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Curry, Stephen

Summary: It's the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different--and what it...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CUR

Scott, Jordan

Summary: "A girl grows up visiting Snæfellsjökull, the glacier near her home, but when preteen life throws her off-center she must reconnect with her icy old friend"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCO

Clemmons, Terri

Summary: Mara is worried about what the students at her new school will think about her hearing aids, but as she explains about lip reading and sign language she makes two new friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beaming Books 2024

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE CLE

Stark, Andrew

Summary: Liam is an Ojibwa boy starting at a new school, and he is self conscious because of his cleft lip--especially after another boy tells him that he looks like a lion.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE STA

Colagiovanni, Marc

Summary: Talking to their reflection in the mirror, a young child explores and affirms all the things that make them unique and, in fact, perfectly perfect.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COL

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COL

Castillo, Lauren

Summary: "When a young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city, the girl feels fine on her own. She would rather play by herself than meet new kids at the park or have a playdate with the other children in her building. And when her mom takes her to story time at the bookstore, she breaks down in tears. But things start to change when she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CAS

Green, Poppy

Summary: Sophie Mouse helps a self-conscious firefly discover the beauty of his bright glow just in time for him to perform with his Lightning Bug troupe.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2024

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Simonson, Louise

Summary: Allie is a star on the track team at Memorial Middle School, but when she passes out at a local track meet, she is diagnosed with diabetes, and afraid of what the other kids will think she tries to keep it a secret--a plan that backfires when her furtive and erratic behavior leads to rumors that she is on drugs, or worse.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019

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Griffith, Evan

Summary: "Peter and his best friend, Tommy, have a goal for their last summer before middle school: finish their Discovery Journal, a catalog of the wildlife around their Florida town. When they spot a manatee in a canal, Peter knows they've found something special--and when the manatee is injured by a boat, something to protect! As Peter joins the fight to save Florida manatees, he also finds himself...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRI

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRI

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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Griffith

Treml, Renée

Summary: Ollie is an owl who wears glasses; Bea is a bunny with very big feet, and both are very self-conscious about what they see as flaws--but when they meet they help each other turn what seem at first to be problems into superpowers, and so become good friends.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TRE

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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Ollie Treml

Freeman, Sara

Summary: "An intoxicating, compact debut novel, Tides is the story of a lost woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town by the winner of the Henfield Prize, Sara Freeman. After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy beach town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC FRE

Chambers, Becky

2 holds on 3 copies

Summary: "In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA

Chambers, Becky

Summary: ""Tender and healing... I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost. Stunning, kind, necessary." -Sarah Gailey on book 1: A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHA

Stephenson, Simon

Summary: Follows the emotional awakening of a human-like bot, a small-town dentist who, in the wake of an inexplicable response to a classic movie, endeavors to forge real connections.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STE

Roe, Robin

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything: popularity, good looks, perfect grades--there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy. Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROE

Sheth, Kashmira

Summary: Nina Soni is a lovable, distractible Indian American girl with big plans and cast of family and friends to help her make her realize her dreams, or resolve the chaos that often results. A long rainy stretch during spring break has Nina restless and hungry for a new project and aggravated with little sister Kavita's embarrassing behavior. Then, a fresh pile of dirt is delivered to the neighbor's...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: A collection of stories that help kids learn they are special just the way God made them. A shepherd boy realizes that little guys can do big things too. A trip to outer space helps the Veggies learn to appreciate the differences in others. A self-conscious Snoodle realizes that he is uniquely made and all the Veggies are reminded that each one of us is special.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Big Idea 2007

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD MOVIE Veg

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD V

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