August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new...
Self-acceptance
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Author:May, KatherineSummary:An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up...
- Author:Palacio, R. J.Summary:
Over 5 million people have fallen in love with Wonder and have joined the movement to Choose Kind. Now younger readers can meet Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, and his beloved dog, Daisy. Countless fans have...
- Author:Kempton, BethSummary:
This is the definitive guide that teaches you how to use the Japanese concept of wabi sabi to reshape every area of your life and find happiness right where you are. Fed up with the exhausting challenges of our fast-paced, consumption-...
- Author:Varela, Alessandra NarváezSummary:
"Fans of The House on Mango Street and The House of Spirits will be riveted"- Booklist , Starred Review A 13-year-old girl growing up in Mexico is visited by her 30-year-old future self in this powerful Young Adult novel in...
- Author:Adams, HollieSummary:
Everyone deals with grief in their own personal way. Take Carrie, for example. To get over her mother's death from ovarian cancer, she launches a passive-aggressive war with her fellow office workers, embarks on a campaign designed...
- Author:Gaines, JoannaSummary:
The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be, the second children's audiobook by New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines celebrates how creativity and acceptance can come together to make for a bright and beautiful adventure....
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Author:Baugh, LeanneSummary:After being attacked by a grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains, seventeen-year-old Abby Hughes' facial scars are all she can think about, and all that she thinks anyone else can see when they look at her. After months of hiding out at...
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Author:Tugaleva, VironikaSummary:After a decade-long struggle with mental distress, addiction, eating disorders, and profound self-hatred, Vironika Tugaleva faced a choice: change or die.Reluctantly, she chose to change. Nothing could have prepared her for what came...
- Author:deWitt, PatrickSummary:
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and...
- Author:Reyes, SonoraSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers drawing attention for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich, Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay, and...
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Author:Saikaley, SoniaSummary:Amir Radi hates washing dishes. When he left Beirut, with a tightly grasped suitcase, he hadn’t expected he’d end up at a Middle Eastern restaurant with old cooks and dirty dishes. Amir knows his immigrant dream has somehow drowned in...
- Author:Brown, C. BrenéSummary:
For more than a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveler. She is both a social scientist and a kitchen-table friend whom you can always count on to tell the truth, make you...
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Author:Brown, C. BrenéSummary:When our embarrassments and fears lie, we often listen to them anyway. They thwart our gratitude, acceptance, and compassion—our goodness. They insist, “I am not worthy.” But we are worthy—of self-discovery, personal growth, and...
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Author:Portelance, ColetteSummary:According to the CNDA (creative non directive approach) developed by Colette Portelance, individuals aiming to offer assistance or support to others in their personal or professional lives must first learn to know, understand, and...
- Author:Taylor, Sonya ReneeSummary:
Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies. The Body Is...
- Author:Bergen, DavidSummary:
David Bergen has created an indelible portrait of a seemingly ordinary woman who struggles to accept herself as she is, and in so doing becomes unique.
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Author:Erskine, KathrynSummary:Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money...
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Author:Thomas, AlyssSummary:This is the book that helps you help yourself. Using an easy-to-follow quiz format, the author gives clear direction of how to focus your positive energy, deal with stress and become more self-confident and self-assured.
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Author:Huser, GlenSummary:Travis has been waiting to get to junior high. When that time finally comes, things are both better, and worse, than he had hoped. On the plus side are two great new teachers. On the minus side there's Shon Docker, Travis's old...
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