Books with title The world upside down

They’d have to turn the whole world upside down to understand us…Hunter Donovan’s temper never used to be a problem. He lived the perfect life with the perfect family before the dark truth came spilling out. Now his dad’s in prison, and after Hunter explodes at school, accidentally hitting a teacher, his mom has him sent to an inpatient program. Hunter doesn’t belong at Better Days. He needs to be stronger, not sent to a well-dressed loony bin. If he’d been better, less selfish, he would have realized something was going on under his own roof. No amount of psychoanalyzing and group therapy can change the past.But among the bullies, fights, and bad cafeteria food, Hunter meets a group of friends: anxiety-ridden Casey, wild and exciting Rosie, Bethany fighting her demons that don’t want her to eat, and Stray, a self-harmer who doesn’t think he belongs anywhere. Around this group of misfits, Hunter doesn’t feel so alone and angry anymore.Still, as he’s making friends and falling in love with Stray, the guilt is always there. If Hunter can’t open up and find a way to deal with what happened, he might fall victim to his mental illness—and he won’t be the only casualty.Trigger warning: This book deals with mental illness in many capacities: eating disorders, anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide and more. There are also mentions of past sexual abuse of a side character. Read with caution and please read the Dear Reader letter before continuing. **Please Note** Turn the World Upside Down was previously published with a different cover, but under the same title. It has been newly edited with some additional content added.

It's top-secret Tuesday in the town of Thanks-Welcome and someone is launching gummy-eggy blech blobs from the Truly Kind Treehouse! Could it be a mad chicken or a gang of gum-chewing squirrels? When Frankie finds out it's the matching twin brothers McBlue, she bounces her way into the hearts of the Upside-Down Boys, breaks the chain of bad feelings and helps turn the two bullies into buddies.Kindness is contagious! Frankie and Peaches can’t wait to pass it on…Follow along with Frankie and Peaches in these engaging, heart-warming kindness capers that show children every act of kindness counts!The Upside-Down Boys is the second book in the Frankie and Peaches series. Beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Srimalie Bassani, these whimsically rhyming stories were created to help children explore and understand the concepts of empathy, compassion, and kindness and encourage them to believe they can have a positive impact on their world.Series DescriptionBrave, big-hearted Frankie and her floppy-eared pal Peaches have a very long can't-wait-to-do list: grow butterflies, make marshmallow shoes, grow a smile machine, make some furry-feathery friends, and end the Math Monday blues. But their most important mission of all is to spread kindness by breaking the chain of bad feelings, turning frowns into smiles and bullies into buddies. Join Frankie, Peaches, and the Thanks-Welcome Kindness Crew as they help others go from sad and blue to woo-hoo and find out why it’s important to care—why it's always cool to be kind!Each title in the series contains discussion questions for parents and teachers. Frankie and Peaches: Tales of Total Kindness is published by Favorite World Press.Be kind to the planet: when you read F&P, we plant a tree!Favorite World Press is an American Forests small business partner. For every print or e-book purchased from the Frankie and Peaches Tales of Total Kindness series, Favorite World Press will plant one tree helping to create more green space and a healthier planet for future generations.

It's school spirit day at Blossom Hill School, and everyone's enjoying the fun. Especially Abby Hunter's teacher, Miss Hershey. She does all sorts of wacky things, like wearing her clothes backward.And there's the new girl at school with a BIG secret. Leslie Groff--with bright red pigtails--dares Abby's class to guess her secret. In just one school day!Can the Cul-de-sac Kids do it? Or will spunky Leslie outsmart them all?

The tales in this collection surround the two most popular avatars of Lord Vishnu-Rama and Krishna-and their lineage. Countless stories about the two abound, yet most are simply disappearing from the hearts and minds of the present generation. Bestselling author Sudha Murty takes you on an arresting tour, all the while telling you of the days when demons and gods walked alongside humans, animals could talk and gods granted the most glorious boons to common people.

A young girl growing up in rural Turkey discovers the paradoxes at the core of life: the more she gives, the richer she feels, the happier she is alone, the more friends she makes, the more she embraces the quiet parts of life, the more she discovers that it is a beautiful mystery. The stunning watercolour illustrations celebrate Turkish culture and reinforce the universal nature of the lessons.

Hobbs Crane doesn’t like distractions. He lives for football, rules the basketball court, and does his best to avoid the neighbor girl with the Jupiter-sized crush on him. With a new kid out to steal his starting basketball position, Hobbs needs to feel in control again. Then Hobbs finds a boy living inside a giant blue spruce on an empty city lot who becomes the biggest distraction of all. How long has he been there? Where did he come from? And why does he seem to be following Hobbs? The boy named Up is in survival mode. Leaving his real name and a neglectful home life behind, Up is running away to Florida to find his older sister who left home years ago. But he’s hungry and desperate, and he finds the overgrown evergreen next to the old factory the perfect hideout until he makes a plan. Can Hobbs and Up help each other face their own uncertain futures while forging an unlikely friendship? Or are they too different?

It's top-secret Tuesday in the town of Thanks-Welcome and someone is launching gummy-eggy blech blobs from the Truly Kind Treehouse! Could it be a mad chicken or a gang of gum-chewing squirrels? When Frankie finds out it's the matching twin brothers McBlue, she bounces her way into the hearts of the Upside-Down Boys, breaks the chain of bad feelings and helps turn the two bullies into buddies. Kindness is contagious! Frankie and Peaches can’t wait to pass it on…Follow along with Frankie and Peaches in these engaging, heart-warming kindness capers that show children every act of kindness counts! The Upside-Down Boys is the second book in the Frankie and Peaches series. Beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Srimalie Bassani, these whimsically rhyming stories were created to help children explore and understand the concepts of empathy, compassion, and kindness and encourage them to believe they can have a positive impact on their world.Series DescriptionBrave, big-hearted Frankie and her floppy-eared pal Peaches have a very long can't-wait-to-do list: grow butterflies, make marshmallow shoes, grow a smile machine, make some furry-feathery friends, and end the Math Monday blues. But their most important mission of all is to spread kindness by breaking the chain of bad feelings, turning frowns into smiles and bullies into buddies. Join Frankie, Peaches, and the Thanks-Welcome Kindness Crew as they help others go from sad and blue to woo-hoo and find out why it’s important to care–why it's always cool to be kind! Each title in the series contains discussion questions for parents and teachers. Frankie and Peaches: Tales of Total Kindness is published by Favorite World Press.Be kind to the planet: when you read F&P, we plant a tree!Favorite World Press is an American Forests small business partner. For every print or e-book purchased from the Frankie and Peaches Tales of Total Kindness series, Favorite World Press will plant one tree helping to create more green space and a healthier planet for future generations.

A young girl growing up in rural Turkey discovers the paradoxes at the core of life: the more she gives, the richer she feels, the happier she is alone, the more friends she makes, the more she embraces the quiet parts of life, the more she discovers that it is a beautiful mystery. The stunning watercolour illustrations celebrate Turkish culture and reinforce the universal nature of the lessons.