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Author Hart, Melissa, 1970-

Title Better with books : 500 diverse books to ignite empathy and encourage self-acceptance in tweens and teens / Melissa Hart ; foreword by Sharon M. Draper.

Imprint Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2019]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  PRO 152.4 HART    ---  Available
Description xix, 283 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Indexed In: School Library Journal starred, July 2019
Booklist, April 2019
Summary ". . . a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them . . . Each chapter explores a particular issue affecting preteens and teens today and includes a list of recommended related books . . . Recommendations are grouped by age: those appropriate for middle-grade readers and those for teens. Reading lists are organized around: adoption and foster care, body image, immigration, learning challenges, LGBTQIA+ youth, mental health, nature and environmentalism, physical disability, poverty and homelessness, race and ethnicity, and religion and spirituality"--Provided by publisher.
Audience Adult Follett School Solutions.
Subject Teenagers -- Social conditions -- Bibliography.
Children -- Social conditions -- Bibliography.
Empathy.
Self-acceptance.
Parent-child relationship.
ISBN 9781632172273

 
    
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