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2) Nightingale
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English
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June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn't be: independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner's domineering son. When June resists, she's committed to Burrow Place Asylum. Suburbia isn't the only prison for different...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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Filling the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor, Finch, who led the 2004 Olympic women's softball team to a gold medal, encourages young female athletes to make the right choices and believe in themselves.
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Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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In Reno, Nevada, seventeen-year-old Jory Michaels is self-conscious because she does not fit in with her "beautiful" family, so while her two best friends plan on a summer spent discovering their passions before their senior year of high school, she gets a job and saves money for plastic surgery.
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English
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Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in unique ways. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic -- and problematic -- images of what bodies are...
7) Tenmile
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English
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A thirteen-year-old girl living in an 1880 Colorado gold-mining town witnesses the hardships of her community as she assists her father, the town doctor.
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Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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When Britney, the most popular girl at Penford High School, invites April Bowers to her lunch table April is thrilled with her sudden change in status, but soon finds that Britney's friendship comes at a steep price.
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English
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"Teen girls need clear and accurate information about relationships, sexuality, safety, and consent more than ever. Written by two experts in teen mental health, this much-needed guide offers empowering tools to help teen girls build self-esteem, clarifytheir values, understand their sexual identity and boundaries, decide what feels right for them, and what to do when things go wrong so that they can safely navigate dating online and in person"--
"Are...
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English
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"Black girls living in predominantly White environments face unique challenges on the road to adulthood. In Finding Her Voice, three racial justice experts and advocates offer Black teen girls important self-empowerment skills, and provide activities andexercises to help teen readers challenge dominant culture, cultivate self-compassion, and build resilience in a world filled with microaggressions and discrimination"--
12) Beauty woke
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English
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Beauty--who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage--was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth.
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English
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Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than she is at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special--and that her superpower was right in front...
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Fire and thorns trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
A fearful sixteen-year-old princess discovers her heroic destiny after being married off to the king of a neighboring country in turmoil and pursued by enemies seething with dark magic.
16) Massie
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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When Massie is kicked out of her exclusive riding camp and her parents insist that she get a summer job, she becomes the highest-selling Be Pretty Cosmetics girl ever by ignoring the company's philosophy.
17) Understood Betsy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1000L
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English
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Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.
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Fire and thorns trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Hero. Foreigner. Queen. Elisa, at the age of seventeen, is all three. And all three draw enemies. Faced with assassins, court politics, and the threat of civil war, Elisa despairs of being the ruler her people need. Her only hope is the Godstone. She must master its power once and for all. She finds clues hidden in a long forgotten--and forbidden--scripture. Accompanied by a one-eyed warrior, an enemy defector, and the man she is falling in love...
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Fire and thorns trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 760L
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English
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Elisa, a fugitive in her own kingdom, faces great challenges to rescue the man she loves from her enemies, prevent a civil war, and take back her throne. But as her magic grows, Elisa discovers the shocking truth about her enemy's ultimate goal.
20) My hair
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English
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A fresh and fun celebration of natural hair for babies and toddlers! My Hair is the perfect introduction to an array of beautiful hairstyles for tiny naturalistas-in-training!
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