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Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
2) Fairest
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Ella enchanted volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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In the Kingdom of Ayortha, Aza, an unattractive woman with a magical voice, learns to balance her appearance with her talent, meanwhile, her singing attracts both Prince Ijori, who cannot resist it, and Queen Ivi, who plots to use it to benefit herself.
3) The Belles
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Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
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"Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful. But it's not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite--the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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"Discover the intersection of beauty and health with simple, all-natural body care. Best-selling author and respected herbalist Rosemary Gladstar shares over 30 recipes using herbs, essential oils, and other common ingredients to create gentle and effective treatments for your whole body, from head to toe. With cleansers, steams, toners, creams, serums, elixirs, shampoos, henna coloring, and even a five-step skin-care program, you'll have everything...
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Christopher Hopkins first became known as "The Makeover Guy" during his two appearances in Oprah's over-50 makeover shows. Since then, he has dedicated his talents and passion for fashion, makeup, and hair care to this booming audience of women.
In Staging Your Comeback, Hopkins champions women over 45, teaching them how to command attention by looking and feeling great. With compassion and brutal honesty, Hopkins tackles and rectifies...
In Staging Your Comeback, Hopkins champions women over 45, teaching them how to command attention by looking and feeling great. With compassion and brutal honesty, Hopkins tackles and rectifies...
8) Uglies
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Uglies volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
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Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. 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. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. When Shay runs away, authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her...
9) Smile
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Series
Smile volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with family, friends, boys and dental drama.
An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence....
11) Pretty ugly
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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In this beautifully gross picture book, Anna Van Ogre’s lovely monster face turns into that of a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl—and it’s not switching back! Can she find a way to stop looking like an ugly human and regain her gorgeous monstrosity of a face? In this incredible story about beauty standards, owning your uniqueness, and developing self-esteem, nationally acclaimed comedian and perpetual bestselling author David Sedaris...
13) Specials
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Uglies volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
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After being captured and surgically transformed into a "special," teenaged Tally Youngblood, now a government agent programmed to protect society from outside threats, is ordered to eliminate the rebel colony New Smoke, Tally's former home.
14) Pretties
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Uglies volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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Tally Youngblood never felt like the other Pretties--she almost didn't become one. But Tally isn't the only one who feels like she's missing a part of herself. After uncovering sinister clues about the Pretty surgery, she stumbles upon a possible cure for Pretty-mindedness and a possible escape from the city. But the cure could have deadly consequences.
15) Creeping Beauty
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"Bitsy is no one’s ideal princess. She’s heard it all: that it’s a shame she’s so plain, so lacking in grace. That the best thing for her to do is simply wait (and wait some more) and hope some prince will grant her a happy ending. Then Bitsy pricks her finger on a spindle and falls down, down, down. Into a world where cutthroats and con artists are more common than curtsies. Where no one ages and everyone is beautiful. Where an inscrutable...
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Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Jamie Kelly shares with her diary who likes her, that she likes Hudson, and that Hudson likes someone else at Mackerel Middle School.
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"Being a girl isn't always easy, and growing up is far from a walk in the park. This time of transition is particularly confusing without a confidante to help. Meet Sarah O'Leary Burningham, a real-life big sister here to coach preteens through all of life's big moments, from first bras to first periods."--Amazon.com.
18) Beastly
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Kendra chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
19) Laxmi's mooch
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
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Pub. Date
[2023].
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A dazzling exploration of the intersections of beauty and power around the globe, told through the lens of an iconic cosmetic. From the distant past to the present, with fingers and felt-tipped pens, metallic powders and gel pots, humans have been drawn to lining their eyes. The aesthetic trademark of figures ranging from Nefertiti to Amy Winehouse, eyeliner is one of our most enduring cosmetic tools; ancient royals and Gen Z beauty influencers alike...