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1) The dot
Author
Language
English
Description
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.
3) Weird!
Author
Language
English
Description
When Luisa becomes the target of a school bully, she changes everything about herself to avoid being bullied.
4) Wildoak
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Best Children's Books 2022
New Children's Books October 2022
Summer Reading 2023: 4th To 5th Grade
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
New Children's Books October 2022
Summer Reading 2023: 4th To 5th Grade
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
Description
Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard, in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.
6) Wordy birdy
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Language
English
Description
"Wordy Birdy loves to talk, but will she ever learn to listen?"--
7) Over the net
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Language
English
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Description
Allie loves everything about volleyball--except hitting. She doesn't think she's good at it, and every time she messes up, her belief in her own abilities dwindles. Finally, she asks for help. Her idol, Nikki, agrees to coach her once a week. If Allie can learn to spike as well as she blocks, she could become one of the team's strongest players
Author
Language
English
Description
In this compilation of four separately published works, Gracie Laroo, the youngest pig on the Water Sprites, a medal-winning synchronized swimming team, gets a chance to perform at the Pig Jubilee, in a movie, on a cruise ship, as well as giving a motivational speech at her former school--all things which test her confidence and abiltiy to perform in the clutch.
12) All the answers
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ava finds an old pencil in her family's junk drawer and discovers, during a math test, that it will answer factual questions, so she and her best friend Sophie have a great time--and Ava grows in self-confidence--until the pencil reveals a truth about her family that Ava would rather not know.
Author
Language
English
Description
"For those struggling to overcome the feeling of never measuring up comes Killing Comparison, a practical and refreshing guide by social media executive, international speaker, and preacher Nona Jones that helps readers reject the lie that they aren't good enough to discover peace and live a free, joyful life"--
"Leave behind the discontent of comparison and discover a free and joyful life. Nearly all of us deal with the struggle of comparison and...
17) Starfish
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Michael L. Printz Award Winners and Honors
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book in Verse or a Book of Poetry
Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Book in Verse or a Book of Poetry
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
19) To catch a thief
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Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Amelia thinks of herself as devoid of talent, but when the dragonfly staff goes missing seven days before the Dragonfly Day Festival, she takes it upon herself to catch the thief and save her town.
Author
Language
English
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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read A Book With A Human Who Doesn't Look Or Live Like You
2024 Nutmeg Book Award Intermediate Nominees
2024 Nutmeg Book Award Intermediate Nominees
Description
When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.
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