self-actualization

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self-actualization

Good different

"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"--BTCat.
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Be original

2022
". . . a guided notebook that provides tools, advice and inspiration to help teenagers to identify and embrace their individuality. This practical guide inspires teenagers to discover what makes them unique, celebrate their originality and present their most authentic selves to the world. Including topics such as resisting peer pressure, pushing past their comfort zone and believing in themselves to realise their dreams"--BTCat.
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The lost souls of Benzaiten

2024
Rendered mute following a traumatic friendship breakup, seventeen-year-old Machi prays to a Japanese goddess to become a vacuum cleaner robot, but accidentally conjures the deity, who is determined to show Machi that life is worth living.
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The misdirection of fault lines

Three Asian American teen girls look for direction in their lives as they compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament.
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Perry Homer ruins everything

2024
Perry Homer is bad news, just like the rest of his troublemaking family. Perry thinks he could be good. His favorite teacher, Miss Penelope, recommended him for a scholarship at the prestigious Ithaca School, and it's his chance to change things. He just has to get home from Lindsborg and show up for the interview. Still, that's easier said than done. After the Homers get kicked off their plane, Perry comes up with one last scheme to keep them pointed toward home.

Isabel in bloom

2024
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.

It's not bragging if it's true

2023
Zaila shares what motivates her and gives advice on living authentically.

Plan A

2023
Sixteen-year-old Ivy's road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice.
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Charisma's turn

a graphic novel
2023
"Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future"--OCLC.
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Superman

the harvests of youth
2023
As teenager Clark Kent and his friends grieve the death of a classmate, Smallville's latest threat pushes Clark to grapple with life's biggest questions in order to become the hero his town needs.

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