Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

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brings back the days when I was young!~.......2007-09-17

My mom bought this for my 10 year old!! WOW makes you feel a bit old when your daughter is reading what you once read ya know!! ;) But a classic book never has an end....it is only the beginning of what is in store for them in the future and for the joys of reading!!

Lessons in character once you get past the fat-bashing.......2007-07-15

While I enjoyed this book as a child, some parts made me very uncomfortable when I reviewed it as an adult. Apparently ALL of Elsie's behavioral, family and academic problems stem from the fact that she is fat, which is also a legitimate ground for the other children to hate her on sight (and evidently no-one else in the class is overeweight). I got the impression that the other students were doing nothing wrong by hating her, it was her own fault because she overeats so much, and to top it off she's a thief (in order to buy candy, which is again her fault due to overeating). But there are some positive lessons in the book: Elsie takes responsibility for improving her own situation rather than staying a victim, Jenny is respectful of her parents and kind to her younger brother, the girls are concerned about their grades, and, once they befriend Elsie, they are loyal and thoughtful. I think if this book had been written today and not in 1980 the fat-bashing language would have been toned down (i. e. she was "very overweight" instead of "looked like a circus-freak"). Overall, I'd check it out of the library rather than purchase it if you're interested.

Awesome.......2006-11-26

This is one of my favorite children's books. It was the first book that depicted a hostile parent despite feeding and sheltering her children and it was the first book that depicted children's relationships as less than trustworthy. After reading this book, I wished I had the author as MY teacher. I strongly recommend this book. It's better than the sequel but the sequel is worth reading as well. I picked this up in the supermarket because of the Botero-like cover art long before I learned who Botero was. I'm very happy to see that this book is still in print as the issues dealt with in the 1981 book are even more relevant today. Elsie Edwards is given lots of processed foods in lieu of affection and her single parent family uses consumerism and empty purchases as solace. She's fat and her mother has issues.

I also have Part 2 and just got Part 3. The sequels are not as enjoyable as the Nothing's Fair but I wanted to know what happened to Elsie Edwards. She also makes a cameo appearance in I Never Asked You to Understand Me.

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade.......2006-06-19

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade is a great book. It's probably one of my favorite books I've read. It's about a girl who's overweight named Elsie Edwards. She is a new student in Ms. Hanson's fifth grade class. Elsie is on a really strict diet and can only eat what her mom puts in her lunch box. It's not much what is in her lunchbox, so she gets really hungry. She decides to steal the other sudents' money to buy candy. Everyone now knows her as the fat thief. But later a girl Jenifer finds out that things are not fair for Elsie either. Her mom is planning on sending her to boarding school. Jenifer starts to feel sorry for her, so she tries to help her. Later, everyone wants to help Elsie. At the end Elsie starts losing weight. I really loved this book. It has some kind of flow that makes you keep reading. I recommend it to people who like books about friendship.

Lessons on how to cope with 5th grade.......2006-05-10

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade is a good read for ages 8-12. The book brings you into the story by having this extremely fat girl, who can't see her shoes, come into Mrs. Hanson's class. This fat girl named Elsie has other problems too, such as having a mother who hates her and classmates who tease her. But Elsie has two great things about her that help her: being great at math and being a good teacher. When Elsie helps the girls that tease her with their math, they begin to like her, and we learn not to judge people by how they look and that if you work hard at something it will pay off. If you are in the higher range of the ages it is a light read that could be done during a weekend. I thought the author, Barthe DeClement got the book moving well in the beginning but then she rushed through it very fast. Overall it I enjoyed it.

ARW

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Low Fat in Nothing Flat
Linda Rosensweig
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Nothing Tastes Better Than a Healthy Thin Feels

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Nothing Tastes Better Than a Healthy Thin Feels
Alice Johnson
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The spiritually powered way to weight loss success.

Nothing Tastes Better than a Healthy Thin Feels: The Spiritually Empowered Way to Weight Loss Success

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Nothing Tastes Better than a Healthy Thin Feels: The Spiritually Empowered Way to Weight Loss Success
Alice Johnson
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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A poignant and memorable chronicle of the long, difficult journey of the human spirit
Don't miss this novel!
A Meticulously Crafted, Inordinately Consuming Novel

The Weight Of Nothing
Steven Gillis
Manufacturer: Brook Street Press
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MEMORY. REGRET. REVENGE. FORGIVENESS. Steven Gillis' second novel, THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING, explores these issues through the eyes of Bailey Finne, a gifted pianist who has nonetheless forsaken his talent to become a perpetual graduate student in Art History. Niles Kelly, his somnambulistic friend with Albert Camus for a muse, is the heir to a fortune he has rejected and carries the burden of the unresolved deaths of both his father and lover at the hands of a mysterious bomber. Together Bailey and Niles journey to Algiers to confront that which has haunted each of them for years. Following a tragic end to his time in North Africa, Bailey returns to his hometown in an effort to reconcile his familial losses, lack of ambition, and love for his girlfriend, Elizabeth.

Gillis skillfully weaves this compelling tale of mystery, love, music and art into a dramatic story that unfolds as a spiritual odyssey in search of truth and redemption in the midst of unspeakable violence.

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A poignant and memorable chronicle of the long, difficult journey of the human spirit.......2005-08-08

Written by Book of the Year award finalist Steven Gills, The Weight of Nothing is a novel about money, regret, revenge, and forgiveness. Two friends, each carrying a burden that has haunted him for years, resolve to travel to Algiers and confront their demons. When terrible tragedy strikes, it poses a difficult question - how resolve years of squandered ambition, lost chances of love, and continue living past unspeakable violence? A poignant and memorable chronicle of the long, difficult journey of the human spirit.

Don't miss this novel!.......2005-05-06

Steven Gillis' novel, The Weight of Nothing, explores complex and deeply personal and painful issues, and he does that through wounded characters struggling to find answers to those issues. However, the answers they are searching for may not exist.

Bailey Finne is a talented musician who doesn't fully develop or use his talent. What he does is become a professional student of Art History and makes excuses to the PhD. Committee about why his dissertation hasn't been completed. His problems revolve around the death of his mother, and his father's inability to move on after her death, as well as a troubled love life.

Niles Kelly was born to a wealthy man via a surrogate mother that he had no contact with following his birth. Niles rejects his wealth but is haunted by the violent deaths of his father and his lover.

Bailey and Niles travel together to Algiers to confront the ghosts of their past, hoping that the journey will help them excise those ghosts.

The Weight of Nothing is well-written and a deeply moving piece. Gillis' prose is compelling as he weaves the characters through the labyrinth of life.

A Meticulously Crafted, Inordinately Consuming Novel .......2004-10-07

"There's a point in every piece of music when the melody completes itself and what's left is a final refrain. Occasionally an aria will vary its rhythm just enough to reinterpret the music through a less predictable finish, and other times an arrangement ends so suddenly the audience isn't quite sure the music's over until the last echoing notes have faded and the room falls eerily still. Either way, the song is done."

Steven Gillis quietly set the literary cognoscenti on alert with the publication of his first novel WALTER FALLS last year. As always the question arises when a `first novel' suggests a talent of depth: Is there more? With the writing of THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING Gillis proves that his prelude, no matter how accomplished that was, served as only as intimation of the talent of this new American writer of substance. Gillis is that rare breed of writer who understands how to grasp the reader's attention, secure a train of thought in content and technique, assuring that once the written journey has begun, the only choice is to hold on with mind and emotion to the anticipated conclusion.

THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING intertwines the lives of several young people in quest of the answer to the universal question of `Who Am I?' in a way that avoids the predictable and in essence incorporates their ephemeral acts with paired explorations in philosophy, art, music, religion, and global socioeconomic problems. In short, this is a story of two men whose early lives were set in motion by traumatic confrontations with loss and the aimlessness that accompanies that unleashed spectre.

Bailey Finne is a gifted natural musician, Secretly learning piano from his musical mother until she is lost to him in childhood in a freak death that pushed his alcoholic father further away from his two sons (Bailey's older brother Tyler responds to this death by fleeing into a life crime, the military, and eventually terrorism). Descrying his father's flaccid, empty life, Bailey embraces music, being able to play all manner of music by ear but settling for entertaining folks in a bar rather than pursuing a career in classical music. He eventually becomes an art history major in college and blithely approaches his dissertation on an obtuse recluse of an artist (L.C. Timbal) with the same glib attitude that has become his life signature. He has girlfriends who try to encourage his gifts, but none more significantly than Elizabeth, a music major/pianist/composer who lost her right arm in a vicious dog attack. Bailey's obsession with her after she leaves him because of this immature, slothful attitude towards things she considers important propels Bailey on his journey to discover what is meaningful in life. "It's the conflict between what ends and our need to continue that causes trauma."

Niles Kelley is the only son of a megalomaniac capitalist who unsuccessfully attempts to mold Niles into a template of his design, seeing no value at all in Niles' preoccupation with literature and philosophy - especially his `hero' the nihilist Camus - nor his relationship with Jeana, a free spirit who encourages Niles' dreams and sees the evil in the capitalistic empiricism of Niles' father. In a auspicious moment of time Niles loses Jeana as she enters the building where Niles' father controls industry: the building is exploded with terrorist bombs placed there by one Tyler Finne and his roommate, the Muslim Oz, a lad who loathes American capitalism and has grown disenchanted with his own father's superficial use of religion to camouflage his own power brand of capitalism. The result of this tragic loss of his beloved Jeana and the collapse of his father's influence drives Niles into a state of self-mutilation, an illness for which he seeks the advice of a Muslim philosopher/healer who encourages Niles to go to Algiers to better understand the writings of Camus and find healing for his malady and his need for forgiveness for Jeana's useless death and his father's `part' in that calamity. In Algiers he hoped to find "the surrounding silence Camus wrote of as weaving together the hopes and despairs of human life."

Bailey and Niles, fellow students at a university, grow close at the funeral for Jeana and eventually accompany each other to Algiers, Niles to seek forgiveness and healing through Camus, and Bailey to finally focus his diasporic creative mind on finding the elusive painter Timbal - the subject of his long avoided dissertation. Bailey tends to Niles' somnambulistic wanderings and self-mutilations while Niles encourages Bailey's efforts to bring closure to his fragmented life. As Bailey discovers Timbal and confronts his own vacuous artistic and spiritual life, Niles wanders the desert and encounters Aziz, a man who assists him in finding the perpetrator of Jeana's death and Niles' life ends in a way that brings him into the ring of closure of his author hero Camus wrote in A Happy Death. Devastated, Bailey returns home, begins therapy with Emmitt who slowly helps Bailey become grounded into finding peace through a long series of self-imposed deprivations meant to clear the slate of his life and allow him a starting point afresh - "to achieve a point of nothingness and return to a natural state of being." "The idea that examining our past will lead us to a clearer understanding of ourselves, and in turn a more constructive life, is egocentric....Self-knowledge is unreliable at best and at times a danger. The emphasis should be not on remembering but forgetting and returning to a point where no wounds exist."

Steven Gillis draws such exquisite characters that each becomes wholly believable, even at their obtuse edges. The story is told in a series of explanations introduced very slyly by a page or two of what we eventually realize are on-going therapy sessions with Emmitt for Bailey and Massinissa Alilouche for Niles. But the real wonder of Gillis' writing stems from his obviously profound depth of knowledge about art (here is a fine synopsis of the works of Bacon, Gorky, Diebenkorn, the abstract Expressionists, etc), of music ( Bailey's turning point in his break with Elizabeth is his ability to play an Etude by the obscure composer Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944), a Russian composer who did exist and married the styles of Debussy with Scriabin and Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich with his own Messiaen-like sense of atonality), of the very current schism between American imperialism and the view of the Muslims we are now breathing, of the great literature of the 20th Century, of terrorism, and of world politics. He writes poetically about the smells and vistas of Algiers in a way that would suggest that he has lived there extensively. At the same time he is able to make wry tongue-in-cheek diversions by naming the buildings that housed the fathers of Bailey and Niles "Ryse and Fawl" and "Reedum and Wepe"! It is this sophisticated mixture of parody, metaphor, depth of factual material from disparate fields of knowledge, and impressive sense of structural detail that makes his fascinatingly unique and timely story and characters burst off the page. Steven Gillis enters the ranks of the important writers and thinkers of the 21st Century. With THE WEIGHT OF NOTHING he assures us his future is solid.

Cessna 185 Skywagon: nothing quite matches the Skywagon's ability to lift its own weight, cruise in the mid-130s and haul in and out of remote back country ... An article from: The Aviation Consumer

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Cessna 185 Skywagon: nothing quite matches the Skywagon's ability to lift its own weight, cruise in the mid-130s and haul in and out of remote back country ... An article from: The Aviation Consumer
Manny Puerta , Jack Ronalter , and John Hirons
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Release Date: 2007-07-14

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Weight loss secrets that really work: hint: they have nothing to do with willpower!: An article from: Women's Health Letter

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Weight loss secrets that really work: hint: they have nothing to do with willpower!: An article from: Women's Health Letter

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Title: Weight loss secrets that really work: hint: they have nothing to do with willpower!
Publication: Women's Health Letter (Newsletter)
Date: June 1, 2004
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The Weight of Nothing

Manufacturer: Book Street Press
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and to think i might of passed it up!

Great addition to MTG

Gripping and powerful, the best novel I've ever read

The Best MTG book out there!

A good book but it needs a little improvment.
Magic the Gathering: Nemesis
Paul B. Thompson
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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Release Date: 2000-02-01

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A new threat looms on the horizon.

The long-awaited completion of Rath is approaching. The Dark Lord's plans to invade Dominaria will soon see fruition. Only the struggle for power in this artificial plane remains. Urza Planeswalker will not stop the Phyrexian empire.

Witness the creation of his nemesis.

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and to think i might of passed it up!.......2006-07-01

found this book during mandatory reading at school. awesome, vivid, epic battle scenes, dark romance suited well enough even for the toughest of kids (belbe is so hot!), and sad yet intriguing corruption make this book, and i am completely honest, the greatest piece of work i've ever read. thank you paul b. thompson, you have given us (at least myself) the greatest story ever told. oh, and by the way, the book goes great with metal bands like 'cradle of filth' and '3 inches of blood'!

Great addition to MTG.......2005-05-04

Another excellent addition to the MTG universe. The details of Belbe and the fight for power over Rath. Over all a great book with lots a good story and character development. Definitely worth the read.

Gripping and powerful, the best novel I've ever read.......2004-07-24

I can honestly say that this is the single best book that I've ever read. Ender's Game was pretty awesome, Animal Farm was okay, but this book REALLY played with my emotions. It's NOT about choosing a new Evincar of Rath. It's about what happens to good people who get trapped in bad situations and are forced to choose the lesser of two evils too many times. Crovax, once a haunted and noble person, has completely lost his sanity and his humanity. Ertai's mind and body become increasingly corrupted by black mana. Belbe must choose between her duty and her conscience. Eladamri believes he must kill what his daughter has become. Greven il-Vec, who we all thought was a traitor to his people and totally heartless evil dude, is revealed to actually have a sense of honor and morality - he doesn't like the evil things that he is made to do, but he'd rather do them and stay himself than be corrupted by the illusion of power. And all of this is wrapped around a very tender and realistic love story between Ertai and Belbe. Filling in the gaps, we are treated to a huge level of interesting detail about Rathi politics, Phyrexian science, and Mogg wafers.

Basically, Nemesis combines the tragic, emotional power of Requiem for a Dream with the sheer dark awesomeness and attention to detail of The Chronicles of Riddick. It is NOT to be passed up.

The Best MTG book out there!.......2003-04-10

No book even comes close to comparing to this. The story tells how new evincars are chosen to lead Rath. Ertai, who is a former weatherlight crewman, is up for the post against his "friend" Crovax. The Phyrexian emissary, Belbe, comes to choose but a 'slight' mishap slows down her choice. Each contestant is set on a task, Crovax to quell a rebellion and Ertai to develop control over flowstone. But torwards the end Greven il-Vec and a mysterious figure named 'Furah' interupt the naming of the new evincar. That became the best fight in the whole MTG series, better then Gerrard and Volrath.

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A good book but it needs a little improvment........2002-10-20

The book's storyline is great, chracters are great , and the overall feeling after reading it is great. But the author portrayed about 4 different charecters. It got very annoying to go from chapter to chapter and switching main charecters. That was the only con but otherwaise I strongly recommend this book.

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The sequel to the recently published Blue Bottle Mystery, this is a science fiction novel for children aged 8-13, with a difference. Ben is learning to cope with his newly diagnosed Asperger Syndrome, but when an alien, Spick, crash-lands in his back yard, things really get complicated. Spick knows nothing about Earth's rules and norms, and it is up to Ben and his friend Andy to help him survive.

As well as being a delightful story which young people, particularly those with Asperger Syndrome and their siblings, will enjoy, it is a valuable teaching tool that presents the individuality of children with Asperger Syndrome as valid and interesting.

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A Book for Its Intended Audience.......2007-01-12

I didn't much care for the "way out" concept of an alien adventure, but this book wasn't written for me. It was written for an 8-year-old child whose hopes and alien dreams haven't been squashed by the aging process of time and daily drudgery. Everybody doesn't like something, but my son loved meeting his friends Ben and Andy again in Of Mice and Aliens. He is new to his condition, and he is very excited to finally "meet" a character whose thoughts he understands and who would very likely understand my son's thoughts.

Hey, Kathy, how about this: Ben and Andy go on a beach vacation and end up having a pirate adventure next! LOL! Just trying to help you get the ball rolling for your next book; we just finished Lisa and the Lacemaker today, and my son is very impatient for the next installment!

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Lisa and the Lacemaker is the first book that we have ever read that has had my son literally SQUEALING with delight and anticipation for the next chapter. It's kind of funny (in a healthy respectful fun way) to see an Aspie flailing his hands over an Aspie book!

People are desperate.......2006-03-02

That's what you really need to be to decide to publish books of this low caliber. I know it's a niche market so there aren't that many authors writing for AI kids. Still, they should be more interesting than this. My son thought it was boring and completely missed the AI aspect. Nice try, but too simplistic.

Wonderful.......2006-01-24

My 8 year old son has AS. As with the other books by Kathy Hoopmann, the family is embracing Asperger as just being a unique genius situation, that is mostly enviable, as opposed to tabood. My son attributes his smarts and intellect to AS, he does not consider the "negative" behavior important. Which is ok, because you need to build to positive self esteem in those kids.

I highly recommend these books...

This book REALLY Rocks!!!!!!.......2003-09-23

This book was a really good book about a boy with Asperger's and an Asperger's adventure. I am a 10 year old boy with Asperger's and this was a great book with a great title. It was kind of an adventure and a mystery. I think parents with kids with Asperger's should read these 2 books, because they help explain how a kid with Asperger's thinks.

My eight year old son really enjoyed this book........2003-04-11

My son has AS (Asperger's Syndrome) and his father was also diagnosed with AS (at the age of 9). I did not want my son to grow up denying that he has this unique way of looking at life because I want him to own it and be proud of who he is with a unique angle on every situation. These books by Kathy Hoopmann have made that wish a reality. My son enjoyed this book a great deal and wanted us to try to get a hold of her other books (which we were able to get from our local library). We are currently reading them and they are equally good. I would highly recommend this author. These books are rare in the world of autism. I have found nothing else out there that adequately and interestingly explains the unique challenges faced by children with AS in a way that a child could read about and enjoy. I am planning to buy the series in part so that we can let his best friend read about this "disability" and understand why and how my son is different than him.

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The Aliens Upstairs -- A Suburban Fantasy

Living With Aliens
John Dechancie
Manufacturer: Ace Books
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The Aliens Upstairs -- A Suburban Fantasy.......2004-05-04

LIVING WITH ALIENS is a surprising little book by John DeChancie.

At first look it is easy to think that this book is a juvenile that wasn't labeled as such. True, it does star a twelve year old but that is the only real reason to think of it as a juvenile. After all ROMEO AND JULIET could be thought of as a juvenile for similar reasons. The book is a narrative by said twelve year old. It starts off a bit crude, just like a boy would write and quickly improves as he better learns his word processor and gets tips from his English teacher.

The plot centers around his family and two aliens who come to live with them. While the overall tone remains light this was not intended as a kids book. Kinds can certainly enjoy it, but the subtlety might be lost on them. The story ties in humorous and insightful dealings with the supermarket press, UFO watchers, UFO researchers, science fiction writers, galactic empires, family values and talk shows. It is almost a book about modern society, but remains a tale of suburban science fiction that takes a pointed look at the world we live in.

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The 'problem of evil' is a subject of perennial interest to philosophers of religion and theologians, but research has barely scratched the surface of the complex history of western responses to the challenge of evil. This Reader brings together primary sources from philosophy, theology and literature to chart the many and changing ways evil has been approached and understood, and to examine the diverse implications it has had for belief and unbelief.Uncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this Reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice. This fresh, lively, and much-needed new approach to the 'problem of evil' transcends the narrow approach to the philosophy of religion as currently practised, and will change the way the subject is taught, received and understood.

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a great introduction..........2003-07-15

The book is a collection of writings, sorted chronogically, that includes the most important thinkers in philosophy concerning the "Problem of Evil"--if God is omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent, then why does evil exist? And what are ways to explain/cope with it in our everyday lives? Even if not interested in this specific issue, readers interested in philosophy would be well served to read the works contained within. Each work comes with a short introduction from author Mark Larrimore that is very well written and to the point. As a former student of his, I would highly recommend Larrimore's "Problem of Evil" to anyone and everyone who wants an introduction to the subject.

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