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- The beauty of the moment / by Bhathena, Tanaz.;
Seventeen-year-old Susan Thomas' parents are on the verge of a divorce in Canada after years of a happy marriage in Saudi Arabia. Susan wants to be an artist and not a doctor or engineer, but she has no intention of letting them know. Malcolm Vakil was a troublemaker after his mother died of cancer, and two years later he's still known as the boy with a Bad Reputation and No Future. Malcolm's goal is to move out of his father's house to make a better future for he and his younger sister, Mahtab. When the two meet at Arthur Eldridge High School in Mississauga, attraction grows along with distrust. Eventually they both realize that they must be honest with their families, and about their feelings for each other.LSC- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Love stories.; Teenagers; Women artists; High schools; Expectations (Psychology);
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- A quiet girl / by Carnavas, Peter,1980-;
LSC- Subjects: Mindfulness (Psychology); Families; Individual differences; Quietude;
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- The champagne letters : a novel / by MacIntosh, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors fighting for her customers, and the Napoleonic court politics complicating matters she must set herself apart quickly and permanently if she, and her business, are to survive. In present day Chicago, broken from her divorce, Natalie Taylor runs away to Paris. In a book stall by the Seine, Natalie finds a collection of the Widow Clicquot's published letters and uses them as inspiration to step out of her comfort zone and create a new, empowered life for herself. But when her Parisian escape takes a shocking and unexpected turn, she's forced to make a choice. Should she accept her losses and return home, or fight for the future she's only dreamed about? What would the widow do?- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Champagne (Wine); Divorced women; Letters; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women; Widows; Wineries; Women;
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- It's not easy being a ghost / by Sadler, Marilyn.; Laberis, Steph.;
"Misty is a sad ghost. The haunted house she lives in is cold and damp. Her living room is full of spiderwebs. And she's too CUTE to be spooky! What Misty needs to do, she thinks, is to be someone else. But will being spooky make Misty happy?"--- Subjects: Picture books.; Ghosts; Identity (Psychology); Happiness; Self-realization; Halloween;
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- Tickled pink : how friendship washes the world with color / by Poulin, Andrée.; Danis Drouot, Lucile,1980-;
A young flamingo named Filippo, feels self-conscious that other animals will not play with him because he is pink. He struggles to be accepted and to accept himself. But, with encouragement from family members and a kind-hearted lemur, Filippo learns to love himself for who he is.LSC- Subjects: Animals; Colors; Play; Rejection (Psychology); Self-acceptance;
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- Final girls : a novel / by Sager, Riley,author.;
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- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Victims of violent crimes; Women; Survival;
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- Just breathe, Bear / by Jones, Christianne C.; Vidal, Oriol,1977-;
Whether Bear is scared, angry, or sad he has learned to calm himself by simple, mindful breathing.LSC- Subjects: Breathing exercises; Mindfulness (Psychology); Emotions; Bears;
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- Turbo's special delivery / by Reagan, Jean,1965-; Marticorena, Eduardo.;
"Turbo the truck loves to drive fast, but has to learn to slow down for a very special delivery"--- Subjects: Picture books.; Trucks; Conduct of life; Identity (Psychology);
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- Rain! / by Ashman, Linda.; Robinson, Christian.;
As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.LSC- Subjects: Neighbors; Mood (Psychology); Rain and rainfall;
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- The goldfinch [sound recording] / by Tartt, Donna.; Pittu, David.;
Read by David Pittu."The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art" -- Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Suspense fiction.; Artists; Audiobooks.; Loss (Psychology); Self-realization; Young men;
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