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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Shira dreams of a life onstage, and twin sister Esther wants to devote her life to God, so they decide to switch places to pursue their dreams--butt the two discover they need to work together to accomplish their goals and bring their families and community together.
2) Love, Ish
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl sees a strong woman on TV labeled as "too assertive" and "too ambitious," it sends her on a journey of discovery through past, present, and future about the challenges faced by women and girls and the ways in which they can reframe, redefine, and reclaim words meant to knock them down. As Ambitious Girl says: No "too that" or "too this" will stop what's inside us from flowering. --from Amazon.
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dreams provide purpose and meaning--they are ideas born of love. They take time to sprout and can sometimes be clouded by the doubts of others, BUT with patience and discipline, we can rely on our visions for a better world by following our dreams. Interspersed with explanations of what dreams are and why they are important, are affirmations that offer precise ideas for ways our dreams can effect change.
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Benji loves to fly kites--big kites, small kites, even box-shaped kites. One day he sees a giant orange kite in the toy shop near the beach. Benji wants to buy the kite, but he has already spent all of his allowance, so he earns money helping his mom in her garden. Finally, he has enough to buy the big, beautiful, orange kite. Benji takes it to the beach and lets the string out. The kite reaches for the sky--higher and higher and higher ..."--Jacket....
6) The herd boy
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Malusi is a young shepherd boy who does a good job of caring for his grandfather's sheep. He gets up earlier to drive them to feed on good pasture looking out for all kinds of dangers such as coiled up snakes, eagles flying overhead and baboons who want to make a meal of the lambs. But Malusi also dreams of being President one day, a great leader. Many brave and wonderful leaders were shepherd boys in their youth learning how to protect and take...
Author
Publisher
Poppy, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
After an injury forces fifteen-year-old gymnast Caroline to quit competing, her older brother's best friend Alex promises to help her find a new signature sport, and, in return, she offers to set him up on a date with her former teammate.
9) Mary can!
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The multi-awarding-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon presents this entertaining and empowering story in which young Mary, told there are many things she cannot do, isn't about to let anyone tell her she cannot sing.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Margot met Zach in Paris, and they spent the perfect evening together: sealed with a kiss and a promise that if the universe wants them to be together, fate will find a way. One year later, Margot has finished high school and moves to New York, ready to roll up her chef's-coat sleeves in Manhattan's restaurant scene. She enlists the help of Ben, the line cook at her restaurant, to find Zach. She's sure he's her soul mate... but what if the universe...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The possibilities are endless in this uplifting ode to the power of potential. With lyrical text by bestselling author Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and images by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt -- the team behind CreativeSoul Photography -- each page of The Me I Choose To Be is an immersive call for self-love that highlights the inherent beauty of all Black and brown children. "--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she's dreamed of and worked...
13) Made glorious
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Rory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeare’s Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths she’ll go to to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy’s senior musical, confessing without shame that she is charming and conniving and brutally ambitious, that we will watch and root for her even as she manipulates and endangers those around her. And we do. Perhaps it’s because we don’t want to believe that...
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