Eighteen-year-old city girl, Zillah, abandons her safe summer holiday plans and takes the train to the wild West Coast in response to a mysterious letter. Her destination is an empty shack on a dangerous tidal river where she meets the...
Self-perception
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Author:TODD, PenelopeSummary: - Author:Heti, Sheila, Lerner, BenSummary:
The A List edition of Ticknor, the first novel by Sheila Heti — featuring a new introduction by Ben Lerner, author of Leaving the Atocha Station.George Ticknor is trying to reconcile his own failure with the success of his boyhood...
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Author:Pennypacker, SaraSummary:Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
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Eleven-year-old Kammie reflects on her life as she fights claustrophobia while waiting to be rescued from a well she fell into while trying to impress some mean girls.
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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment...
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Author:Pearson, MarySummary:In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling...
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Author:Adams, S.J.Summary:Do you feel lost? Confused? Alone? (Circle one): Yes or No. The Church of Blue can help. We are not a cult. $5 for a holy quest is a good deal. Since sixth grade, Debbie Woodlawn has nursed a secret, heart-searing crush on her best...
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Author:Randle, Kristen D.Summary:Three Mormon high school friends, perky Nikki, studious Alicia, and football player Sam, make a pact of the Pygmalion style -- they decide to help the "untapped" students at their school. Their plan is to transform three...
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A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful...
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Author:Lum, KateSummary:Three princesses, each with a particular skill, decide they are bored with what they do and swap jobs.
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Author:Friedman, RobinSummary:A 2009 Sydney Taylor Award Notable Books for Teens winner Bronze Medal winner for the Young Adult Fiction category of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards "Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying...
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Author:Griffin, AdeleSummary:Stuck babysitting during the summer while her friends take glamorous vacations, fourteen-year-old Irene learns some lessons about life after meeting a beautiful, yet troubled, girl.
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Winner of the IODE National Chapter Award, and Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection. In this brillant and poetic novel, Brian Doyle returns to the Gatineau River near Ottawa, the world of his novels Up to Low and Uncle Ronald. Mary...
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Lockie Leonard's survived the worst year on record. His first year of high school, a new town, his first mad love affair - it's all behind him. But the world of weirdness hasn't finished with him yet. His family is in a...
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Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.
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Comment accéder à l’être authentique en vous pour vivre une vie épanouissante et pleine de sens ? Le cœur du sujet présente une méthode simple mais extraordinairement efficace appelée le défi Voir Ressentir Entendre qui vous inspirera à...
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Author:Wild, MargaretSummary:Young or old, everyone in Jen's life has a story to tell. Margaret Wild reveals the essence of their lives in this fine, fierce, deeply compassionate novel of loss, longing, courage and joy.
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Harriet a décidément le don de se fourrer dans des situations délicates. En plus de s’attirer les foudres de ses consoeurs mannequins, jalouses de son succès, elle se retrouve enrôlée malgré elle au lycée, dans une très mauvaise...
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Author:Van Draanen, WendelinSummary:In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
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Author:Tawada, YōkoSummary:
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