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Three troubled high school seniors, who plan to run away together from Illinois to California after graduation, try to figure out who they are who they want to be.

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

"Bestselling authors Christine Arylo and Amy Ahlers show women how to take their self-bulling Inner Mean Girls to reform school with their internationally recognized seven-step program. There is a silent epidemic spreading like wildfire among women--and no one seems to be talking about it. It's in our boardrooms, classrooms, and living rooms on every continent, and it's creating depression, stress, and isolation. Who is this culprit? Meet your Inner...

Six people from different corners of the world celebrate the history, culture, and beauty behind their names. "New York Times bestselling author Joanna Ho, of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, creates a meaningful and diverse picture book about how names define us. Names reveal generational ties and histories, weaving an intricate tale of the past. Names—and correctly saying them—are important. Each one carries the hopes, dreams, and traditions...

In this fun and endearing celebration of differences, a dinosaur finds a home with a family of ducks--a fresh twist on the beloved "The Ugly Duckling" tale.Even as an egg, Dino Duckling is different from all the other baby ducks. And when he's born, no one seems to notice that he's actually a dinosaur! Mama Duck knows that there is plenty of room for difference in a loving family, but there's one big problem: How will Dino Duckling fly south for the...

This intoxicating blend of memoir, biography and art history explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists, including Hildegard of Bingen, Georgiana Houghton, Agnes Pelton, Emma Kunz and Ithell Colquhoun, who loosely shared the same goal: to communicate with, and learn from, other dimensions. "The first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world, by the author of The Mirror...

A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole.

On her first day of boarding school, a thirteen-year-old girl who feels boring and invisible decides to change her personality to match her unusual name.