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Genre/Form: | Young adult works Young adult fiction Juvenile fiction Family fiction Fiction Juvenile works Novels |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Julie Murphy |
ISBN: | 9780062473073 0062473077 9781432876890 1432876899 9780062977267 0062977261 |
OCLC Number: | 1080584799 |
Target Audience: | 008-012.; 4-6.; Ages 8-12 |
Description: | 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Series Title: | Dumplin', 2.5. |
Responsibility: | Julie Murphy. |
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"Murphy creates a wonderfully realistic portrait of tween life in her first middle-grade novel.... Sweet Pea is a treasure of a protagonist." - ALA Booklist (starred review)"Endearing and funny... An excellent blend of eccentricity, humor, genuine sweetness, and mild drama." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"With gentle humor, ageless wisdom, and charming, genuine characters who represent a diversity of experiences, Murphy's novel offers all the emotional highs and lows of pitch-perfect middle grade." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Murphy succeeds yet again at crafting a touching, quotable coming-of-age story, this time exploring divorce, shifting friendships, crushes, queerness, and much more." - School Library Journal (starred review)"Full of cringe-worthy but funny seventh grade moments... [there's also] plenty of room for more serious reflection about the people around her in her small Texas town, a cast diverse in ethnicity, sexual orientation, and body size as well as in attitudes." - Horn Book Magazine"Successfully handles tough topics with humor." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"Dear Sweet Pea is a truly irresistible story about a family in flux, brimming with humor and heart." - Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach MePraise for PUDDIN': "Julie Murphy has created the platonic love story of a lifetime. I am wildly in love with Puddin'." - Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Leah on the Offbeat and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaPraise for PUDDIN': "Murphy's plot brims with unlikely friendships, irresistible romance, fabulous fat acceptance, and a kick-ass ending. Buoying." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Praise for RAMONA BLUE: "An exquisite, thoughtful exploration of the ties that bind and the fluidity of relationships, sexuality, and life." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Praise for RAMONA BLUE: "Julie Murphy knows a thing or two about navigating the worlds of girls on the brink of self-discovery." - Booklist (starred review)Praise for DUMPLIN': "Will's singular voice compels readers to think about all that goes into building-and destroying-self-esteem...Splendid" - Booklist (starred review)Praise for DUMPLIN': "Murphy...successfully makes every piece of the story-Dolly Parton superfans, first love, best-friend problems, an unlikely group of pageant entrants, female solidarity, self-acceptance, and Willowdean's complicated relationship with the mother...-count, weaving them together to create a harmonious, humorous, and thought-provoking whole." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Read more...


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