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Ellen Potter
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When I was in the fourth grade I decided I wanted to be a boy. I wasn't the only girl in my class who had arrived at this decision. There were four of us. At the time, everyone was reading a Judy Blume book called Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, in which Margaret joins a club called the Pre-Teen Sensations. The PTS's talked about bras and menstruation. We, on the other hand, were violently...
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Slob
   3.75 avg rating — 1,069 ratings
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2009
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The Kneebone Boy
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2010
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The Humming Room
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2012
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Pish Posh
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Olivia Kidney
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2003
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Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook
by Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer, Matt Phelan  4.30 avg rating — 231 ratings
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2010
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Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City
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Olivia Kidney and The Exit Academy
by Ellen Potter, Peter Reynolds 3.96 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Olivia Kidney Entre Dos Aguas/ Olivia Kidney Between Two Waters
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2007
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by Suzanne Collins , Gail Carson Levine , Mary Pope Osborne 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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“...when you start to feel like you are better than someone else, you should probably stick your head in a toilet because at that moment your thoughts are crap.”
― Ellen Potter
― Ellen Potter
“Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.”
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy
― Ellen Potter, The Kneebone Boy
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(I tried to include all the books we have read, along with the books mentioned on our "the others good and up" thread, and a few on the Newbery 2010 list on goodreads. If, however, I have not included a book you want to vote for just send me a message or write a comment. I will add it to the list.)
Slob by Ellen Potter
38 total votes
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Mock Newbery 2013: November Read - The Kneebone Boy | 15 | 62 | Mar 26, 2011 01:49pm | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: Reading Challenge #7 - Report Points Here | 498 | 145 | Apr 14, 2011 09:58pm | |
| Cover to Cover Ch...: mehitabels continued family neglection | 45 | 39 | May 18, 2012 08:24am |
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