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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
What advice would your 80-year-old self, give you? That is the question artist Susan O'Malley, who was herself to die far too young, asked more than a hundred ordinary people of every age, from every walk of life. She then transformed their responses into vibrant text-based images. From a prompt to do things that matter to your heart, to a reminder that it's okay to have sugar in your tea, these are calls to action and words to live by-heartfelt,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she's unusually close, a father she's never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Deeply curious, wry, and vivacious, she's poised at the outset of adulthood, ready to untangle all the mysteries that living holds--if she survives her teens"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires summoned theorist Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the "Event": the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came to understand that these men were under the influence of The Mindset, a Silicon Valley-style certainty that they and their cohort can break the laws of physics,...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"There's nothing in the world like a wonderful friend. Friends are there to laugh with you and ready with a hug when you need one. Adventure friends and study friends. There are forever friends and brand new friends. In this book, celebrate ALL the marvelous ways to be a friend!"--
Author
Series
Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club volume 1
Publisher
Barbour Pub., Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God. Annotation: Stitch by stitch, six unlikely lives are transformed with a little help from an Amish widow's quilting classes. . .and the healing hand of God.
89) This is water: some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion, about living a compassionate life
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tasha Jun has always been caught between worlds: American and Korean, faith and doubt, family devotion and fierce independence. As a Korean American, she wandered between seemingly opposing worlds, struggling to find a voice to speak and a firm place for her feet to land. The world taught Tasha that her Korean normal was a barrier to belonging--that assimilation was the only way she would ever be truly accepted. But if that were true, did that mean...
91) William's doll
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1972
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll any less.
92) Me first
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Pinkerton the pig always manages to be first until he rushes for a sandwich and it turns out to be not the edible kind.
Author
Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 1
Publisher
Viking Childrens books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although Sophie wants to be helpful and good, sometimes she ignores her mother, father, and grandmother and must have a time-out.
94) Amal unbound
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...
95) Ego is the enemy
Author
Publisher
Portfolio, Penguin
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
""While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition."--The prologue Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
With a failed marriage just one of her poor decisions, Alter sat down and asked herself what she truly wanted. She discovered that her list could easily be transformed into the cover lines of every woman's magazine-- and decided to spend a year following their advice without question.
98) No, David!
Author
Series
David (David Shannon) volume 1
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A young boy is depicted doing a variety of naughty things for which he is repeatedly admonished, but finally he gets a hug.
100) Say something!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A child is encouraged to find their own voice, and to say something, even though it may, at times, be difficult to speak out.
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