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Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Adulting meets Hyperbole and a Half in this witty, starkly honest, and absolutely on-point book of essays and illustrations on the realities of growing up and finding yourself. Mari Andrew started doodling when she worked at a bakery--she took some license with the display case labels. When customers noticed and began telling her the drawings brightened their days, Mari realized she could use that hobby to connect with people. She hit a professional...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was ""Ginger Lite" and only scratched the surface. In this moving follow-up, Ginger shares her truest self. She spent most of her life shielding her vulnerabilities from the world all while being a...
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 8
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Gerry, the very fairy princess, learns the importance of gratitude even in the face of disappointment over the course of Gratitude Day at school"--
185) Goldfish
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Lou Brown is a fast individual medley swimmer, training for the Olympics. But when she tanks the time trials, she starts over and goes back to school. It's hard to fit in with the existing social groups. When she is asked to choreograph an underwater dance routine for their Britain's Hidden Talent audition, will Lou be able to overcome her status as a social outcast?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
How many times have you heard grown-ups say, "Just be yourself"? How many times have you heard grown-ups say, "Just be yourself"?
But how can you be yourself when that self always seems to be different-depending on where you are, who you're with, or what you're doing? Your parents see you as their little girl and your friends think you're a cool chick…while you feel like a big geek who can't do anything right. And that cute boy in math? Who knows...
187) Glow
Author
Description
Julie investigates the origins of antique paintings with glowing images that she found in a thrift store and discovers the story of a group of young women artists, the Radium Girls, who used radioactive paint to create the world's first glow-in-the-dark products.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Now, voyager: A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise where she finds love, helping her to become her own person.
Dark victory: The life of a fast-moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.
Old acquaintance: Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit...
189) Forever geek
Author
Series
Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Modelling isn't a sure-fire route to popularity. Neither is making endless lists. The people you love don't expect you to transform into someone else. Statistically, you are more likely to not meet your Australian ex-boyfriend in Australia than bump into him there. So on the trip of a lifetime Down Under Harriet's to-do lists are gone and it's Nat's time to shine! Yet with nearly-not-quite-boyfriend Jasper back home, Harriet's completely unprepared...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Moving to a new school and making new friends will create enough anxiety for any teenage girl. But when you're Buffy Summers, a vampire slayer -- the Chosen One (with all that entails) -- building a new life can be overwhelming. A group of nerdy vampires, shunned by their cooler brethren, decide to climb the vampire social ladder by taking out the Slayer. They play on Buffy's insecurities, wearing her down until she is full-on distracted by the mental...
191) The sea in you
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In a dark fantasy retelling of “The Little Mermaid,” a young girl barely escapes an encounter with a deadly mermaid, and the two quickly form a romantic bond that threatens all of their social ties on land and beneath the sea.--Publisher.