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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"In the vein of Reviving Ophelia and Untangled comes a fresh, unexpected, and empowering guide to better understand teenage girls, revealing how their insights can create heartfelt connections and impactful change. Written with warmth and humor, Underestimated is the first book to invite us into a teenage girl's brain and heart, as told from the point of view of a beloved and trusted mentor. Chelsey Goodan is a highly sought-after academic tutor who...
2) The teacher
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"Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…
Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When a high school senior finds out from her parents that she has to miss the town's winter dance to attend Christmas Eve service at church, she successfully wishes their faith away, bringing disasterous consequences to her family and community. To restore their faith, she is led through a series of Christmas adventures that change her heart and those around her.
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Series
Winter souls volume 1
Publisher
Winter Publishing House
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"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fright... After Helen Bell's eyes are opened to see the invisible Rime folk who drift into our world from a realm called "Winter", she's compelled to go on the run into their snowy world to avoid being forced to battle in the quarrel of sword and bone. A death sentence for anyone who steps into the arena with the deranged winter queen. Whose soul crisped to frost long ago."--Back cover.
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SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"One day, Sophie receives a cryptic letter posing an intriguing question: "Who are you?" A second message soon follows: "Where does the world come from?" It is the beginning of an unusual correspondence between our curious young heroine and her mysterious penpal. As the questions begin to pile up, Sophie is propelled headlong into a startling adventure through the history of Western philosophy. Her search for answers will see her explore each of the...
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Sophie's World: A Graphic Novel About the History of Philosophy, Vol II: From Descartes to the Present Day is the second adaptation continuing Jostein Gaarder's worldwide philosophy bestseller reimagined by writer Vincent Zabus and artist Nicoby. Sophie's come a long way since the day she received that cryptic letter with its intriguing question: "Who are you?" The mysterious correspondence sweeps our curious young heroine off on a tour of Western...
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Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Alice is certainly not in her world anymore. This version of Kyoto is magical and confusing -- and Alice can't seem to find her childhood first love, Ren, the person she believes summoned her to this Kyoto in the first place. Strangely enough, the Imperial Crown Prince looks startlingly like Ren... but if he summoned her here, why doesn't he recognize her? On top of all that, Alice realizes she must discover her heart's true calling in order to...
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Orphaned at a young age, Alice has lived with her aunt for most of her childhood. But her uncle is abusive and resentful, and at fifteen years old, Alice decides to return home to Kyoto and train as a maiko, eventually hoping to become a geisha. But when she arrives back to the city where she was born, she finds that Kyoto has changed quite a bit in the eight years since she left it. Almost as if it's a completely different world ...
9) Ghost roast
Author
Publisher
Versify, Harper Alley is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2024.
Description
"For as long as she can remember, Chelsea Grant has tried everything she can think of to distance herself from her father's work as a "paranormal removal expert," a hard task when he's advertising proudly all over New Orleans! This year, she's all grown up and finally friends with the popular crowd at her fancy high school.Things are looking up--until a night on the town backfires spectacularly, landing her in hot water at home.
10) Kamisama kiss
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Series
Publisher
Viz Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2017, 2010.
Description
"Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity. Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky...
11) Holiday country
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Ada adores spending every summer in a Turkish seaside town with her mother and grandmother at the family villa. The glittering waters, picturesque olive groves, and her spirited friends make it easy for Ada to leave her idle life in California behind. But no matter how much Ada feels she belongs to the country where her mother grew up, deep down, her connection to the culture feels as fleeting as the seasons. When Levent, a mysterious...
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Pub. Date
2020
Description
Millie Sinclair is a socialite from Newport, Rhode Island, a place rich with history-not that she cares. After failing a history test, she's desperate for extra credit and accepts an assignment to tour one of the famous Newport mansions. At first the old mansions are nothing more than venues for weddings and charity events to Millie. Until she discovers a link to her family history and unearths a world of lies, betrayal and heartache in the pages...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story-until a mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality. It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer,...
15) Fate breaker
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Series
Realm breaker volume 3
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"Armed with Taristan's sword, the only Spindleblade left in existence, Corayne must stop him and Queen Erida from bringing forth their demon god to destroy the world"--
Change your fate--or kneel to it. The Companions are scattered and hopeless, torn from each other. After Corayne barely escapes with her life, she must forge on alone, leaving her blade broken and her allies behind her. Her only consolation--Corayne now has Taristan's sword, the only...
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Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
13-year-old Minako is an active tomboy who loves idols and video games, and is on the volleyball team. One day, Minako accidentally stumbles upon a white cat, who introduces himself as Artemis and gives her a special pen that can transform her into masked champion of justice, Sailor V! As her carefree love-seeking days begin to include adventures against the energy-seeking Dark Agency, Minako will learn to embrace the full extent of her destiny in...
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Series
Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Marinette is your typical high school student: cheery and a little clumsy. Not so typical? She can transform into a superhero! As the confident, masked Ladybug, Marinette guards the streets of the City of Lights alongside Cat Noir, another superhero who, unbeknownst to Marinette, is her classmate Adrian, and her crush! Adrian doesn't know who Ladybug is, either, but he's crushing on her, too. Supervillains, school, and criss-crossed crushes? As if...
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Publisher
Midwest Tape
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Castle in the Sky (1986): Pazu is an engineer's apprentice who finds Sheeta, a young girl, floating down from the sky, wearing a glowing pendant. Together, they discover both are searching for Laputa, a legendary floating castle, and vow to unravel the mystery of the luminous crystal around Sheeta's neck. Their quest won't be easy. There are greedy air pirates,...
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