Courtney Sheinmel
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 10
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
Stella Batts is in third-grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a candy shop. Life should be sweet, right?
What's the best day of the year? A birthday, of course! Stella Batts is turning nine, and she has big plans. Her family will be going to Pennsylvania to celebrate. That's where Stella's best friend Willa moved, and Stella hasn't seen Willa for months. It's hard not to see your best friend for that long,
...2) Superstar
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 8
Language
English
Description
Meet Stella Batts. She's in third grade, she wants to be a writer, and her parents own a wonderful candy shop. Life should be good, right? And now she's back and ready to start writing her eighth book about her favorite subject--her life! In Superstar, Stella gets the chance to audition for her favorite television show, Superstar Sam, after a casting director spots Stella out for dinner with her family. He said she is perfect for the role. Stella...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Can you keep a secret? Stella Batts has a lot of secrets to keep these days--there's the secret of what really happened to her little sister's pet fish, and there's the secret school project she's working on with her friend Lucy, and there's the secret on the second floor of her family's candy store. Actually, Stella doesn't know the candy store secret yet, because her dad won't tell her. Even though she's eight years old, and that's old enough...
4) Scaredy Cat
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Series
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English
Description
Are you afraid of the dark? Stella Batts never thought she was. In fact she's not feeling afraid of anything right now. She's just excited. Her class read the most books out of every class in school. The prize is a sleepover in the library. What could be better than that? Everyone is in pajamas, even the teachers. The kids break off into groups to go on a scavenger hunt. That's when Stella finds a really old book by an author who is also named Stella...
Author
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English
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"Nobody writes about family secrets with the grace, compassion, and intrigue of Courtney Sheinmel." -Leila Sales, author of This Song Will Save Your Life
Fans of I Was Here by Gayle Forman and Far from the Tree by Robin Benway will be floored by this heartbreaking yet uplifting teen novel about a grieving girl who follows a mysterious list across the country after her older sister's death.
Sloane Weber is devastated when her older sister dies by...
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 2
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When Stella learns that her best friend Willa is moving away, she makes a wish and tries with a magic potion to keep her in Redwood City, California.
Author
Series
Kindness club volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Rejected by the cool girls club, fifth-grader Chloe Silver, new in town after her parents' divorce, forms a different type of club, with offbeat Lucy Tanaka and nerdy Leo Barish, that tests out different acts of kindness on classmates.
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 7
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Eight-year-old Stella finds it is not easy or fun to keep secrets. The first secret is keeping her sister, Penny, from discovering that her pet fish has died and been replaced with a new fish. The second secret involves a school assignment which Stella cannot share even with her best friend"--Provided by the publisher.
10) Zacktastic
Author
Series
Zacktastic volume 1
Language
English
Description
Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack learns from his uncle that Zack is descended from a line of genies. Before his uncle has time to fully explain the genie world, Zack is whisked through a bottle portal and sent on his first genie assignment. But he doesn't have a clue as to what he is supposed to do or what his powers might entail. Upon the occasion of his tenth birthday, Zack discovers he is descended from a line of genies. Before he...
Author
Language
English
Description
A girl's perfect life falls apart when her mother is arrested for a white collar crime in this novel School Library Journal calls "realistic yet positive."
Carly Wheeler lives a charmed life. Her mother is a stylist for the soap opera Lovelock Falls, she lives in a nice house, and goes to an excellent private school. But when her mom is arrested and charged with embezzlement, everything starts to unravel. There are shocking stories about her mother's...
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 4
Language
English
Description
In A Case of the Meanies, mean boy Joshua continues to plague Stella when he decides to have a birthday party at her parents' candy store. He invites everyone in the class EXCEPT her! Stella has to figure out how to be a pleasant hostess when she's not on the guest list. It's just another day in the life of Stella Batts!
13) Who's in Charge
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Series
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English
Description
In 'Who's in Charge' Stella gets a lesson in responsibility when she volunteers to watch her best friend's dog, Bella, for a few days. The only problem with this plan is that Stella didn't ask her mother for permission. With new baby Marco at home, Stella's mom already has her hands full. But Grandma agrees it's good for Stella to have some responsibility as she's getting older. It looks as though Stella has things under control. It's only for a few...
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 1
Language
English
Description
In Needs a New Name, Stella decides to change her name after a boy from her class keeps calling her 'Smella.' How hard can it be to pick a new name? It's not as easy as it sounds.
15) Pardon Me
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 3
Language
English
Description
In Pardon Me, Stella needs to find a new best friend after her friend, Willa, moves away. But finding a new best friend is not easy. Things are looking up when she meets Evie, the new girl in town. She is going to be in Stella's class at school and she needs a new best friend too. Stella can't wait to introduce her to the other third graders. Except when they get to school, things don't exactly go the way Stella planned.
17) Something Blue
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 6
Language
English
Description
The Batts family has arrived at a hotel in Los Angeles and everything is all set for Aunt Laura's wedding weekend. Stella and Penny are going to be getting a new uncle, and a new cousin! Plus, they get to be flower girls, and wear fancy dresses, and walk down the aisle throwing rose petals. It's going to be perfect--just the way Aunt Laura has imagined it. Just the way Stella has imagined it, too. But sometimes a wedding doesn't happen the way anyone...
Author
Series
Stella Batts volume 5
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Stella volunteers to watch best friend Evie's dog, Bella, for a few days. Disaster strikes when Bella gets loose and runs away. Stella must find her before Evie returns"--
19) Twinsanity
Author
Series
Zacktastic volume 2
Language
English
Description
Zack Cooley is a genie. Yes, you read that right: He is a genie. He found out on his tenth birthday, and life hasn't been the same since. Life has been AMAZING! It doesn't matter if Zack's twin sister, Quinn, is the one with all the friends at school. Zack is the one with all the magic--plus, he has new friends in genie school, which he secretly attends twice a week. But Quinn is having some strange symptoms, and it looks like Zack may have to share...
20) Texas treasure
Author
Series
Magic on the map volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Parker twins Finn and Molly help new friend Carlos follow a treasure map left to him by his grandfather"--