self-confidence

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self-confidence

I am in charge of me

2005
A boy recounts the many things in his life that he is responsible for.

Puma range

1994
When Little Puma is separated from her mother and brothers, she is not sure that she can stay alive and find her way home alone.

Long shot

2008
A point guard for his school basketball team, Pedro decides to run for class president, but his running mate, Ned, who happens to be the most popular boy in school and Pedro's teammate, does not appreciate the competition.

Learning about strength of character from the life of Muhammad Ali

1999
A brief biography of the champion boxer, Muhammad Ali, emphasizing how he demonstrated the courage of his convictions.

Underwater

2007
Sixth-grader Gabe, a middle child, is unsure of himself and how he fits in his family and the rest of his world. Both his brothers have learning disabilities, does he? Is he a "difficult child," as the book his mom has suggests? Or, does he simply need to find his place?.

Bunnies on ice

2013
A confident and determined young rabbit demonstrates how to be a champion ice-skater.

Taking the reins

2010
Asks readers to determine the plotline in a story with more than twenty possible endings in which a young girl is asked to ride the school's best rider's horse in an upcoming show.

Be more chill

2005
Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.

Everybody sees the ants

a novel
2012
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.

Big fat manifesto

2008
High school senior Jamie Carcaterra tries to win a scholarship by sharing her experiences as a fat girl in today's appearance-obsessed high school culture, but as she opens her life up to the criticism of her classmates and the media, she begins to wonder if she is being truly honest with herself.

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