Westerfeld, Scott.
Summary: Finally surgically transformed into a "pretty," sixteen-year-old Tally, now gorgeous and programmed to think only happy thoughts, is plagued by tangled memories of living in the Smoke, a rebel colony of "ugly" runaways hiding from the Special Circumstances authorities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WESCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WESSpooner, Meagan
Summary: Follows the experiences of an aristocrat's daughter, Yeva, who tracks a mysterious woodland creature her father has become obsessed with and that stands at the center of his failing sanity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION SPOLevine, Gail Carson.
Summary: In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEVClanton, Ben
Summary: Rot is a mutant potato. Like most mutant potatoes, Rot loves all sorts of games and contests. So when he sees a sign for the Cutest in the World Contest, he cant wait to enter. But when Rot realizes who hes up againstan itty-bitty baby bunny, a little-wittle cuddly kitten, and an eenie-weenie jolly jellyfishhe loses confidence. Will the judges find room in their hearts for an adorable mutant...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD CLAVivian, Siobhan.
Summary: Every year at Mount Washington High School somebody posts a list of the prettiest and ugliest girls from each grade--this is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, and how they are affected by the list.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC VIVDoyon, Samara Cole
Summary: Joyful young narrators celebrate feeling at home in one's own skin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DOYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DOYLum, Kate.
Summary: "When Princesses Mellie, Allie, and Libby begin to argue about which princess is the prettiest, they decide to hold a contest. But of course, the girls get side-tracked helping others on their way to the contest leaving Princess Mellie as the muddiest, Princess Allie as the yuckiest, and Princess Libby as the drippiest. But due to their kindness, the princesses win in the end"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LUMBradman, Tony
Summary: The ugly duckling finds that as a beautiful swan he cannot get the right kind of publicity needed for the anti-pollution campaign, so he decides to change back to his old self to help save the forest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BRAWesterfeld, Scott.
Summary: When she is turned into a super-modelesque super-fighting machine, Tally, a former ugly, is ordered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid in a carefully engineered world of perfection where she refuses to play by the rules.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WESWesterfeld, Scott
Summary: Tally is about to turn sixteen. In her world your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly to a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a great time. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns a whole new...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WESFlowers, Ebony
Summary: "Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming 'too white' in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In 'Virgin Hair', taunts of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 FLODonnelly, Jennifer
Summary: Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC DONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC DONMcDermott, Alice.
Summary: A teenage girl, raised on the east end of Long Island among the country estates of the rich, reflects on her understanding of human nature during a seemingly idyllic summer spent with her eight-year-old cousin Daisy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDSummary: MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the creators of the illustrated Jungle Book and Peter Pan, reimagine the beloved French fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast in this deluxe unabridged edition illustrated with stunning full-color artwork and nine 3-D interactive featurespublished to coincide with the release of the blockbuster...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JF Classic VilleneuveHeaberlin, Julia
Summary: "A seasoned cop's interest in a mysterious one-eyed girl takes her back to the worst night of her life in this fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans. They call her Angel. Found on the side of a remote highway, half-dead and blowing wishes in a field of dandelions, the young girl refuses to speak. No one knows who she is or where she came from--only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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Summary: After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HOLMeggitt-Phillips, Jack
Summary: Handsome Ebenezer Tweezer has lived comfortably for nearly 512 years by feeding the magical beast in his mansion's attic whatever it wants, but when the beast demands a child, they are not prepared for Bethany.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MEGMarroquin, M. L.
Summary: "This little girl knows her hair is great just as it is. When people ask, "Why is your hair so BIG?" she answers, "Why isn't yours?" Her hair is soft, it protects her, it's both gentle and fierce. While some might worry about how it's different and try tocontain it, she gives it the freedom to be so extraordinary it almost has a life of its own"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARMcDermott, Alice.
Summary: Theresa is the town's most sought-after babysitter but she must cope with the challenges presented by the neighborhood's waiflike children, the tumultuous households of her employers, the mysterious compelling attention of an aging painter.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Renaissance 2002
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCDMeadows, Daisy.
Summary: "The Fashion Fairies use their magic accessories to make sure that fashion everywhere is fun and fresh. But when jealous Jack Frost steals their magic away, it could lead to a fashion flop! Luckily, Rachel and Kirsty are ready to dive into another fairy adventure...Now that Miranda the Beauty Fairy's magic is missing, no one is looking or feeling very good! Can Rachel and Kirsty help?"--P. [4]...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MEAChen, Zhiyuan
Summary: Scorned at first by others, a featherless chicken finds a way to fit in before discovering that his new friends may not be as beautiful as they appear to be.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heryin Books 2006
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Summary: After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANADewberry, Elizabeth.
Summary: Tall, blond, and beautiful Ellen Baxter is mistaken for Princess Diana by the paparazzi just days before Diana's fatal car crash, and when she later visits the accident site, she finds a photograph of Diana that leads her on a journey of self-exploration.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DewbeSantopolo, Jill
Summary: At Aly and Brooke's new nail salon, anything goes. Well, almost anything. One of their mother's regular clients doesn't go anywhere without her beloved dog Sadie, who's a canine star. One paw leads to another, and the girls not only polish Sadie's nails, but also hatch a scheme to do doggy makeovers for the Annual Pup Adoption Day at the local shelter. But dogs aren't exactly ideal mani-pedi...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014