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2) The Belles
Author
Series
Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
3) Specials
Author
Series
Uglies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tally has been transformed into one of the Specials whose mission it is to suppress the uglies and keep the Pretties stupid.
When she is turned into a super-modelesque super-fighting machine, Tally, a former ugly, is ordered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid in a carefully engineered world of perfection where she refuses to play by the rules.
4) Fairest
Author
Series
Ella enchanted volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
5) Uglies
Author
Series
Uglies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's...
6) Bloom
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Introduce young readers to the idea of self-love in a simple, playful rhythm with this luminous story where each little girl is as unique and beautiful as a blossoming flower"--
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sick of living in the shadow of her seven-year-old pageant queen sister who is praised for her looks, Lexi resolves to get a makeover when she determines her personality just isn't enough to garner the attentions of boys.
9) Geek girl
Author
Series
Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When she is accidentally discovered by a modeling agent, fifteen-year-old Harriet jumps at the chance to transform herself from a geek to a fashion model.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When renowned beauty Helen runs off to Troy with Prince Paris, her enraged husband, King Menelaus, starts the Trojan War, leaving their plain daughter, Hermione, alone to witness the deaths of heroes on both sides and longing to find her own love and place in the world. Includes historical notes.
12) Pretties
Author
Series
Uglies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellant Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty, and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is having a really good time. Just before her birthday, Tally discovered that turning Pretty comes with a terrible price. She vowed to accept the operation, but with the understanding that her friends on the outside would rescue her, and let her be the guinea...
Author
Publisher
POW!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young refugee living in America learns to see herself as beautiful, in spite of physical and emotional scars from her troubled homeland, thanks to a gifted teacher. Spectacularly Beautiful tells the story of Shahad, a refugee who has moved to a new country and started at a new school with her new teacher, Ms. Truong. Shahad comes to school every day with perfectly braided hair tied in ribbons. But her hair can't hide the scars on her face and leg...
14) Wash Day
Author
Publisher
Mayo Clinic Press Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jelaya (jeh-LAY-uh.) She hates wash day. The tugs! The scrubs! The pinching and pulling! Jelaya can't think of a worse way to spend the day. That is, until her big sister Jazmin explains that this wash day will be different. Jelaya is going to wash Jazmin's hair instead! Wash Day is a sweet and honest exploration of the beauty and tradition of wash days. Offering gentle guidance and framing the all-day affair as an act of self-care, this...
15) Pretty ugly
Author
Series
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this hilarious illustrated fable, Anna Van Ogre loses her lovely monstrous looks and is turned into a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl. It starts her on a journey to learn an unforgettable lesson about true beauty"--
"A hilariously quirky monster tale about appreciating beauty—in all its weird and wonderful forms!— by the creator of the iconic Olivia books and bestselling humorist David Sedaris. Sedaris and Falconer make a...
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