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by Casey Watson
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Adam is a fragile and anxious boy whose relationship with his mother starts to unravel. His mother is seen as ‘wonderful’ and ‘devoted’ to Adam who she works hard for, but all isn’t as it seems. Eleven year old Adam is taken in by Casey, following his mother’s car accident which left her...
by Cecily von Ziegesar
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Get out your platinum Montblanc pens, Chloe satchels, and cashmere cardigans: it's a brand new year on the Upper East Side and the notorious Carlyle triplets are taking Manhattan by storm. It's going to be another wild and wicked year, and I'll be there to whisper all the juicy secrets...
You know you love me,
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by Todd Parr
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
It's okay to need some help.
It's okay to be a different color.
It's okay to talk about your feelings.
From the bestselling author Todd Parr comes a reassuring book about being who you are.
Told with Todd Parr's signature wit and wisdom, It's Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the...
by Francisco Jiménez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Al abandonar su hogar en Bonetti Ranch, una comunidad de trabajadores migrantes compuesta de dilapidadas barracas del ejército, sin agua potable ni instalaciones internas de plomería, Francisco Jiménez parte rumbo a la universidad. Deja atrás a una familia que lucha por pagar la comida y el alquiler,...
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This heartwarming book encourages positive behavior by using the concept of an invisible bucket to show children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation, and love by "filling buckets." Updated and revised, this 10th anniversary edition will help readers better understand...
Surviving the Angel of Death
The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
Eva Mozes Kor was just ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, she and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man known as the Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele. Subjected to sadistic medical experiments, she was...
The Full Spectrum
A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community of others. In order to help create that community, YA authors David Levithan and Billy Merrell have collected original poems, essays, and stories by young adults in their...
King of the Mild Frontier
An Ill-Advised Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Do You Know:
A good reason to be phobic about oysters and olives?
That you can step inside a roaring coal furnace and feet cool?
That Jesus had an older brother?
How shutting your mouth can help you avoid brain surgery?
How to avoid cow-pies during your baptism?
How to survive in the...
Mountains Beyond Mountains (Adapted for Young People)
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Tracy Kidder's critically acclaimed adult nonfiction work, Mountains Beyond Mountains has been adapted for young people by Michael French. In this young adult edition, readers are introduced to Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated doctor with a self-proclaimed mission to transform healthcare on a global...
Start Here
Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
You want to do hard things.
But you don’t know where to start.
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You are changing the world around you.
But you are tired and burned out.
You feel called to do the extraordinary for God.
But you feel stuck in the ordinary.
Do Hard Things inspired thousands of young people around the world...
Kid Legends
True Tales of Childhood from the Books Kid Artists, Kid Athletes, Kid Presidents, and Kid Authors
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of great writers, artists, athletes, and presidents.
(Don't) Call Me Crazy
33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
**A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018
Who’s Crazy?**
What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences?
To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because...
Here We Are
Feminism for the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
LET'S GET THE FEMINIST PARTY STARTED!
Have you ever wanted to be a superheroine? Join a fandom? Create the perfect empowering playlist? Understand exactly what it means to be a feminist in the twenty-first century? You’ve come to the right place.
Forty-four writers, dancers, actors,...
The Borden Murders
Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively readable and perfect for the Common Core.
Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.
In a compelling,...