Larger-Than-Life Lara

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This isn't about me. This story, I mean. So already you got a reason to hang it up. At least that's what Mrs. Smith, our English teacher, says. But the story is about ten-year-old Laney Grafton and the new girl in her class¿Lara Phelps, whom everyone bullies from the minute she shows up. Laney is just relieved to have someone else as a target of bullying. But instead of acting the way a bullied kid normally acts, this new girl returns kindness for a meanness that intensifies . . . until nobody remains unchanged, not even the reader. In a unique and multi-layered story, with equal parts humor and angst, Laney communicates the art of storytelling as it happens, with chapter headings, such as: Character, Setting, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax. And she weaves an unforgettable tale of a new girl who transforms an entire class and, in the process, reveals the best and worst in all of us. This is a powerful and emotional story, which School Library Journal called "Thoroughly enjoyable and unexpectedly wry, . . . as intelligent as it is succinct."

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Dandi Daley Mackall grew up with horses and has never lost her love for animals. She handwrote her first book as a missionary in communist Eastern Europe. Now, she's the award-winning author of over five hundred books for all ages, including the Winnie the Horse Gentler, Starlight Animal Rescue, and Barnyard Blessings series. Dandi is a national speaker and frequent guest on radio, TV, and podcasts. She writes from rural Ohio, surrounded by family and a host of unusual animals. Visit Dandi at Dandibooks.com and Facebook.com/dandi.mackall.

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