Carmen Jewel Jones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner ALL THE BROKEN PIECES.Serafina hasa secret dream. She wants to go to schooland become a doctorwith her best friend, Julie Marie. But in their rural villageoutside Port-au-Prince, Haiti,many obstaclesstand in Serafina's way—little money,never-ending chores,and Manman's worries. More powerful eventhan all of theseare the heavy rainsand the shaking earththat test...
2) Mirror Girls
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Biracial twin sisters--one who presents as black and the other as white--are determined to put the ghosts of the past to rest and to uncover the truth behind their parents' murders in the Jim Crow South.
3) The Liar
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English
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An enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense from million-copy bestselling author Kiersten Modglin...
Fletcher Denali's entire life is based on a lie.
Namely, that his name is not Fletcher Denali.
Hidden in plain sight, Fletcher must live his life with the weight of his secret past on his shoulders.
When he meets Vaida, the quiet girl with dark eyes, he can't help but be intrigued.
But Vaida has secrets
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Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult childhood, the tragic death of her mother, and the year...
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A call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens. An essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is-and always has been-inherently political. To better understand the mental health oppression and institutional violence that exists today, we must become familiar with the root of disembodiment from our histories,...
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English
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Following up on her acclaimed Teach Students How to Learn, that describes teaching strategies to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success, Saundra McGuire here presents these "secrets" direct to students. Beginning with explaining how expectations about learning, and the study efforts required, differ between college and secondary school, the author introduces her listeners, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance...