eyeglasses

Sixth grade isn't going well for Rex. He's the only kid who hasn't gotten a growth spurt, his closest friend starts hanging out with the "cool kids," and he's become a prime target for bullies. Then, things go from bad to worse when he finds out he needs glasses and his family can only afford the ugliest pair in the store, and Rex is desperate to find a way to fit in when everything he does seems to make him stand out.

A book for teens about finding career tracks in the fields of optometry and ophthalmology.

"Peppa takes an eye test. But which glasses will she choose?"--Provided by publisher.

"When Rex finds out he needs glasses, he's beyond miserable. Dealing with the bullies at school, his family being broke, and an embarrassing lack of friends, he has way too much on his plate already"--Provided by publisher.

In 1962, ten-year-old Winna Cole discovers a pair of magical spectacles that reveal both the friendly ghosts of her African American ancestors and a dangerous family curse.

Karen must overcome the taunts of a bully when she must get glasses right before school pictures.

Karen has to get glasses - two pairs! One pair for reading and one for all the time. Karen does not want glasses. Her school pictures are going to be taken soon! But Karen has to, so she picks out some pretty pink and blue ones. Karen thinks she looks very grown-up.

Karen is afraid she will make a fool of herself in front of her class and mean Ricky if she wears her new eyeglasses for her class picture.

Mia Mayhem is learning to control her x-ray vision! She can't wait to see through walls and crack secret codes. There's only one problem: her glasses are way too big, clunky, and totally not cool! But she knows that if she wants to keep up with her classmates, she'll have to adjust quickly. Will Mia be able to look past her obstacles and see things through?.

"A nonfiction 'biography' of glasses, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with the discovery of the magnifying properties of glass through the development of the eye chart, plastic lenses, and contact lenses"--.