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Language
English
Description
A collection of humorous essays chronicle the author's pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite.
“Many have tried, and many will try, to capture the sweet, innocent insanity of life as a young girl during the ’90s and 2000s. None have come close to the comedic perfection Lillian Stone nails again and again in Everybody’s Favorite.” —Glamour, Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 From one of the Internet’s favorite self-deprecating...
2) Monster
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he stumbles upon Ricky, a young Navajo man, beaten and dying in the newly fallen snow, part-time history professor Ben Bailey questions everything in his life, including his relationship with his fiancée Sara, and decides to discover the truth about Ricky's death.
5) I'm a girl!
Author
Publisher
Cool Kids Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Girls make statements affirming their value, talent, strength and courage.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Failure is something that everyone encounters at some point in their lives, no matter how much you try to avoid it. Whether that's in school, in a friendship, or even playing your favorite sport, success is not a 100% certainty. Grownups, it's up to you to teach kids how to embrace it. This book doesn't paint a pretty face on failure. Instead, it rethinks what it means, and shows kids how to live their lives not trying to avoid it"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sydney's charismatic older brother, Peyton, has always been the center of attention in the family but when he is sent to jail, Sydney struggles to find her place at home and the world until she meets the Chathams, including gentle, protective Mac, who makes her feel seen for the first time.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"So many of us feel lonely, unfulfilled, or trapped-in our roles and relationships, in cycles of self-sabotage and wrong decisions, by our toxic patterns and misguided attempts to feel happy-or to feel something. Many of us struggle to like the person wesee in the mirror. According to Sara Kuburic, it doesn't have to be so difficult. Really. Instead of pushing harder or running faster, the secret lies in taking full responsibility for the choices...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Master Integrative Coach and Ford Institute CEO shares the story of how she overcame her own struggles with self-doubt and unfulfilled goals, offering illustrative anecdotes while outlining the principles of mentor Debbie Ford for working through negative feelings and false beliefs to build healthier perspectives.
10) Bruised
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When she freezes during a hold-up at the local diner, sixteen-year-old Imogen, a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, has to rebuild her life, including her relationship with her family and with the boy who was with her during the shoot-out.
11) Peaces
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The prize-winning, bestselling author of Gingerbread; Boy, Snow, Bird; and What is Not Yours is Not Yours returns with a vivid and inventive new novel about a couple forever changed by an unusual train voyage. When Otto and Xavier Shin declare their love, an aunt gifts them a trip on a sleeper train to mark their new commitment - and to get them out of her house. Setting off with their pet mongoose, Otto and Xavier arrive at their sleepy local train...
Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 12
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.
13) Eating disorders
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of eating disorders, including information on contributing factors, physical and mental complications, and available treatment options.
14) Hooray for me!
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Explores an individual's relationship to family, friends, and even pets.
16) Criss cross
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
Author
Series
Jenna Fox chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
18) Primera caída!
Author
Series
Enmascarado de terciopelo volume 1
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
The Conde de Terciopelo, a masked wrestler, presents himself as rough and crude, but inside, he is very sensitive but keeps trying to measure up to the masculine image he has been taught, but now his rival's female trainer knows his secret.
Author
Series
Will Carter books volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old WIll Carter's sophomore year at Merrian High presents new problems, from the return of Scary Terry to friends-with-benefits negotiations with Abby, but when Abby considers transferring to a New York arts school Carter's world is turned upside-down.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Living with his religious father, feminist mother, and racist grandmother in Denver, Colorado, during the early 1980s, twelve-year-old Samuel Gerard relates his school adventures and deals with his own prejudices towards Mexican immigrants.
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