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1) Saturday
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Fountas & Pinnell
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When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
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"Change is hard," we say, and it is even harder when change is thrust upon us. In today's tough times, we may be forced to reinvent our career or downsize our lives; at any point in life, we may lose a love or a dream. Our first reaction to change we didn't ask for may be to rail against fate. But what if we could see past today's turmoil and spot the opportunities that lie within unasked-for change? That is the promise of AdaptAbility, bestselling...
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Stories of your life and others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change -- the inevitable rise of automations or the appearance of aliens -- while striving to maintain some sense of normalcy.
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2015.
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"Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected is a fascinating look at how we can handle and harness surprise in our work, relationships, and everyday lives. Pop Quiz! Do you prefer when: A) Things go according to plan? B) When the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: surprise is the key that unlocks growth, innovation, and connection. It is also the secret...
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"Many of us will be struck by one or more major traumas sometime in our lives. Perhaps you have been a victim of sexual abuse, domestic violence or assault. Perhaps you were involved in a serious car accident. Perhaps you are a combat veteran. Maybe you were on the beach in Thailand during a tsunami, or in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Or maybe, you are among the millions who have suffered a debilitating disease, lost a loved one or lost your...
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Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013
2013 Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Book Award presented by the Midwest Sociological Society
Honorable Mention for the Charles H. Cooley Award for Outstanding Book from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Illuminates the misunderstood meaning of self-injury in the 21st century
Cutting, burning, branding, and bone-breaking are all types of self-injury, or the deliberate, non-suicidal...
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Pub. Date
2021
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""A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women." --Adam Grant A former White House strategist and fighter jet pilot now at the helm of one of the premier schools for girls in the country illuminates the ways parents and educators can support audacity and ambition in girls everywhere What do girls really need to succeed? As a student at the all-girls Baldwin School outside of Philadelphia, Marisa Porges was raised in...
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2020.
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"Bruce Feiler has long been thinking and writing about the stories that give our lives meaning. Several years ago he began to notice a new pattern: the old stories about the major plot points of our lives were no longer holding true. Increasingly, he observed, the stories we all inherit to explain how our lives should unfold were clashing with reality and creating more anxiety than guidance. People felt they were living their lives out of the expected...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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Does your child have a hard time adapting to change? Children love routine but sometimes plans changes and they need to be able to easily go with the flow. A Little Flexible Thinking SPOT is a colorfully illustrated story that shows children how to solve problems, look at things in a different way and make it easier to adapt to change.
12) Real to me
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Told from the perspective of an imaginary friend who grapples with the complex feelings of growing apart from their human.
13) Brilliant Bea
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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With help from Ms. Bloom and some new friends, Beatrice discovers that learning differently is not something to be afraid of, and that dyslexia does not define who she is.
14) Biosphere
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[2023]
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Billy and Ray are lifelong best friends and the last two men on Earth. Their survival is largely due to Ray, a brilliant scientist who designed a domed structure with all the systems necessary to sustain life. However, with the fish that provide essential protein dying out, Billy and Ray must find a way to survive.