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1) Pollyanna
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English
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When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
2) Dear Girl
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English
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Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
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English
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An activism handbook for teen girls ready to fight for change, social justice, and equality. Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. With in-depth guides to everything from picking a cause, planning a protest, and raising money to running dispute-free meetings, promoting awareness on social media, and being an effective ally. Get this handbook to crush inequality, start...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Sin rodeos ni blablabla de abuelita, Gaby Vargas y Yordi Rosado te platican qué onda con tus cambios físicos y emocionales, todo lo que quieres saber sobre ligue, cómo prevenir el abuso de las drogas y el alcohol, cómo evitar las infecciones de transmisión sexual, las maravillas y peligros de las redes sociales, cómo sobrevivir a tus compañeros de escuela y relacionarte mejor con ellos, cómo entender a tus papás. Esta edició llena de exceentes...
Publisher
Especialidades Juveniles
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
¿Habrá alguna que se sienta totalmente complacida con su cuerpo y su apariencia? ¿Existirá alguna que no luche con situaciones con sus padres? ¿Tendrá alguna frustración por no ser aceptada por las demás amigas? ¿Cómo poder abordar esas cosas sin perder la esencia de nuestra identidad en Cristo? Al fin llega un libro pensado especificamente solo para las chicas. Ahora existe esta alternatia para hablar acerca del verdadero amor, las mejores...
9) 16 wishes
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
After a box of mysteriously magical birthday candles makes all her wishes come true, Abby Jensen's new life takes an unexpected turn.
10) Querida niña
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Español
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"Este libro es para ti. Para ti, que eres maravillosa, inteligente y preciosa. Si alguna vez necesitas que te lo recureden, abre cualquier página del libro. Así sabrás que eres especial y muy querida." -- Back cover.
Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
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English
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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 sports...
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Laurel was sitting in her 2nd period Psychology class in high school when the loudspeaker announcement was made that she would be giving the high school graduation speech. The guy sitting behind her (who had been sitting behind her all year long) said, "Who the heck is Laurel Christensen?" The question haunted her for a long time. It's easy for girls to confuse or simply not know their identity in this world today. Drawing on life experiences, Laurel...
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Series
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Meet Mimi. She's charming! She's cheerful! She's cute! But that's not all! She's also a loyal friend and fun playmate, who has the best adventures with Penelope, her magical toy dog. But when Mimi notices people treating her like she's too cute, can she show them that she's much more than meets the eye? Or will she be stuck in this cute-astrophe?
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Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others.
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Publisher
Deseret Book
Pub. Date
p2006.
Language
English
Description
Young women are bombarded every day by conflicting messages from the world. No wonder they sometimes get confused about who they really are and what they were sent to earth to do. In this insightful talk on CD, Laurel Christensen shares the things she has discovered that make it possible not only to survive, but to flourish and find joy in those important years between twelve and eighteen, when so many decisions need to be made. "You do not know the...
Author
Publisher
RP Teens
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche. With dashes of humor throughout, Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In Talk with Her, fathers learn that "communication" with daughters doesn't mean having "big" conversations all the time. The author covers nineteen fundamental topics defining a daughter's life with information fathers need to address them, including body positivity, gender and sexual identity, negative peer influence, academic achievement, and financial literacy. For each topic, the author provides background knowledge, including cutting-edge research,...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
With their best friend Emma off traveling, Cleo and Rikki are about to face their last year of high school without her. They sense a potentially dangerous force is developing and a boy with freakish free-diving skills could hold the key to understanding the powerful energy. Thankfully they find an ally in Bella, a new girl in town who reveals an equally surprising twist: she too is a mermaid! Together, the new trio faces phenomenal challenges as they...
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English
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The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course! Whether readers...
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