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1) Grow yourself beautiful: a smart girls guide to following her heart and focusing on her inner joy
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Publisher
iUniverse
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Girls can rule the world-- all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It's a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they're consumed with doubt on the inside. Girls worry constantly about how they look, what people think, whether to try out for a...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Confidence is your fuel. It turns your thoughts into action; your dreams into reality. The best way to understand confidence and learn how to harness its secret powers is to see it in action for yourself. So take a look at these thirty stories of real girls. From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls are pursuing their passions, struggling and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own...
Author
Publisher
MyGirl Coaching, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"You can build your girl's self-confidence and set her on a path to believing in her ability to be or do anything she wants to in the world...and it's not as hard as you think. Author Danielle Fuligni McKay draws on her vast experience leading groups that teach girls self confidence and her own personal story as a positive parent to offer parents, mentors, teachers and coaches of adolescent and teenage girls powerful methods for raising confident...
5) Dumplin'
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Series
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
6) Smile
Author
Series
Smile volume 1
Language
English
Description
Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to...
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC
Pub. Date
©2020
Language
English
Description
"A compilation of personal, revealing stories about teens' real-life experiences that provides a roadmap for teens to be the very best they can be. Values such as effort, honesty, respect, self-esteem, family bonding, diversity, and volunteering are illustrated by the stories. Some stories are followed by quizzes or inspirational quotes that reinforce the lessons learned in the stories."--
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English
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"As a teen, how you feel about yourself can affect all aspects of your life. When you have healthy self-esteem, you have an easier time making friends, doing well in school, and even interviewing for jobs. You're able to see yourself clearly--celebrating your strengths and accepting your weaknesses. And most importantly, you're better equipped to accomplish almost any goal you set. Self-Esteem for Teens will show you how to build a positive view of...
Author
Publisher
Maeve Ronan Inc
Pub. Date
© 2020
Language
English
Description
"Being a teenager can suck, but it doesn't have to forever. This isn't like other teen self-help books-- it's written by a 23-year-old you can actually relate to. In her debut book, Maeve Ronan shares the top 3 life insights she wishes she knew as a teen when she was struggling with anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts."--Publisher's description
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"In this unique book, teen writer and recipe creator Sadie Radinsky offers practices, tips, and exercises to help young women embrace their whole selves. Each chapter welcomes a different mood (like mad, blue, wild, cozy) to empower all parts of their lives. The book includes: tips and insights for navigating some of young women's biggest issues today, 45 delicious gluten-free, Paleo treat recipes, well-being practices like getting enough sleep, exercise...
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Series
Riverbend friends volume 6
Publisher
Focus on the Family, a Focus on the Family resource published by Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Shay desperately wants to feel loved and wanted--to be part of a real family. She thought that finally meeting her real father, a famous horse trainer, might change her life for the better. And it did. Sort of. She's more inspired to work with horses now, for sure, but a "normal" family--like her friends talk about--doesn't seem like it's in her future. Living with her aunt and working with horses every day doesn't seem to give her the love and acceptance...
Author
Publisher
Derek T Freeman
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When you try to be something you're not, it wrecks your self-esteem, personal power, and any belief that you deserve much more. But it doesn't have to be that way. Whether you're a nerd or a jock, an overachiever or an underachiever, a loner or an outcast - that is not your entire identity. It's just one tiny part of the vast YOU. With the help of this book, you can uncover the whole, wonderful person within and, from that, create an incredible...
14) Puddin'
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Series
Language
English
Description
When circumstances put Millie Michalchuk and Callie Reyes together over the course of a semester, the girls realize they have more in common than they ever imagined.
15) The self-compassionate teen: mindfulness and compassion skills to conquer your critical inner voice
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Language
English
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Description
"Teens can be extremely self-critical, and are often nicer to others than they are to themselves. In The Self-Compassionate Teen, psychologist Karen Bluth offers powerful, everyday self-compassion and mindfulness tools to help teen readers overcome self-judgment, stop comparing themselves to others, and cultivate the courage to be themselves"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Overweight sixteen-year-old Charlie yearned for her first kiss while her perfect best friend, Amelia, fell in love, so when she finally starts dating and learns the boy asked Amelia out first, she is devastated.
"Charlie Vega is smart, funny, artistic, ambitious. And fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. The world wants Charlie to be thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired, like her best friend Amelia....
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Alcanzar la mayoría de edad siendo una chica gorda y morena en un suburbio blanco de Connecticut es difícil. Más aún cuando toda tu vida parece estar en llamas. Charlie Vega es muchas cosas: Inteligente. Divertida. Artística. Ambiciosa. Gorda. La gente a veces tiene problemas con esto último, especialmente su madre. Charlie quiere tener una buena relación con su cuerpo, pero es difícil. Y no ayuda el hecho de que su madre le deje batidos...
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Series
Publisher
Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Stop comparing yourself to others--you're special just as you are!" That's the message psychologist Michelle Skeen and her daughter, Kelly Skeen, instill in teen readers with this unique self-help guide. With this fun and engaging book, teens will learn how to silence their nit-picky inner critic, overcome feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness, cultivate self-acceptance and self-compassion, and discover what really matters to them"--
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