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1) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
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Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.
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The New York Times bestselling author of Flight Behavior, The Lacuna, and The Poisonwood Bible and recipient of numerous literary awardsincluding the National Humanities Medal, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Orange Prizereturns with a timely novel that interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval. Willa Knox has always prided herself on being the embodiment of responsibility...
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Scaredy Squirrel volume 1
Pub. Date
2006.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.
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English
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Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself? Using the science of habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power...
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Brotherband chronicles volume 4
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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With their honor restored, Hal and his fellow Herons leave Skandia again on a new mission--to track down and stop Hal's nemesis, Tursgud, a bullying youth-turned vicious pirate and slave trader.
7) The hunters
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Brotherband chronicles volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
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"Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages-offering a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated against, or cope with a disability, or lose a parent, or attend a mediocre school, or suffer from any number of other apparent setbacks. Gladwell begins with the real story of what happened between the giant and the shepherd boy those many years ago. From there, David and Goliath examines Northern Ireland's...
11) Bright star
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
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IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
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"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
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2023.
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English
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"Laura Belgray is often introduced on podcasts as "one of the funniest people I know," and her journey offers a LOT of hope to anyone who feels like they haven't quite figured out what they want to do in life. She grew up in grungy New York City when Studio 54 still existed but was no longer cool, doing really cringe-y things to fit in but those things were, more often than not, ill-conceived and humiliating. We're constantly told that we're supposed...
16) The ghostfaces
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Brotherband chronicles volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
19) Oh yeah!
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Two boys camp out in the backyard and compete to show their courage in the face of imagined nighttime dangers.
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Random House
Pub. Date
c1990
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IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield.
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