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Details an achievable, step-by-step path to become a millionaire within the next three years. Whatever is currently stopping you from having seven figures in the bank--whether it is doubt, feeling overwhelmed, imposter syndrome, trying too many things, or simply not knowing where to begin--this book advises ways to clear your obstacles. Rodgers--mother of four, attorney, business owner, and self-made Black millionaire--shares the lessons she's learned...
22) Tidelands
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Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches to every corner of the kingdom, even the remote Tidelands - the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her abusive husband. Instead, she meets James, a young man on the...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against its most senior female scientists. It was a seismic cultural event--one that forced institutions across the nation to reckon with the bias faced by girls and women in STEM. The Exceptions is the story of the women on MIT's faculty who started it all, centered on the life and career of their unlikely leader: Nancy Hopkins, a noted molecular geneticist and cancer...
25) Go with the flow
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First Second
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen. Sick of an administration that puts football before female health, the girls confront a world that shrugs--or worse, squirms--at the thought of a menstruation revolution. They band together to make a change. It's no easy task, especially while grappling with everything from crushes to trig to JV track but they have each...
26) Don't judge me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise. But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks -- started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll...
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"This extraordinary novel, inspired by real events, tells the story of a female aviator who defies the odds to embark on a daring air race across the Pacific. 1927. Olivia "Livy" West is a fearless young pilot with a love of adventure. She yearns to cross oceans and travel the skies. When she learns of the Dole Air Race--a high-stakes contest to be the first to make the 2,400 mile Pacific crossing from the West Coast to Hawai'i--she sets her sights...
28) Ambitious girl
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Anyone who's ever been underestimated or overshadowed will find inspiration in this empowering new picture book from Meena Harris, New York Times-bestselling author of Kamala and Maya's Big Idea, which is based on a true story about her aunt, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and her mother, Maya Harris. When a young girl sees a strong woman on TV labeled as "too assertive" and "too ambitious," it sends her on a journey of discovery through past,...
30) Chicks rule!
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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All in step with wing in wing . . . Chicks can conquer anything! Nerdy Chick has been waiting all day for the Rocket Club meeting. But when she gets there, she finds a disturbing sign tacked to the door: zNo Chicks Allowed!!!y Puzzled, then baffled, then just plain mad, Nerdy Chick sets out to change the rules. Along the way, she meets other chicks who are just like her: passionate and determined. From Soccer Chick to Science Chick and Wordy Chick...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
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Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
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Tundra
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"In the city of Tainan, there lives a very special family -- special because they have ten sons who do everything together. Their parents call them their ten little dumplings, as both sons and dumplings are auspicious. But if you look closely, you'll see that someone else is there, listening, studying, learning and discovering her own talent -- a sister. As this little girl grows up in the shadow of her brothers, her determination and persistence...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
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Publisher
Wattpad Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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As lead reporter for The Warrior Weekly, Eden has covered her fair share of stories at St. Joseph Secondary. And when intimate pictures of six female students are anonymously emailed to the entire school, Eden is determined to get to the bottom of it. In tracking down leads, Eden is shocked to discover not everyone agrees the students are victims. Some people feel the girls "brought it on themselves." Even worse, the school’s administration...
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Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The League of Super Feminists is an energetic and fierce comic for tweens and younger teens. Cartoonist Mirion Malle guides readers through some of the central tenets of feminism and media literacy including consent, intersectionality, privilege, body image, inclusivity and more; all demystified in the form of a witty, down-to-earth dialogue that encourages questioning the stories we're told about identity. Malle?s insightful and humorous comics transport...
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KCP Loft, an imprint of Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"After her girls' ice hockey team is cut for budget reasons, Michigan tries out for the boys' team, and earns a place on the starting lineup. But when she bests her teammates with her skills and her refusal to back down, hazing crosses the line into assault."--
39) Rugby rookies
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James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Maddy and her friends decide to start a women's rugby team at their school, but face many obstacles.
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Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"An easy-to-grasp picture book, exploring questions relating to gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexism."--
"Is it okay for boys to cry? Can girls be strong? Should girls and boys be given different toys to play with and different clothes to wear? Should we all feel free to love whoever we choose to love? In this incredibly kid-friendly and easy-to-grasp picture book, author-illustrator Elise Gravel and transgender collaborator Mykaell Blais...
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