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Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of....
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Maple Mehta-Cohen has been keeping a secret: she can't read all that well. She has an impressive vocabulary and loves dictating stories into her recorder-especially the adventures of a daring sleuth who's half Indian and half Jewish like Maple herself- but words on the page just don't seem to make sense to her. Despite all Maple's clever tricks to hide her troubles with reading, her teacher is on to her, and now Maple has to repeat fifth grade. Maple...
3) Union
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"In this novel-in-verse for teen readers, 15-year-old Tuck navigates new love, past trauma and standing up for what's right."--
Abuse at the hands of his mother's boyfriend has left Tuck with secret drama. His only escape is a job at a fast-food chain that gets him out of the house, and away from the shame. He is starting to see his childhood friend, Grace, through new eyes. As a relationship begins to blossom and an opportunity to create a union...