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2) Wonder
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English
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
3) Crabby Crab
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English
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Crabby Crab, unhappy about the way he looks and moves, is surprised to learn that he is loved just the way he is.
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English
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Maya and her family have a problem. They try ignoring it, dancing around it, even sweeping it under the rug. Yet the elephant in the room remains. And Maya is at her wit's end figuring out how to hide it from everyone. Then a new friend moves in next door, and Maya begins wondering if there might be a better way to deal with the whole situation?
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Bob Comet is a retired librarian, isolated but not lonely, living out his quiet days in a mint-colored house in Oregon, surrounded by his books and small comforts. One morning, out on his daily walk, he performs an act of kindness that brings him into contact with a nearby senior center, where he soon begins volunteering. Here, as a community of peers and friends gathers around Bob, and following a happenstance brush with a painful complication from...
6) The pack
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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When a boy disguises himself in order to feel like a part of the pack, will he be able to choose to give up everything and be himself?
8) You are mine
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When Punchinello tries to prove his worth by getting more boxes and balls than the other Wemmicks, he learns that his maker, Eli, loves him because of who he is and not what he possesses.
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Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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In this picture book, a child who is learning about self-love meets different challenges--like learning to ride a bike and being afraid of the dark--with the help of a cuddly creature representing their inner self.
10) Every last word
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English
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Hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Samantha has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. When Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret. Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, and she is drawn to them immediately-- especially a guitar-playing...
11) Perfectly Norman
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2018.
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English
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Norman is thrilled to discover he grew a pair of wings overnight, but his excitement turns to doubt when he realizes he is now different from everyone else, causing him to question whether there is such thing as perfectly normal.
13) Hey, Al
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
c1986.
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English
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Al, a janitor, learns to appreciate the world he lives in.
16) Loser
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English
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Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Donald's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
18) Buffalo fluffalo
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English
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A sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is.
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