Ticknor is the first novel by Sheila Heti, the author of the acclaimed story collection The Middle Stories and, with Misha Glouberman, the essay collection The Chairs are Where the People Go. George Ticknor is trying to reconcile his...
Self-perception
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Author:Heti, SheilaSummary: -
Author:Pennypacker, SaraSummary:Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
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Author:Sedoti, ChelseaSummary:Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't...
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Author:Rivers, KarenSummary:Newcomer Kammie Summers has fallen into a well during a (fake) initiation into a club whose members have no intention of letting her join. Now Kammie's trapped in the dark, growing increasingly claustrophobic, and waiting to be rescued...
- Author:MACKLER, CarolynSummary:
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment...
- 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...
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Author:Pearson, MarySummary:In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling...
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Author:Adams, S.J.Summary:Do you feel lost? Confused? Alone? (Circle one): Yes or No. The Church of Blue can help. We are not a cult. $5 for a holy quest is a good deal. Since sixth grade, Debbie Woodlawn has nursed a secret, heart-searing crush on her best...
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Author:Randle, Kristen D.Summary:Three Mormon high school friends, perky Nikki, studious Alicia, and football player Sam, make a pact of the Pygmalion style -- they decide to help the "untapped" students at their school. Their plan is to transform three classmates and...
- Author:Brown, BrenéSummary:
When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work...
- Author:Origgi, GloriaSummary:
A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful...
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Author:Lum, KateSummary:Three princesses, each with a particular skill, decide they are bored with what they do and swap jobs.
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Author:Friedman, RobinSummary:A 2009 Sydney Taylor Award Notable Books for Teens winner Bronze Medal winner for the Young Adult Fiction category of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards "Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying...
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Author:Griffin, AdeleSummary:Stuck babysitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl.
- Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:
Accused as an accomplice in a Harlem, Steve Harmon, an amateur filmmaker, transcribes his trial into a movie script.
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Author:Doyle, BrianSummary:Winner of the IODE National Chapter Award, and Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection. In this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River near Ottawa, the world of his novels Up to Low and Uncle Ronald. Mary...
- Author:Winton, Tim.Summary:
Lockie Leonard's survived the worst year on record. His first year of high school, a new town, his first mad love affair - it's all behind him. But the world of weirdness hasn't finished with him yet. His family is in a...
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Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.
- Author:Weissman, Darren, Montana, CateSummary:
Comment accéder à l’être authentique en vous pour vivre une vie épanouissante et pleine de sens ? Le cœur du sujet présente une méthode simple mais extraordinairement efficace appelée le défi Voir Ressentir Entendre qui vous inspirera à...
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Author:Wild, MargaretSummary:Young or old, everyone in Jen's life has a story to tell. Margaret Wild reveals the essence of their lives in this fine, fierce, deeply compassionate novel of loss, longing, courage and joy.
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