not her love life, her family life or even her relationship with her bunch of fellow misfit, ragtag friends. Read on your Computer, Smart Phone, Tablet or Kindle. This coming of age story is funny and, at times, heartbreaking. BOOBS is horrifically and hilariously honest and follows 'plain jane' Grace as she navigates through the strange rollercoaster that's called growing up... Love, loss, family drama, first dates, frenemies, betrayal and life with a bunch of misfit friends.-------------------------If Chris Rock and John Green had a baby... BOOBS would be born.*** GRACE - 13 YEAR OLD JAMAICAN-AMERICAN:"How can I ask Hasan out lookin like this?! When you've loved someone since kindergarten, you have to look boonoonoonoos when you tell them you want to be their girlfriend. Or else, instead of wantin to kiss you on the lips and put their hand down your shirt, they'll be rememberin that time you farted in the sleepin bag.I can't believe how obzocky I look. Funny lookin and not in a good way. My teeth are too big and my whole face just doesn't make sense. And why did I saka saka up my eyebrows last night???! Now I look like a alien. And my hair! Oh no! It needs... I don't know? A transplant or somethin. These two sticky out plaits make me look like a child! And there's nothin I can do about my clothes... Momma makes them. Whenever I ask for money to go and buy somethin cool all she says is, "I can make that".Today's the day I'm tellin him how I feel... I may not look good but if I smile, I'm real sure I'll look better. I've got three good smiles, I just need to choose one. I try:1) My happy, carefree Miley Cyrus smile with top and bottom teeth showin.2) My cool-as-a-breeze sexy Rihanna smile. With that one it's just your top teeth and not the full set, just like four or maybe six teeth showin.3) My no teeth smile. It's kind of mysterious. A lot of really beautiful women do this one. Not sure I can get away with it.I'm goin to go with the Rihanna smile. Sophisticated but still friendly. Hasan will eat that up."*** CELIA - 15 YEAR OLD PREGNANT, REDHEADED MATH WHIZZ:"A prime number is a number that cannot be dicked around. It's only divisible by itself and the number 1. It doesn't need a lot of company. No one really knows it. It's unique, complex and self contained. A freak of nature. Like me.I am a prime number.A year ago I could never have imagined I'd be here, doing this... Naked from the waist down. Laying on a doctor's examining table.From this angle, I can see the blue reticular veins snaking under the skin of my inner thighs. God I'm pale. Irish pale.Dr Papadopoulos is putting the speculum in now. It's metal. So cold and fricking unyielding. Hurts. Like glass breaking inside of me but I can't flinch. Ouch! Got a rep to protect... even when I'm bare assed with a board certified medical practitioner poking around inside of me. "

When Alya Drake left England and moved to America, she thought that she was leaving her troubles, along with her dysfunctional family, behind her. Upon her arrival in Maine, she meets Jordain, a strange yet intriguing boy. Her friends, her brother and even the voices inside her own head warn her of his dangerous and reclusive family. The more time she spends with Jordain and his family, the more she realises that something about them is indeed far from normal. Yet when they ask desperately for her help, she is forced to ignore her instincts and hope that there is a reasonable explanation for the web of secrets and conspiracy theories she is now embroiled in. Her efforts to uncover the truth lead her to a shocking discovery with unimaginable consequences...

Haley wants her stuffed bear to see China. She sends him on adventure with her grandparents that takes Pandy to see the wonders and people of China. Pandy Goes to China is a photo album format that is designed to take kids to new places and provide teachable moments about other lands and cultures. Perfect for young readers and a conversation starter on unique places and people.

The day my life changed forever was a Sunday. A Sunday afternoon. 5:46 on the last Sunday in summer, if I’m being precise. Of course, I didn’t realise then that my entire life had altered, that my very understanding of the universe would soon be challenged completely - but I think I did feel a shift. A clicking into place. The ever so slight move sideways of everything, as though all the cells, atoms and molecules in the world had suddenly decided to dance, one step to the right.It was as though I’d always been waiting, without realising. Everything had been in a holding pattern around me and now it was all ready to land.But I’m getting ahead of myself. I’ll start over.Cohasset Island is pretty, atmospheric and fog-bound but never exciting. Or so Eloise thinks. She's 17 and still waiting for life to start. But with the arrival of the new transfer from England, Eloise gets more than she bargained for. Oliver is beautiful, talented and sexy and, more importantly, interested in her. Her junior year looks set to fly by. But then there are the storms, the mood swings, the strange disappearances. As Eloise's future becomes inextricably linked with Oliver's she realises, perhaps too late, that she now part of a strange and wonderous world she had no idea existed. And that world is very dangerous.