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Under the Moon 4 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Dial, 1994
A beautiful way to introduce a child to American history.
We found this story of discovery a beautiful and intelligent way to begin to introduce our child to the history of Native Americans and the world as it was. The illustrations are absolutely breathtaking and our son is taken with the descriptive yet understandable language used by the author. What a magnificent book!
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Deep and Meaningful Diaries from Planet Janet 1 review
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2007
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Janet Bandry is the hilarious, awkward teenager of PLANET JANET and the sequel, PLANET JANET IN ORBIT. These two books combine together to form the fully awesome DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES FROM PLANET JANET. This book, written by the author of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, had me laughing from the first page to the last.
Janet's friends and family always sarcastically says Janet ...
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The Whales' Song (Picture Puffins)12 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Puffin, 1997
Beautiful, loving story, exceptional paintings.
As a homeschooling parent I read this book with my children as we were doing a unit study on sound. Whales have a the ability to make a much higher pitched sound than the human ear can hear. It is their song, or communicating which facinates us. This book offers magnificent and realistic paintings which will delight your eyes as well as your heart. The grandmother tells of the whales, is it real ...
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Planet Janet In Orbit1 review
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2005
An ingenious work of journal-told teenagedom, written through the eyes of a cynic with a sense of humor
Almost seventeen-year-old Janet Bandry is looking forward to a relaxing summer that involves lounging on the beaches of Greece, and taking part in crazy love affairs with foreign waiters. However, just as soon as her summer begins, it is already ruined by the Mad Cow - aka her mother - who insists that if Janet wants to have new back-to-school clothes, she'll have to work for them herself by ...
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My Perfect Life Reissue 24 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2005
My Perfect Life
If you read Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and loved it, you'll love My Perfect Life. Dyan Sheldon, again, wrote another amazing book that grabs the readers attention. While reading this book, and I just couldnt put it down. Ella and Lola are both strong characters, along with Carla and the rest of the supporting characters. I reccomend this book for someone who is looking for a good book ...
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Planet Janet 8 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2004
An entertaining weekend read
Virtually every teenager goes through it. One day they decide they're going to become more sophisticated, and like Janet, think reading Beat poetry, listening to jazz, and changing their diet and/or wardrobe is the way to achieve such sophistication. It is no surprise then, that when Janet Bandry, protagonist of Dyan Sheldon's "Planet Janet" and her best friend, Disha, decide to enter the "Dark ...
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Reissue59 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2005
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
When I picked up Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen I the plot quickly grabbed my attention. This was I great book and I highly reccomend it. If you don't like "girly-girl" books, this may not be the one for you. I reccomend it for 4th-7th graders. I read it in fith grade. I hope you found my review helpful.
Sophie S.
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Confessions of a Teenage Hollywood Star
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2007
"The star of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN returns. . . .Few YA characters speak with such sharp, articulate humor about feelings readers will recognize." — BOOKLIST After years of angst, Lola is graduating from high school and finally getting out of Dellwood "Deadwood," New Jersey. But destiny intervenes when Lola learns that a Hollywood movie is being filmed right in Dellwood. Is the Drama Queen ready to make the leap from the ...
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Save the Last Dance for Me15 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Troll Communications, 1995
the best
i really love this book. it teaches us a lot of stuff. like how you cant blame someone you dont even know (like angel used to do). ive read this book many times and i never get tired of doing it an i never get bored. i consider this book , the best.
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My Brother Is a Visitor from Another Planet1 review
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 1995
This book is highly recommended for children over 14.
It is about a Keith named brother that come from an alien planet.
Keith is 9 years old and has a small brother named Adam Scott.
He likes to eat Loch Ness veggies with sweet and sour sauce. "My brother wasn't in trouble in school."
claims Adam when he saw Scotty playing with his food.
This is a "must read"
: ( This is a sad face, like Scotty the fish. There are facial dogs with meat too, which ...
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Unicorn Dreams2 reviews
Dyan Sheldon, Neil Reed
Dial, 1997
Erica's review
Unicorn Dreams is a very good book to read. It is about a boy imagining about a unicorn. His friends teased him. The unicorn always follows him... The pictures are beautiful.
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The Whales' Song
Dyan Sheldon
Scholastic, 1993
Sweet story about whales
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You Can Never Go Home Again9 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Troll Communications, 1993
You Can Never Go Home Again
You Can Never Go Home Again by Dyan Sheldon is about a girl, Angel, and her famliy that split up,and she's forced to move. The house they move into is occupied by the ghost of a young boy name BJ. He lives in the attic and the only person who knows about him is Angel's little brother. Dyan Sheldon uses strong descriptive and visual words that make you feel like the ghost is standing next to ...
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I Conquer Britain
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2007
A bohemian Brooklyn teen crosses the pond to visit an uptight English family in the hilarious companion to SOPHIE PITT-TURNBULL DISCOVERS AMERICA. The exchange of daughters that began in SOPHIE-PITT TURNBULL DISCOVERS AMERICA continues! Excited (not to say desperate) as Cherokee Salamanca is to get out of Brooklyn, she starts having doubts about her summer in London even before she leaves Heathrow Airport. To start with, the Pitt- Turnbulls ...
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The Boy of My Dreams4 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Walker Books Ltd, 2001
Love at first sight???
Hope and Bone are Mike's(Michelle) best friends until the man of Mike's dreams comes along. Is he realy the man Mike will fall in love with? Or is he just a stop along the way. Will Mike ever find him?? Will Hope, Bone, and Mike revive their freindship?? I really enjoyed this book!!!!
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Clara and Buster Go Moondancing (Share-a-Story)
Dyan Sheldon
DK Preschool, 2001
Preparing children for a lifetime of reading has never been more fun! Clara dreams of dancing like the elegant ballroom dancers on TV, so she and her friend Buster try the jitterbug, the cha-cha-cha and even jazz dancing. But after breaking a window, a vase, and falling into the trash can, the friends are banished from the house. Clara thinks there's no hope, but Buster knows that practice makes perfect and before long they are waltzing in the ...
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Dyan Sheldon
Walker Books, 2004
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Lindsay Lohan
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Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America5 reviews
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2007
An entertaining read full of humor and quirky characters
Meet Sophie Pitt-Turnbull. She's a proper British teen who has a strong sense of identity. "I've always been happy with who I am. Not in a stuck-up, I'm-the-best-thing-that's happened-since-the-invention-of-the-lightbulb sort of way. More in a God's-done-a-lot-worse-than-Sophie-Pitt-Turnbull sort of way. I reckoned that I'd improve with age (like wine or cheese), but I never expected to change." ...
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Confessions of a Hollywood Star1 review
Dyan Sheldon
Candlewick, 2006
A Fast and Trendy Read!
I am very happy that Dyan Sheldon made yet, another book in the "Confessions" series and I hope she makes a fourth! This is a fun and laugh-out-loud read, Lola doing what she does best! I am not going to tell you everything in the book, for you should read it yourself because it is very good. Dyan Shelson describes each part with detail and comes up with a funny plot! For, it is a quick read ...
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Lilah's Monster (Young Piper)
Dyan Sheldon, Wendy Smith
Pan Macmillan, 1992
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