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1) Stepsister
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate -- there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.
Author
Language
English
Description
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill - an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah, who is timid at school but an imaginative leader when they play in the woods, and after winning a writing contest together they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others.
9) Thingamabob
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What is a thingamabob? A thingamabob can be anything...and so can you! A sweet, empowering picture book about self-discovery from the acclaimed author-illustrator of Petra. In the beginning, the universe was one great big thing. Then that thing exploded into gobs and gobs of thingamabobs. All of the thingamabobs had a purpose...all except for one small, shapeless thingamabob. No one knew what it was for. It wasn't this or that. It wasn't here or...
Author
Publisher
Invisible Universe/Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone in the Clyde family knows what their 'thing' is, except Clydeo. Clydeo doesn't love to surf like his uncle. He isn't into painting blindfolded like his cousin. And digging for dinosaur bones like his aunt is definitely not his thing. Clydeo tries everything he can think of, but nothing seems to make his world sparkle. Will Clydeo ever find what he loves to do most? Find out in this relatable and heartwarming story brought to you by actress,...
12) You are a story
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An empowering reflection on the many things we are and the ways we relate to the world"--
"Who are you exactly? What makes you, you? You are a living thing, a friend, a mystery, a miracle. You can be whatever you chose: it's your life to write, because you are a story!"--
13) Smiles to go
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Will Tuppence's life has always been ruled by science and common sense, but in ninth grade, shaken up by the discovery that protons decay, he begins to see the entire world differently and gains new perspective on his relationships with his little sister and two closest friends.
14) Wildman
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Lance Hendricks, eighteen, is an over-achiever headed to the last big party before graduation when his car breaks down in a remote Washington town, leading to life-changing experiences.
15) Isabel in bloom
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Making friends in a new city, and new country, is hard for twelve-year-old Filipina-American Isabel, but joining the gardening and cooking club at school helps her find her way.
16) Fish Girl
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--
17) Skating shoes
Author
Series
Shoes volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
On her first day at the ice skating rink, frail Harriet Johnson meets orphaned Lalla Moore whose wealthy aunt wants her to become a skating champion. The girls quickly become fast friends until they seem to be heading in two different directions: as Lalla's interest in skating starts to fade, Harriet's natural talents begin to emerge.
18) Paint the wind
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own path.
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