Iman
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Formats
Description
"The most delightful, absorbing, and hilarious book I have read in ages." —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate Equation
For fans of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bold Type comes a smart, modern story about the shifting media landscape and one Middle Eastern–American writer finding her place in it.
How far would you go to keep the job a hundred other girls
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Description
An Empowering Guide for Curing Self-Sabotage and Finding Success by Showing Up as Your Authentic, Vulnerable, and Powerful Self
We've all heard of the "glass ceiling" - referencing the external oppression women still experience in the workplace. Yet even for those of us who break through the societal barriers to success, there's another, bigger danger: internalized oppression or, metaphorically speaking, the glass ledge. "When the very qualities...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
"Rotterham Home was a hospice for young people—a place where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. Nobody who checked in ever checked out. It was a place of pain and sorrow, but also, remarkably, a place of humor and adventure. Every night at twelve, a group of young guys and girls at the hospice came together to tell stories. They called themselves the Midnight Club, and their stories could be true or false, inspiring or depressing, or...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Comneci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.
5) The Marvels
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
"Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole, her powers are entangled with super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and work together to save the universe." --container
6) Icons
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Markus Klinko and Indrani--the hottest team in celebrity and fashion photography--have produced album covers for Beyonce, Mariah Carey, and David Bowie, and shot everyone from Lady Gaga to Kate Winslet, Jay-Z, Lindsay Lohan, and Naomi Campbell. As former stars of the Bravo series Double Exposure and in past lives as a recording artist and top model, respectively, Markus and Indrani have spent most of their lives in front of the cameras, giving them...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 23
Description
A shipwreck strands a family headed for the new world with nothing but the ship's supplies and each other on a desert isle. Through hard work and knowledge of the natural world, they are able to not just survive, but thrive on the island. There is no better adventure in the natural world survival story.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself. 1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country's...
10) The jungle ABC
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Collage illustrations present words related to Africa, from "antelope" and "ibex" to "orchid" and "yams."