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Books That I Break My Back To Have With Me At All Timesš
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items Thought-provoking, educational, resourceful, and just great story teller books for every bookaholic's personal libraryā¤ļø
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Thought Provoking
This section provides intense adult story tellers relevant to today's issues, books that touch the soul and bring about hope and change to those that read them.
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a powerful, impactful, authentic, and emotionally raw book that blends humor, heartbreak and hope. The book vividly portrays systemic oppression of Black people through police brutality, media bias portraying victim...
The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner
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Margaret Atwood's: The Handmaid's Tale explores systemic oppression, particularly patriarchal control over women's bodies, stripping them of rights to read, own property, or make choices. It delves into feminism, authoritarianism, religious fundament...
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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A Raw, Unflinching Look at Teenage Turmoil.
Expelled from high school number one, Tyler Ruiz lands in his second with a chip on his shoulder and anger to spare. But when he meets Sara Allen, everything changes. What starts as a shallow pursuit become...
Skinhead Birdy (Gravel Road)
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Marieke Nijkampās This Is Where It Ends is a tense, emotionally charged young adult novel that unfolds over the course of 54 harrowing minutes during a school shooting in the fictional town of Opportunity, Alabama. Told through the alternating perspe...
This Is Where It Ends
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Kathleen Glasgowās Girl in Pieces is a haunting and heartbreakingly honest portrait of pain, resilience, and recovery. At seventeen, Charlotte Davis-āCharlieā-has endured more loss than most people face in a lifetime. Her story begins with fragments:...
Girl in Pieces
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Kathleen Glasgowās Youād Be Home Now is a luminous and devastating exploration of family, identity, and the scars left behind by addiction. Set in the small, suffocating town of Mill Haven-still reeling from the opioid crisis-the story follows Emory ...
You'd Be Home Now
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Internment by Samira Ahmed has become one of my all-time favorite rereads. Every time I return to it, Iām struck by how relevant and urgent this story feels-especially as our own country edges closer to recreating the very ideas it warns against. Set...
Internment
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The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings from Canterbury Classics is an accessible, carefully curated collection of core American documents that doubles as both a reference book and a thoughtful civics primer. It is the kind of volume that rewards un...
The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings | Leather-Bound Classics
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Pills and Me: My Spiral into Addiction hit much closer to home than I expected. Reading Kevinās story felt less like observing someone elseās life and more like listening to a version of my own inner monologue from the worst years of my using. The wa...
Pills and Me: My Spiral Into Addiction
Parenting
This section provides books on child development and books that aid you in parenthood through the betterment of your own health
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As a parent, Raising Securely Attached Kids feels less like a textbook and more like sitting down with a wise, nonjudgmental friend who actually gets how hard this is. Eli Harwood doesnāt talk down to you or make you feel like youāve already messed e...
Raising Securely Attached Kids: Connection-Focused Parenting
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As a mom who's relied on the What to Expect series from pregnancy through toddlerhood, this set-What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect the First Year/Second Year-has been my lifeline, answering every "why, when, and how" with reassur...
What to Expect 4-book set: First Year/Second ...
Kids books
This section provides books that give children great memories and even greater lessonsā¤ļøāš©¹
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I bought the whole bundle for my kids, as a victim of COCSA myself, this was a must have. Consent has been a raging issue since the beginning of time and one thing we can do to help prevent it, is make sure future generations have the boundaries and ...
Where Hands Go: An Introduction to Safe and Unsafe Touch
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Maybe by Kobi Yamada is a gentle and uplifting celebration of individuality and possibility. With poetic simplicity and breathtaking illustrations, it reminds readers-young and old alike-that each person is truly one of a kind. From the very first pa...
Maybe: A Story about Endless Potential
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Me and My Feelings has become one of those books that quietly changes the tone in our house. As a parent, it is such a relief to have something that talks to my kiddo on their level about big emotions-anger, jealousy, excitement, sadness-without maki...
Me and My Feelings: Kids' Guide to Expressing
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As a mom raising a multicultural family, Be Who You Were Meant To Be has quickly become a bedtime staple that sparks the best conversations with my little ones. This bilingual gem (English and Spanish, with the English in fun rhymes) dives right into...
Be Who You Were Meant To Be (The Be Books)
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Heidiās story is as warm and comforting as a cup of cocoa on a cold day in the mountains. In this edition, the heart of the classic shines through: a lonely little girl finds safety, love, and freedom when sheās brought to live with her gruff but kin...
Heidi: Illustrated Abridged Children's Classic