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A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture. Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives--experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! What will she be? Join Olivia on a hilarious quest for individuality in this latest book of the OLIVIA series, and rest assured, you won't find THIS pig in pink!"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Illustrations and brief text describe all kinds of differences that are "okay," such as "It's Okay to be a different color," "It's Okay to need some help," "It's Okay to be adopted," and "It's Okay to have a Different nose."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy--as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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Plato called it "daimon," the Romans "genius," the Christians "guardian angel"; today we use such terms as "heart," "spirit," and "soul." While philosophers and psychologists from Plato to Jung have studied and debated the fundamental essence of our individuality, our modern culture refuses to accept that a unique soul guides each of us from birth, shaping the course of our lives. In this extraordinary bestseller, James Hillman presents a brilliant...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"It's always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they've learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women...With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher, the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. As their lives begin to take different paths,...
13) Stargirl
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a robot to show her school friends the joys of science, she ends up learning something from them instead.
15) Fancy Nancy
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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From basketball dreams and family fiascoes to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.