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From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of WishA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Parents' Choice Award WinnerThis heartwarming and witty novel is perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don't do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you're in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it. Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other middle-grade work: WishWonderlandGreetings from NowhereBeethoven in ParadiseFame and Glory in Freedom, GeorgiaThe Small Adventure of Popeye and ElvisOn the Road to Mr. Mineo'sThe Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25

From Barbara O'Connor, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish, comes a charming tale that is a humorous and heartwarming look at the joy that can come out of being a Royal Rule Breaker, and learning to find one's own adventures. Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. Nothing ever happens in Fayette, South Carolina. That's what Popeye thinks, anyway. His whole life, everything has just been boring, boring, boring. But things start to look up when the Jewells' Holiday Rambler makes a wrong turn and gets stuck in the mud, trapping Elvis and his five rowdy siblings in Fayette for who knows how long. Popeye has never met anyone like Elvis Jewell. He's so good at swearing he makes Uncle Dooley look like a harp-strumming angel, and he says "So what?" like he really means it. Then something curious comes floating down the creek--a series of boats with secret messages--and it sends Popeye and Elvis into the big world on the hunt for a small adventure. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: Wish Wonderland How to Steal a DogGreetings from NowhereBeethoven in ParadiseFame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester On the Road to Mr. Mineo'sHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish

From Barbara O'Connor, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Wish, comes a book about new friends, a frog, and an unforgettable summer. Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather's snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might be in for the summer of a lifetime. With her trademark wit and easy charm, Barbara O'Connor spins a fantastic fable of friends, enemies, and superbly slimy bullfrogs. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: WishWonderlandHow to Steal a Dog Greetings from Nowhere Fame and Glory in Freedom, GeorgiaHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same silent wish since fourth grade, hoping that some day it j will come true. When her irresponsible parents send her to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family members she doesn't know, she needs that wish to come true more than ever. A stray dog, a great friend, and the love of a big-hearted aunt and uncle just might make it happen.

No dream is ever too big. No one thinks Idalee Lovett will ever leave her huge house with the boarded up windows and rooms for rent in smalltown Colby, North Carolina. But Idalee has big dreams, just like her mama. While Mama is on tour for the summer with her cover band, Lovey Lovett and the Junkyard Dogs, Idalee decides to hone her craft as a songwriter - since her truest wish is to hear her country western songs on the radio one day. It would make things even sweeter if she could buy the shiny blue guitar from the local music shop. Idalee doesn't have much money but she knows exactly how to get it. With the help of her new friends Odell, Howard, Charlie, and a little dog called Wishbone, Idalee searches for hidden treasure in her family house and finds herself along the way.

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of WishA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the YearThis inspiring, humorous title from Barbara O'Connor is perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. All her life, the only thing Bird has ever wanted is to be noticed in her small town and to get to Disney World. As it turns out, Bird could have a chance to realize at least one of her goals because of a state spelling bee, and she might get to make a friend along the way--a boy named Harlem Tate who has just moved to Freedom. Harlem seems like a kindred spirit--someone like Bird, whom people don't usually take the time to find the good in. (Unless it's someone like Miss Delphine, who always makes Bird feel special.) But as much as Bird tries to get his attention, Harlem is not easily won over. Then Harlem agrees to be her partner in the spelling bee, and if they study hard enough, the two might just win everything Bird's always wanted. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: WishWonderlandHow to Steal a DogGreetings from NowhereBeethoven in ParadiseThe Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterThe Small Adventure of Popeye and ElvisOn the Road to Mr. Mineo'sHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25

Set in a trailer park called Paradise"You're just wasting your God-given talents if you don't get yourself something besides a little ole harmonica to play." Wylene made it sound so easy. Martin had always like music -- liked to listen to it, liked to make up tunes in his head. But all he had to do was say the word "piano" to his father and all hell would break loose. His father thought music was for sissies, and was always mad at Martin for not being good at baseball. But with a lot of help from his friends Wylene and Sybil and his grandmother, Hazeline, Martin learns that, although he can't change his father, he can learn to stick up for himself. With humor, pathos, and a colorful cast of offbeat characters, Barbara O'Connor shows that there's room for genius wherever there's a place for compassion-- even in Paradise.

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Wish, Greetings from Nowhere brings Barbara O'Connor's work to a new level of sophistication. Aggie isn't expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping up with the bills and repairs has become next to impossible. The pool is empty, the garden is overgrown, and not a soul has come to stay in nearly three months. When she reluctantly places a For Sale ad in the newspaper, Aggie doesn't know that Kirby and his mom will need a room when their car breaks down on the way to Kirby's new reform school. Or that Loretta and her parents will arrive in her dad's plumbing company van on a trip meant to honor the memory of Loretta's birth mother. Or that Clyde Dover will answer the For Sale ad in such a hurry and move in with his daughter, Willow, looking for a brand-new life to replace the one that was fractured when Willow's mom left. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that Aggie and her guests find just the friends they need at the shabby motel in the middle of nowhere. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: WishWonderlandHow to Steal a Dog The Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterFame and Glory in Freedom, GeorgiaHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25

Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25 The #1 New York Times-bestselling middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of a true-blue friend, a big-hearted aunt and uncle, and the dog of her dreams, unexpectedly learns the true meaning of family in the least likely of places. Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: WonderlandHow to Steal a DogGreetings from NowhereBeethoven in ParadiseFame and Glory in Freedom, GeorgiaThe Small Adventure of Popeye and ElvisOn the Road to Mr. Mineo'sThe Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterHalfway to Harmony

From Barbara O'Connor, the author of the #1 New York Times-bestseller Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of friendship, the joys and pains of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog. Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate and Kate DiCamillo. Mavis Jeeter is fearless and bold, but she has never lived in one place long enough to have a real best friend. Her flighty mother has uprooted them again to another new home and taken a job as a housekeeper for the Tully family. Mavis wants this home to be permanent--which means finding herself a best friend. Rose Tully is a worrier who feels like she doesn't quite fit in with the other girls in her neighborhood. Her closest friend is Mr. Duffy, but he hasn't been himself since his dog died. Rose may have to break a few of her mother's many rules to help Mr. Duffy--and find someone who really understands her. Henry has run away from home, but he craves kindness and comfort--and doesn't know where to look for them. When Mavis and Rose hatch a scheme to find Mr. Duffy a new dog, their lives and Henry's intersect--and they all come to find friendship in places they never expected. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other heartwarming middle-grade titles: WishHow to Steal a DogGreetings from NowhereBeethoven in ParadiseFame and Glory in Freedom, GeorgiaThe Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterThe Small Adventure of Popeye and ElvisOn the Road to Mr. Mineo'sHalfway to Harmonyand Dream, the standalone companion to Wish, coming to bookstores on 8/26/25

This book engages with the role of dance in Irish culture and society over the course of the twentieth century. The book adopts a perspective that sees dance as a prism through which to view key aspects of Irish society over the period under review. Partly thematic, partly chronological this account of dance in Ireland emerges out of a broader interest in the body in society as well as in the construction of national and gender identities. It comprises seven chapters each of which addresses a particular form of cultural identity. These include national, ethnic, gender, social - class, postmodern and global identities. It is structured in such a way that many of the chapters are devoted to a specific identity formation while issues of gender and social class are interwoven into most chapters. Apart from the last chapter on stage/theatrical dance, the book's main focus is on social/recreational dance. Underpinning the discussion throughout is the assumption that dance both reflects and produces the social, cultural and politic contexts within which it is performed and represented. This is so because bodily movement including dance reflects societal structures, norms and values as attested to by sociologists and dance scholars alike. Interwoven into the dance narrative, therefore, is the 'flow' of Irish society over this time; a flow that incorporates social stability and social change, tradition and modernity, men and women, rural and urban, as well as the local, the national and the global.

Odinadtsjatirichna Charli Riz protjagom bagatokh rokiv schodnja zagaduje odne j te zh same potajemne bazhannja. Vona kolektsionuje sposobi zagaduvati bazhannja i nikoli ne dozvoljaje zhodnomu propasti daremno: persha zirka, ostannij shmatochok piroga, tri ptashki, zhovtij vagon. Koli jiji vidpravljajut zhiti do maloznajomikh rodichiv v inshe misto, mrija zdajetsja sche bilsh nedosjazhnoju. Prote vse pochinaje zminjuvatisja, koli vona zustrichaje Govarda, susidskogo khlopchika, ta bezdomnogo psa Bazhasika. Razom voni dopomagajut Charli zrozumiti, scho te, chogo vona zavzhdi bazhala, mozhe buti zovsim ne tim, scho jij naspravdi potribno."Bazhannja" - tse zvorushliva istorija pro druzhbu, sim'ju ta poshuk spravzhnikh tsinnostej. Zavdjaki virnomu drugovi, ljubljachim tittsi j djadkovi ta sobatsi svojeji mriji, Charli nespodivano vidkrivaje dlja sebe spravzhnje znachennja rodini. Tsja kniga stane blizkoju kozhnomu, khto koli-nebud mrijav pro schos bilshe i shukav svoje mistse u sviti.PerekladachLola Khabibova

De la galardonada autora Barbara O'Connor, una novela sobre Charlie que, con la ayuda del perro de sus sue os, descubre el verdadero significado de la familia. La situaci n familiar de Charlie es complicada: su pap est en la correccional y su mam no puede cuidarla, por lo que debe mudarse con sus t os Bertha y Gus a Colby, un peque o pueblo en Carolina del Norte. Definitivamente esto no era parte de sus planes, y peor a n... podr a evitar que su misterioso deseo se cumpla Es por ello que Charlie no hace m s que pensar en c mo regresar a Raleigh para estar con su familia, pero todo cambia cuando conoce a Huesito de la Suerte, un perrito callejero que se gana su coraz n, y a Howard, la nica persona que le habla en su nueva escuela. Poco a poco, Charlie se dar cuenta de que, quiz s, su m s grande deseo se puede cumplir en el lugar menos esperado. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor, a novel about Charlie who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers the true meaning of family. Charlie's family situation is complicated: her dad is in prison and her mom can't take care of her, so she has to move in with her aunt and uncle, Bertha and Gus, in Colby, a small town in North Carolina. This was definitely not part of her plan--and worse... it might stop her secret wish from coming true That's why Charlie can't stop thinking about how to get back to Raleigh to be with her family. But everything changes when she meets Wishbone, a stray dog who steals her heart, and Howard, the only kid who talks to her at her new school. Little by little, Charlie begins to realize that maybe her biggest wish can come true in the most unexpected place.

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