In her 1985 CBC Massey Lectures Doris Lessing addresses the question of personal freedom and individual responsibility in a world increasingly prone to political rhetoric, mass emotions, and inherited structures of unquestioned belief....
Individuality
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Author:Lessing, DorisSummary: -
Author:Block, Francesca Lia.Summary:When Weetzie Bat is a thirteen-year-old junior high school outcast mourning the life her family lost when their cottage in the Los Angeles hills burned down, her father leaves her alcoholic mother without telling either of them where he...
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Author:Cannon, JanellSummary:Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes' Poor Pinduli...
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Author:Lin, GraceSummary:Ling and Ting are identical twins that people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different.
- Author:Doody, LoriSummary:
Key Selling Points - A simple and playful picture book about accepting yourself and recognizing your strengths.Fun story about a llama who learns to care for her flock of sheep by standing out not fitting in.Brightly colored and simple...
- Author:Sotomayor, SoniaSummary:
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that...
- Author:Love, JessicaSummary:
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...
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Julián and his abuela are going to a wedding. Better yet, Julián is in the wedding. Weddings have flowers and kissing and dancing and cake. And this wedding also has a new friend named Marisol. It's not long before Julián and...
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Author:DeMont, Belle, Wimmer, SonjaSummary:Charlie loves the bright red purse that his grandmother let him have. One day, he decides to take it to school. First his father, then his friends, and even the crossing guard question him about his “strange” choice. After all, boys don...
- Author:Fortmeyer, KendraSummary:
For every reader who grew up loving R.J. Palacio's Wonder comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and magical YA debut about what it means to accept the body you're given. Morgan was born with a hole in her middle: a perfectly smooth, sealed...
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Author:MacMillan, MargaretSummary:In History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of...
- Author:Ohi, RuthSummary:
"We are very different," said Squirrel. "Not that different," said Fox. Can Fox help Squirrel see that they don't have to be the same to be the best of friends.
- Author:Tosi, ChristinaSummary:
From Christina Tosi, the playful creator of the popular bakery Milk Bar, this is the story of a girl whose delicious dream comes to life, filling the world with color, creativity, and joy. Original recipe included! Everything in...
- Author:Vaillancourt, ClaudeSummary:
Alors que nous sommes partagés entre l’envie de nous distinguer et le désir de nous conformer, il devient souvent plus convenable de nous mouler aux autres. Les individus trop dissemblables sont vus tantôt comme des menaces, tantôt...
- Author:Craft, JerrySummary:
Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying 'You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.' His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded...
- Author:Diggs, TayeSummary:
This program is read by Taye Diggs. The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how...
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Author:Brown, BreneSummary:A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts...
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Author:Hill, LawrenceSummary:Selected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013. With the 2013 CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author Lawrence Hill offers a provocative examination of the scientific and social history of blood, and on the ways that it unites and divides us...
- Author:Giff, Patricia ReillySummary:
Stacy thinks the new girl, Annie, is horrible. Annie just doesn't do anything the way others do. It's not easy for Stacy to be friends with someone who says potatoes are for breakfast. Then she tries some for herself and...
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Author:Rand, AynSummary:This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Is he a destroyer, or a liberator? Why does he fight his hardest battle not against his enemies but against the woman he loves?
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