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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Paige has only a few memories of her mother who left when she was five. Now, having left her father behind for dreams of an art school and marriage to an ambitious doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own. She struggles with shameful memories of her past and doubts her own maternal ability and self-worth.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 2021, women represented 54.3% of the US workforce but only held 35% of senior leadership positions. Of that percentage, only 2.7% of Asian women were seen in management roles. While there have been great leaps for women in the workplace in the last decade, women of color still fall behind. The Tao of Self-Confidence book sets a foundation to help Asian Women start being seen as leaders in work and life rather than by our stereotypes. In order...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's time for you to spread your wings and fly. The world can seem like a scary place. But you are ready.
Bold illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage children who are going out into the world to spread their wings, knowing they have everything they need inside them.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elinor is used to doing very well in school, but as Poem in Your Pocket Day approaches, bringing an opportunity to meet a real poet, her struggle to write a perfect poem causes Elinor's confidence to falter, despite Mr. Tiffin's guidance and reassurance.
13) I can do it too!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl gains self-confidence with the love and support of her family and soon is able to encourage a younger family member.
14) Storm surfer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though they know better, Abby, Sara, and Jill decide to try surfing with a hurricane approaching and must rely on someone else to help them.
16) Miss Tutu's star
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young Selena, who would rather twirl than walk, begins to study ballet and, after years of practice and a great deal of encouragement from Miss Tutu, finally makes her stage debut.
Author
Series
Unwanteds volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
As the Wanteds, Unwanteds, and Necessaries struggle to adjust to changes in their society, Mr. Today begins training fourteen-year-old Alex to replace him as Artime's leader one day while Alex's disgraced twin, Aaron, connives to take over Quill.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Bear and little Sam deliver the cakes they have made for their friends in the neighborhood, Sam carries the cakes all by himself, through the snow and up to the front doors.
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Combines first-person stories from older people in all walks of life with the author's personal observations to look at the experience of aging, showing the later years to be a time of emotional, intellectual, and spiritual growth and happiness, rather than a period of decline.
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