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Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories. "Her characters are all unsteady on their feet in one way or another; they all yearn for connection and betterment, though each in very different ways, but they are often tripped up by their own baser impulses and existential insecurities...a master class in the varieties of self-deception across the gamut of individuals representing the human condition."--Provided by publisher.
7) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Language
English
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
10) Eden Mine
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From an act of political violence that tears apart a family's faith and community, S. M. Hulse crafts a compelling novel that mines the deep rifts that come when the reach of the government clashes with individual freedom"--
11) The lost girl
Author
Language
English
Description
When they are separated for the first time since birth, Iris and Lark struggle with insecurities over their individual identities at the same time things begin to go missing around town.
13) Funny Frank
Author
Language
English
Description
Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.
14) Perfectly Parvin
Author
Series
Perfectly Parvin volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming"--
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Shares inspirational true stories about life-changing moments as experienced by everyday people and such noted individuals as television host Dr. Mehmet Oz, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, and renowned speaker Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.
16) Stargirl
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Rumple Buttercup has five crooked teeth, three strands of hair, green skin, and his left foot is slightly bigger than his right. He is weird. Join him and Candy Corn Carl (his imaginary friend made of trash) as they learn the joy of individuality as well as the magic of belonging.
Author
Language
English
Description
"in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
The story of a seagull who continually experiments with and practices his flying, behaving much unlike the other gulls and being ostracized by them. He is determined to be more than just another one of the flock, despite his failures, and learns and teaches lessons about the self and others.
Author
Language
English
Description
"After failing a school eating test, picky eater Minerva is placed in the lowest eating track of all: Remedial Eating to Change Habits. RETCH class is full of kids with weird personalities and even weirder food preferences...But soon Minerva finds she isnot alone in her pickiness, and forms friendships with her new classmates. And together, they find a way to stand up for themselves, picky and proud"--
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