autonomy (psychology)

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

"Willie Bohanon knows self-determination is a key to success. Too bad his closest friends don't think so. They struggle to set the simplest of goals. Even Willie sometimes loses focus and gives up. Luckily for him and his pals, a mentor teaches them about SWAG -- Self-determination, Working hard, Ambition and Guidance. It's a timely lesson for the teens, who are reminded that they power their own success. Written in a comic-book style, this is the first in the author's Willie Bohanon series."--Provided by publisher.

After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted.

"Princess Florizella was friends with some of the princesses who had studied the Princess Rules, and behaved just as the Rules said they should. Florizella thought their hair was lovely: so golden and so very long. And their clothes were nice: so richly embroidered. And their shoes were delightful: so tiny and handmade in silk. But their days bored her to death... Instead, Princess Florizella rides herhorse, Jellybean, all over the kingdom, having adventures ofher own"--OCLC.

After escaping her abusive family's interstellar merchant ship, seventeen-year-old Pendt lands on a remote space station run by the Brannick twins, and together they make plans to thwart the destinies they never wanted.

"Sheltered, homeschooled Beck Beveroth is on her way to college, and thrilled to start this new chapter in her life. She's road-tripping to campus with her overprotective dad, Gil, but it all goes off the rails with a shooting at a remote gas station. When Beck finally emerges from hiding, her dad and the car are gone, and she's the only person left alive. Beck is in the world now, and she's beyond not ready for it"--Back cover.

"Oh no! Science Fair! The biggest day of the year for Morecaster School is filled with ideas, hard work, and pressure! Like many kids, Dylan is caught between doing his project on his own, and accepting help from his enthusiastic parents! He learns what is important in the end . . ."--OCLC.

Provides educators with step-by-step instructions for implementing student-directed learning in their classrooms.

"Malini, a young girl in a small Sri Lankan community, is anxious about the responsibility of helping with the monsoon-season rice planting for the first time. When a flash flood leaves her stranded alone with the ox cart full of rice seedlings, she summons unexpected courage to calm the ox and save her town's rice crop"-Provided by publisher.

Distressed French writer Antoine Roquentin begins a daily diary documenting the minute details of his life. In his quest to find meaning in his everyday activities, Roquentin slowly begins to realize life is without meaning. Includes an introduction describing the existentialist beliefs of Sartre explored in the novel.