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Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
35 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm
Description
Counsels children how to develop the assertiveness skills that will help them do what they believe is right, sharing advice for distinguishing between helpful and harmful things that others say while taking reasonable risks and speaking out.
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In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Saying goodbye to neighbors. Worrying about new friends. Passing through a big city. Seeing a dark road ahead. In these moments, a young girl feels small and quiet and alone. But when she breathes deeply and looks inside herself, a hidden spark of courage appears, one she can nurture and grow until she glows inside and out.
6) Pip's trip
Author
Series
Loopy Coop hens volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Description
Pip tries to convince her fellow hens, Midge and Dot, to join her for a ride in the farmer's truck, but she is the only one brave enough to climb inside.
9) Daring greatly: how to courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
8 CDs ( 8.5 hrs. ) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Every day people experience the uncertainty and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable. Here, Dr. Brown challenges everything people think they know about vulnerability, saying it is not weakness but rather the clearest path to courage and meaningful connection.
10) Lucero
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"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.
12) Jabari jumps
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
14) Bear outside
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 pages cm
Description
A little girl wears a bear on the outside to keep her safe and to be her friend, just as some people have a fierce animal inside to protect them.
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Description
After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.
16) Zero
Author
Publisher
Ko Kids Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Zero, dismayed by her big, empty, roundness, tries to force herself into the shape of the much-admired One, but must finally accept that she can only be Zero.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 358 pages ; 25 cm
Description
The author of The Fiery Angel recounts the dramatic final battles of major historical conflicts to share cultural insights into our world's transitioning perspectives on heroism and the patriotic origins of honor, duty and sacrifice.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A gripping true story of six elite ex-military operators assigned to protect the CIA who fought back against overwhelming odds when terrorists attacked in the U.S. diplomatic compound on September 11, 2012. When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
19) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
403 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew pursue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
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