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2) The good egg
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When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
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"We follow Diane Walter (Shawnee Smith, SAW), a mother of two with too much on her plate and a third child on the way due right around Christmas. Her perfectionistic side makes her strive to plan the perfect Christmas holiday as her family falls apart around her. Diane must race against the clock to make this year's celebrations just as memorable."--Container.
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"In the bestselling tradition of Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection, this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression--keeping us from achieving our goals. Today, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media...
8) Dismissed
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"An idealistic, straight-edge teacher is drawn down a horrid rabbit hole by an honors student when he gives him a B+ on a paper."--www.imdb.com.
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"Janie believes there's a best way to do everything. When she sticks to a schedule, she and her mom can tackle anything. But Janie's perfect schedule--and her life--are getting shaken up this year. Her new stepmom, Keisha, is moving in, along with her daughter, Makayla. Worst of all? Makayla brings a cat with her. And Janie hates cats."--
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After years of overachieving at her elite school, Mara James has a complete meltdown during her calculus exam and, embarrassed by the incident and the viral video evidence, goes to live with her ski bum father in Squaw Valley, where she hopes to find a place to figure out where her life is headed, and maybe even finally understand her father.
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New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker believes that life can be fun, fulfilling, exciting, and beautiful. There's just one thing getting in the way: people.
So many of our joys, struggles, thrills, and heartbreaks are connected to others, starting with ourselves and the people we came from. As we grow, our community does too. Before we know it, our lives are full of people: people we became friends with, married, birthed, live by, go to...
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Jamie Lee wants to be normal, but his ADHD makes him feel like his brain is full of butterflies. Elin Watts wants to be perfect; if she can be, surely her dad will come home. When Jamie and Elin's families join, chaos and order collide. But perhaps they have something in common. Maybe there's no such thing as normal, or perfect. Maybe being yourself is more than enough.
15) Enter title here
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High school senior Reshma Kapoor will stop at nothing to gain admission to Stanford, including writing a novel.
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"A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself. Every day, Élie motivates her hundreds of thousands of followers to become the best versions of themselves by posting videos of exercise routines and high-protein breakfast recipes. Far from the shy teenager that she was, she is now in a very public relationship with singer Samuel Vanasse, and together they have become...
17) Jaclyn Hyde
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"In this modern retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a girl's quest to be perfect unleashes chaos at her middle school"--Provided by publisher.
18) Black swan
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"A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan"--from www.imdb.com.
19) Perfectly prima
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Sugar plum ballerinas volume 3
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Perfectionistic Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
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