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The Truro Bear and Other Adventures - Poems and Essays
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The Truro Bear and Other Adventures - Poems and EssaysThe Truro Bear and Other Adventures - Poems and Essays

From a poet who teaches us the beauty and magic of the natural world comes a reminder that this world includes “the creatures, with their / thick fur, their shy and wordless gaze. Their / infallible sense of what their lives / are meant to be.”


 
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Tags: their, world, lives, sense, infallible, Truro, Essays, Other
Lives Like Loaded Guns - Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds
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Lives Like Loaded Guns - Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s FeudsLives Like Loaded Guns - Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds

A startling portrayal of one of America's most significant literary figures that will change the way we view her life and legacy


 
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Tags: Loaded, Lives, Emily, Dickinson, Feuds
The Courage to Be Yourself - True Stories by Teens About Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming Peer Pressure
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The Courage to Be Yourself - True Stories by Teens About Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming Peer PressureThe Courage to Be Yourself - True Stories by Teens About Cliques, Conflicts, and Overcoming Peer Pressure

Cassandra is hassled by her friends for sitting with the “wrong” kids at lunch. Jennifer gets harassed because she’s overweight. Dwan’s own family taunts her for not being “black enough.” Yen is teased for being Chinese; Jamel for not smoking marijuana. Yet all find the strength to face their conflicts and the courage to be themselves.
In 26 first-person stories, real teens write about their lives with searing honesty. They will inspire young readers to reflect on their own lives, work through their problems, and learn who they really are.
 
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Tags: their, being, lives, inspire, young, Yourself, Courage
Cool Water
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Cool WaterCool Water

In the small town of Juliet, Saskatchewan you may imagine that not much goes on. But you would be wrong. Surrounded by the Little Snake sand hills, the residents of Juliet go about their daily lives, caught up in the hills and valleys that life often brings. 
 
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Tags: Juliet, hills, lives, daily, their, Water
Children's Lives, Children's Futures - A Study of Children Starting Secondary School
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Children's Lives, Children's Futures - A Study of Children Starting Secondary SchoolChildren's Lives, Children's Futures - A Study of Children Starting Secondary School

This title presents a fascinating analysis of how children in their first year of high school feel about their schools, its place in their lives and its role in their futures. This highly topical monograph focuses on how children in their first year of high school feel about school, its place in their lives and its role in their futures. The theoretical context of the study is the focus in educational studies on children's voice and children's active role in education, together with the focus in the sociology of childhood on children as active constructors of their lives and childhood as a subject of serious study.
 
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Tags: their, children, lives, school, Children