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2) Short
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"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins, and with...
4) Size matters: how height affects the health, happiness, and success of boys--and the men they become
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An award-winning journalist tackles the hot topic of male body image and shows how physical size during childhood affects our psychology, social status, relationships, and income as adults.
With a mix of fresh research, incisive reportage, and bracing candor, Size Matters traces the surprising history of society's bias against shortness and reveals how short people can and do thrive in spite of this insidious bigotry. Drawing on his own childhood...
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On the Dog
When Andrew’s latest invention, the Atom Sucker, goes haywire, Andrew and Judy are shrunk down to microscopic level! Andrew and Judy find themselves lost on their neighbor’s dog, where they encounter everything from colossal fleas to crab-like eyelash mites. Now they have to find their way back to the Atom Sucker and get unshrunk before it’s too late!
In the Bathroom
When Andrew and Judy’s...
When Andrew’s latest invention, the Atom Sucker, goes haywire, Andrew and Judy are shrunk down to microscopic level! Andrew and Judy find themselves lost on their neighbor’s dog, where they encounter everything from colossal fleas to crab-like eyelash mites. Now they have to find their way back to the Atom Sucker and get unshrunk before it’s too late!
In the Bathroom
When Andrew and Judy’s...
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Wonderland volume 2
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Teenage girl Yukko awakens to find that she has shrunken in size-but this is no rabbit hole or fairy tale-this is real life! In a desperate and bloody struggle to stay alive, while fleeing giant predators and other twisted dangers, Yukko learns that she is not the only person who has turned tiny. Can she survive long enough to learn the truth behind her curious transformation?
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Wonderland volume 1
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English
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"Teenage girl Yukko awakens to find that she has shrunken in size-but this is no rabbit hole or fairy tale-this is real life! In a desperate and bloody struggle to stay alive, while fleeing giant predators and other twisted dangers, Yukko learns that she is not the only person who has turned tiny. Can she survive long enough to learn the truth behind her curious transformation?"--Back cover.
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Wonderland volume 3
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"Takuya picks up Yukko's call, but before they can talk, it is intercepted-by the SDF! Will the two ever be reunited?" --
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Wonderland volume 4
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Alice and Yukko have been reuninted! They're fleeing again, the SDF hot on their heels. Can they make it to safety before Iosif catches up to them? -- back cover.
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Wonderland volume 5
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A figure from the past has appeared! What is Taki doing in the dark woods Alice and Yukko have escaped to? Can he offer them sanctuary as they flee from the Wonder Twins?
18) Rita gigante
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Mundo de Rita volume 2
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Español
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Tired of being the smallest person in her class, Rita wants to be taller. She asks her parents for help, but they tell her not to to worry about it and that everyone loves her as she is. One day in the market, Rita finds a magic potion. Does she dare drink it?
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"A candid and insightful memoir from one the NBA's most unlikely stars. Growing up, Muggsy Bogues was always told he should do something else, anything besides basketball. He never acknowledged his many doubters except to prove them spectacularly wrong. Twenty years after receiving his first basketball as a toddler, he stood proud--at five-foot-three--as the starting point guard for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA. From the East Baltimore playground...