Books with title Libby in the Middle

'Dazzling!' Kelly Link'Fortmeyer's humor, sweetness and focus on sexual and medical consent are winning' The New York TimesMorgan Stone was born with a hole in her middle. A perfectly smooth patch of nothing where a something should be. After seventeen years of fear and shame, doctors and nurses, 'peculiar' not 'perfect', she has had enough of hiding. One night, among a sea of bodies and lost in a moment of blissful abandon, she finally bares all. A few photos uploaded to social media is all it takes to create a media frenzy. Overnight, Morgan becomes #holegirl. And then she meets a boy who is literally her perfect match. They could be each other's cure. But can he truly make her 'whole'? Feisty, feminist and downright different, Hole in the Middle is the story of what happens when a girl who is anything but 'normal' confronts a world obsessed with body image and celebrity. 'Kendra Fortmeyer's debut is more heart than holes, creatively brilliant, wacky and wise. An author to watch!' Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, author of the Carnegie Medal-shortlisted The Smell of Other People's Houses

Life was drastically different for Jasper and Mally on the space continent of U.F.Africa. It was just another day for the boys as they were out test-driving the new spaceship. But after Mally hit the wrong button on the deck, the spaceship unexpectedly came careening down towards N’awlins. Upon their landing, the boys crash upon a chipped, painted wooden space. Unlike anything they have experienced back home, this place offers frozen treats to visiting patrons nearby. To the boys, these concoctions look like beautifully colored, frozen comets inside sturdy white objects. Mally and Jasper cannot resist their new earthly cravings. This summertime tale of friendship and snoopiness is sure to give children a fun treat to cool them down.

Poor Davy is stuck in the middle. He's too little to go hiking on the mountain with big brother Dan and he's too big to play hop-on-pop with Donny, Daisy, and Dinah. But he's just right whenever the rest of the Rabbit family needs him to do something for them -- like babysit. One day Davy has had enough! He storms out of the burrow and runs to his special hideout to sulk. "No one loves me!" he wails. Davy is wrong, though. His family loves him a lot, and they come up with a wonderful surprise to show him just how much. As in the other books in the popular Davy series, this new story explores common childhood concerns sweetly and sympathetically, capturing middle-child blues with humor and insight.

Fifteen-year-old Skye, the middle child, finds herself wishing for a new life-one that doesn't include daily harassment from the in-crowd at Highland Creek High School. Skye barely survived freshman year. She only did because her best friend, Goose, a semi-popular fellow band geek, was by her side. But when their sophomore year starts, Goose ditches Skye for a new crowd. Cast into a lone existence at Highland Creek, Skye wishes for a touch of extraordinary that everyone, except her, seems to have. Her older sister, Sara Elizabeth, has it. Goose is getting close to it, and even her little sister is wildly popular in junior high. Skye would do almost anything to cast off her ordinary life...but at what price? When her older sister goes missing without a trace, Skye gets her wish...but it's not exactly what she had in mind. And when she questions Bryan, the senior class renegade and also the last person to be seen with her sister, she finds something she never quite expected.

Evan in the Middle introduces early readers to chapter books by creating a familiar setting that showcases a variety of important social and emotional concepts associated with growing up.Rourke's Beginning Chapter Books deliver realistic fictional narratives that are relatable and fun to young readers. With 48-pages of bold illustrations, simple language, and engaging discussion questions, transitioning readers can enjoy following the chapters while also building their comprehension skills.

Maya Hope is a not-so-ordinary 12-year old girl who's about to enter 7th grade at a brand new school. How will she adjust to life's challenges? Explore Maya's colorful journal and discover how she meets new BFFAE's (Best Friends Forever and Ever) and tackles unexpected drama along the way.The entire Maya in the Middle series is authored and illustrated by Imani Alsobrook, a 13 year old middle-schooler who's faced and conquered similar challenges. For more information about this series and the author, please visit www.mayainthemiddle.com

Did you know that birth order affects our personalities? The renowned psychologist Alfred Adler based his theories on birth order in regards to personality development. The Fiddle in the Middle is a children's book which uses the idea of birth order to describe how middle children may feel in regards to the rest of their family. It explores finding your own niche in-between that older sibling and the baby.Anyone who is a middle child may be able to relate to the tale of Fanny, and how she discovers in the end that being in the middle is not so bad because she is special just the way she is; middle and all.This is the kindle edition of this publication, it will soon be available on createspace as well for a print on demand hard copy.

What if the one boy you hate with all your heart is the same boy who steals it?It’s the mid-seventies—a time of mirror balls, rock music, and polyester pants. Taryn McIntyre is a cheerleader who loves high school and loves being popular. But when Matt Jerue arrives at school, he flips her orderly world upside down. He’s intimidating, he smokes, he gets into fights; he’s everything Taryn despises and everything she wants to avoid.But when their best friends start dating, Taryn’s and Matt’s lives unavoidably intertwine. She slowly sees sides of him that enchant and intrigue her, and she begins to question everything about her choices, her friends, and herself. Hate eventually weaves its way to love, and Taryn must decide between her heart and her friends. Should she play it safe, or fall in love with an intimidating outsider and become an outcast herself?

Morgan has a hole in his middle, and it gives him a strange, empty feeling -- sort of like always being a little bit hungry. His best friend Yumi tries to help, but nothing seems to make Morgan feel better. Not music, not picnics... not even reminding himself to forget about the feeling. Then Yumi gets sick, and Morgan bakes her a cake. Cheering Yumi up means that Morgan doesn't stop to think about the hole in his middle. Only then does the hole start to shrink... until it's exactly the same size as a belly button.