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"Newly divorced Dana Stellgarten has always been unfailingly nice--even to telemarketers--but now her temper is wearing thin. Money is tight, her kids are reeling from their dad's departure, and her Goth teenage niece has just landed on her doorstep. As she enters the slipstream of post-divorce romance and is befriended by the town queen bee, Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself and being liked doesn't end in middle school...and...
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"Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota's Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O'Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown,...
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2013
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Based on the book series DEAR DUMB DIARIES, the film follows the exploits of middle schooler Jamie Kelly as she vents and comments on her life. Eleven-year old Jamie fills her diary with daydreams of her crush Hudson, and of banishing Angeline, the pretty, popular girl in school. Jamie hopes to win a contest at school, thinking she will impress Hudson and feel better about herself by beating Angeline. In the meantime, she somehow loses her diary.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Preteens and adolescents discuss the adverse effects of the sexual stereotypes with which they are constantly bombarded. They talk about how hard it is to develop their own personality and make friends when they don’t conform to media and advertising images. Produced in collaboration with the Montreal Women’s Y as a follow-up to Sexy Inc.: Our Children Under Influence, also directed by award-winning filmmaker Sophie Bissonnette, this film for...
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"This astonishing, devastating debut novel, riven through with mystery and magic, tells the story of a lonely girl living in a small African town and her struggle to free herself from her mercurial, charming mother. Ayosa is a wandering spirit- joyous, exuberant, filled to the brim with longing. Her only companions in her grandmother's crumbling house are as lonely as Ayosa herself: the ghostly Fatumas, whose eyes are the size of bay windows, who...
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Today's mom is faced with the task of helping her 8-to-12-year-old daughter grow up in a society that compels her little girl to grow up too fast. Moms' Ultimate Guide to the Tween Girl Years gives mothers practical advice and spiritual inspiration that will enable them to see their mini-women into adolescence strong, confident, authentic, and God-centered, even in a morally challenged society – without losing their childhoods before they're ready....
9) Abe
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Breaking Glass Pictures
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Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together, but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn't end in a fight. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with Chico, an adventurous street chef who encourages him to think outside his old cuisines. However, when Abe's deceit is uncovered, he must grapple with his family and his passions and whether even the most lovingly...
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Reading, writing, and-wardrobe disasters? Stop tween troubles in their tracks with help from the series that has sold more than ten million copies worldwide.
Homework, hormones, heartache... middle school has no shortage of perils. Never fear, the authors of the bestselling Worst-Case Scenario series return with a survival guide for those who are facing-or just about to face-this big transitional time in school and life. The handbook is packed with...
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You balance it all: homework, extracurricular activities, chores, friendship drama, and family, all while trying to give the impression that you know exactly what you're doing. Sometimes when we try to look perfect on the outside, we can feel rotten on the inside. This book offers advice on building healthy habits and mental strength, training your brain to be resilient and strong.
12) Cosmic
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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Super-sized, eleven-year-old Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space.
13) Be loved
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"Emma Mae Jenkins, a young writer, has inspired many with the freedom she has to be herself-a dearly loved child of God. In her first book, Be Loved, she invites readers to join her on a journey of life-changing faith and the freedom that comes from knowing the love of God. She chronicles her own high school journey through starting a new school, navigating the typical pressures of school work and sports, going to prom, and even homecoming. Emma Mae...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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After attending a powerful protest, Shayla starts wearing an armband to school to support the Black Lives Matter movement, but when the school gives her an ultimatum, she is forced to choose between her education and her identity.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before. In this astonishing new documentary, award-winning documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer (Leaving Bountiful, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids) explores what this radical...
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