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1) Family meal
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English
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"Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits wild, tender, unexpected, and explosive. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a way...
Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Language
English
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FPPL Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 - YA
GPLD Best of 2022
GPLD Hispanic Heritage Month
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GPLD Best of 2022
GPLD Hispanic Heritage Month
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Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Bloomingdale Library Teen Audiobooks
K&T - Hispanic Heritage Month
LSS - Hispanic Heritage
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K&T - Hispanic Heritage Month
LSS - Hispanic Heritage
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Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Chase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his true love, but he's plagued with the belief that he's not enough for anyone: he's recovering from an eating disorder and suffers from body dysmorphia fueled by his father, and can't quite figure out his gender identity. When Chase starts his freshman year of college, he has to navigate being away from home and missing his sister, finding his squad,...
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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For as long as Samantha can remember, she's wanted to be a professional dancer. But she's beset by crippling anxiety about her appearance, which threatens to crush her dreams entirely. On her dance teacher's recommendation, Sam is sent to a summer treatment camp for teen artists and athletes who are struggling with mental and emotional obstacles. If she can make progress, she'll be allowed to attend a crucial ballet intensive. But when asked to...
Author
Publisher
Nicely Done, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A masterfully written memoir-meets-educational-meets-inspirational tale that I couldn't put down." Ashley Smith, PhD, coauthor of Childhood Anxiety DisordersA gripping memoir that gives voice to the invisible, life-destroying power of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and how one woman stood up to fear, embraced the unknown, and reclaimed her life.Even at nine years old, Shala Nicely knew there was nothing normal about the horrifying thoughts that tormented...
7) Bodies
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies, and points the way toward a process of healing.
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder offers BDD individuals a practical guide to the mindfulness, acceptance, and exposure and response prevention strategies that can help them overcome the disorder. Presented by lead author Fugen Neziroglu, an anxiety expert regularly featured on A & E's television show Hoarders, this comprehensive guide offers self-assessment tools and a complete cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for reducing the effect...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The first book for teens that explains the causes and impact of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). The book is interspersed with accounts and artwork from young people with BDD, along with perspectives of their families. BDD is a debilitating mental health disorder, and this book gives advice on treatment including CBT and medication, and shows where to get help. It increases awareness, provides solidarity for people with BDD, and alerts others to key...
10) Fat
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Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press/Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A narrative, in graphic novel form, of a young woman coming of age while struggling with an eating disorder and family dysfunction. Documents the author's battle with body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia, which plagued her from her childhood through to adulthood"--
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Publisher
Zuiker Press
Language
English
Description
"Dounya Awada is a 24-year-old, devout Muslim, happy, healthy, and very much alive. But just a few years before, she nearly starved to death. Her struggle began when she was six years old. Little Dounya wanted nothing less than to be perfect, like her mother. She pushed herself hard every day, excelling in schoolwork and at home. She had to be the cutest, prettiest, smartest girl in the room. The slightest hint of imperfection led to meltdowns and...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The first book offering support for parents and carers of children and young people with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), this guidebook explains the condition as well as the impact that it may have in education settings, family life and socialisation. The guide begins by explaining how and why BDD emerges, before moving onto an exploration of how the illness presents itself emotionally, psychologically, physically and behaviourally. It then offers...
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