Part of being human is experiencing setbacks, both minor and major. What can set you apart is how you deal with them. In You Are Irreplaceable, author Augusto Cury encourages you to get back to a time when you were driven by the dream...
Self-esteem
- Author:Cury, AugustoSummary:
- Author:Goobie, BethSummary:
Kelly Paddik is locked up. Sent to a secure facility because she is a “danger to herself,” all Kelly wants is to escape. But she has been running from everybody since her father abused her and her mother stood by and let it happen. It...
- Author:Kinew, WabSummary:
An Indigenous teen girl caught is between two worlds both real and virtual in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. Bugz is caught between two...
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Pearce, JacquelineSummary:
Unlike his perfect older sister, Jenna, Conner hates his piano lessons and gets bad grades in math. He's really good at bike tricks and he loves animals, but his parents have a no-pets rule and they don't take his bike-riding seriously...
- Author:Cannistra, MegSummary:
Twelve-year-old Luna loves the nighttime more than anything else. It's when no one gives her "that look" about the half mask she has to wear while healing from a disfiguring car accident. It's also the perfect time...
- Author:Mayrock, AijaSummary:
Aija Mayrock shares the different approaches and strategies that helped her survive her own experience with bullying. She speaks the same language as her peers, making the book very relatable for kids and teens.
- Author:Wallace, MattSummary:
Max's first year of middle school hasn't been easy. Eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no other reason than Max is fat and an easy target.
- Author:Flake, SharonSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
- Author:Acevedo, ElizabethSummary:
"Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice." -Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation "An incredibly potent debut." -Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost "Acevedo has amplified the voices of...
- Author:Goobie, BethSummary:
She hadn't told anyone. Not a single soul. Not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone's lips. She'd thought about it at first - had been desperate, even frantic, to tell. But then had come...
- Author:McIntyre, DawnSummary:
The New 10 is a profound forty day program and part of my personal mission to redefine beauty. Believing that I was fat and ugly for the majority of my life affected my sense of self-worth and self-esteem to the degree that I kept...
- 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...
- 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...
- Author:Hernandez, CatherineSummary:
From masturbation to motherhood, body shaming to burlesque, Catherine Hernandez reveals the reality of living as a queer woman of colour. Set to the music of her life, The Femme Playlist shows what it's like to be sexy and proud,...
- 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:Iverson, LarrySummary:
IAre you living on purpose or are you living on accident? This book will give you a comprehensive formula for generating the success you desire, both personally and professionally.
- 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.
- Author:LAYCOCK, GrahamSummary:
The author gives you 10 powerful, practical, positive principles that could change your life, ways to help you in your personal and professional career.
- Author:Reynolds, JasonSummary:
Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with...