These books are all uncorrected proofs that I bought from another user, and all four are in great condition. Swollen has a name written on the inside cover.
The Impossible Journey by Gloria Whelan In 1934, thirteen-year-old Marya and her younger brother, Georgi, set out alone on a long and arduous journey into Siberia to find their mother after she and their father are exiled for opposing Stalin.
Alice I Think by Susan Juby "I wrote Alice, I Think for everybody who feels, as I do, that a book that can make you laugh is worth ten that can make you cry. This book is about that all-important good haircut- the one that has the potential to change your life. It's also about becoming who you want to be, on your own terms." - Susan Juby
Miss Smithers by Susan Juby Sixteen-year-old Alice McLeod's life as an outcast beings to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant.
Swollen by Melissa Lion I run to feel my heart beat against my ribs, to feel strong, tough and free. I run from school and the good girls, the bad girls, all the labels. Once, just days before he died of a swollen heart, I ran from the most popular boy in school. And then, the day he died, a new boy arrived. A boy I would run to if he would let me, and maybe he will. This is the story. It's about love. Now matter how hard I try it's never quite right. But I keep trying. I keep running away.
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