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More than just a pretty face / by Masood, Syed M.;
"When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' nineteen-year-old Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Pakistani Americans; Muslims; Interpersonal relations; Arranged marriage; Preparatory schools; Schools;

Frankly in love / by Yoon, David.;
"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Korean Americans; Friendship; Dating (Social customs); Racism; High schools; Schools; Families;

Berrybrook Middle School. by Chmakova, Svetlana,1979-;
Jorge seems to have it all together. He's big enough that nobody really messes with him, but he's also a genuinely sweet guy with a solid, reliable group of friends. The only time he ever really feels off his game is when he crosses paths with a certain girl... But when the group dynamic among the boys starts to shift, will Jorge be able to balance what his friends expect of him versus what he actually wants?A, all ages.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Infatuation; Middle schools; Schools; Cartoons and comics.;

Bea Mullins takes a shot / by Deibert, Emily.;
Twelve-year-old Bea joins her school's first all-girls hockey team to support her best friend, navigates rocky relationships with her crush Gabi and best friend Celia, and steps up to help save the team when its funding is threatened.
Subjects: Sports fiction.; Hockey; Self-actualization (Psychology); Friendship; Sexual minorities;

A stranger at home : a true story / by Jordan-Fenton, Christy.; Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret.; Amini-Holmes, Liz.;
Ten-year-old Margaret Pokiak, a young Inuit girl, must relearn her language and her family's way of living after she returns home from residential school.LSC
Subjects: Pokiak-Fenton, Margaret; Inuit; Inuit women;
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If you're a kid like Gavin / by Grimm, Gavin.; Lukoff, Kyle.; Yang, J.;
When you're a kid like Gavin Grimm, you know yourself best. And Gavin knew that he was a boy--even if others saw him as a girl. But when his school took away his right to something as simple as using the boy's restroom, Gavin knew he had a big decision to make.Ages 4-8.Grades K-1.LSC
Subjects: Transgender children; Transgender people; Courage; Gender identity; Social acceptance; Schools;

A Schooling in Murder. by Taylor, Andrew.;
In this standalone novel set in a girl's board school during WWII, Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, is murdered on school grounds. But Annabel's ghost is trapped, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world - students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. And one of them is her killer. From the author of the 'James Marwood and Cat Lovett' series.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Ghost; FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II; FICTION / Historical / World War II; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths;

He said, she said : lessons, stories, and mistakes from my transgender journey / by Lazzarato, Gigi,author.;
"With stunning photography and heirloom snapshots, He Said, She Said takes us back to Gigi's early years as an Olympic-bound diver and high school mean girl, losing her mom at a tragically young age, and her journey of opening up about her sexuality and gender identity. She walks us through her transition, baring it all about dating and heartbreak in her stories of falling in love with both men and women ...".
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Lazzarato, Gigi.; Internet personalities; Transgender women; Lifestyles.;

Countering Pushout. by Pines, Denise,film director.; Atlas, Jacoba,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.Drawing from the documentary Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, these professional development modules feature interactive animated video scenarios along with guidance from experts in the fields of social justice, gender equality, and educational equity. The educators give context to common disruptions experienced in schools and provide a roadmap for how to provide a positive, rather than punitive, response to often misunderstood and misrepresented student behaviors.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Teachers.; Education.; Instructional films.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Teaching.;

Biggest secret ever! / by Coven, Wanda.; Abramskaya, Anna.;
"When her new friend at Broomsfield Academy, popular girl Isabelle, shares a huge secret and makes her promise to keep it, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck finds it difficult to keep her word, especially with a nosy classmate snooping around"--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Witches; Boarding schools; Middle schools; Secrecy; Interpersonal relations;

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