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Anne Tyler's retelling of the Shakespeare play "The taming of the shrew." Kate, a socially awkward young woman, adored by the preschool children she teaches but misunderstood by her peers. Her father is a scientific genius, but not so great on emotions. About to lose his (equally genius, equally socially inept) research assistant, Pyotr Cherbakov, because of visa problems, and desperate to save the project that is his life's work, he comes up with...
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English
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"Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated...
3) First test
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Protector of the small volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindalen, daughter of nobles, serves as a page but must prove herself to the males around her if she is ever to fulfill her dream of becoming a knight.
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English
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Facing starvation and worse when she is orphaned on her family's 1885 homestead, seventeen-year-old sharpshooter Jessilyn Harney cuts off her hair and disguises herself as a boy to journey across the mountains in search of her outlaw brother.
In the spring of 1885, seventeen-year-old Jessilyn Harney finds herself orphaned and alone on her family's homestead. Desperate to fend off starvation and predatory neighbors, she cuts off her hair, binds her...
6) The end zone
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Series
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Olivia is fast, strong, and can catch. She loves flag football, but the boys won't let her play. Find out if Olivia ever gets to play flag football.
7) Just Ella
Author
Series
Palace chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Speaking in rhyme, a little girl tells her father that she would rather have the active outdoor life of a cowgirl than that of a girl who stays inside quietly reading, talking, or cleaning.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Although P.J. and his friends refuse to let Donna and Honey Bunny go camping with them because "camping is not for girls," the girls follow and get proof that camping is hard work even for boys.
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Marvin Redpost volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1999.
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English
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The New Male Sexuality addresses the most urgent questions of men today--and of the women who love them. Bernie Zilbergeld reports findings from his twenty years as a psychologist specializing in human sexuality, as well as those other experts in the field, and shares his own and his clients' experiences. the result is the most comprehensive guide ever to enhancing desire and arousal, focusing on pleasure rather than performance, and keeping sex...
14) Playing wicked
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Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Dante loves playing make believe. When he's with his friends, he’s the wizened wizard or regal ruler. But when he’s by himself, Dante would rather be the wicked queen. Then, one day, his dress and makeup are just so perfect that he braves the outdoors, delighting in his playful evilness. Will Dante find someone to play the hero to his villain?
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Twelve-year-old Fishel (Fish) Rosner doesn't like regular "boy" things. He hates sports and would prefer to read or do crafts instead of climbing trees or riding dirt bikes with his friends. He also loves to dance. But all his interests are considered "girly." Fish doesn't get why that's a bad thing. He's just interested in different things than other boys. When he asks his Bubby to teach him to knit, she tells him to go play outside. When he begs...
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Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Rhyming text affirms that girls can pursue their many interests, from playing sports to planting flowers in the dirt, without giving up their tiaras.
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sadie is all-girl, but she does not let that, or her wardrobe, stop her from enjoying a family camping trip as she helps pitch the tent in "fancy ruffled pants" and looks for Bigfoot while wearing a tutu.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Adopting the custom of bacha posh in 2007 Kabul, which allows her to dress and be treated as a boy, attend school and chaperone her sisters until she is of marriageable age, Rahima, the daughter of a drug-addicted father, discovers that she is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom.
20) Madam President
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Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were President of the United States.
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