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"When a child has a poor attachment to their parent, it leads to all kinds of problems, because they have not learned how to regulate their emotions, they have not learned self-control, they have not learned self-reliance in a positive way. So all these problems come out in every other relationship in their life."́ Alexandra Cook, PhD. A secure attachment system forms the foundation for a child's development. The often devastating impact of attachment...
26) Model misfit
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Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 2
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"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek." MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL. Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts. She knows that humans have 70,000 thoughts per day. She knows that Geek + Model = a whole new set of graffiti on your belongings. And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat this. But Harriet doesn't know where she's going...
27) Save me a seat
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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
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Left with just a notebook of his brother after he died, Sunny Gill has decided to fill it with rash decisions -- starting with upturning all of his prom plans in favor of a more traditional American teen experience. He shows up without beard, turban, or long hair; skips the fandom afterparty where he should be playing bass with his band; and gets his notebook stolen by Mindii Vang, a girl who is in the middle of some rash decisions of her own.
32) Catch my drift
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Lorna's career as a competitive swimmer was cut short by a knee injury. Cara, her teenage daughter, tries to blend in but is overwhelmed by terror. Lorna is vain about her ability to shut out distractions, while Cara can't seem to control her scary thoughts. And while Lorna tries to move past life's disappointments, Cara picks at the cracks in her family's history, revealing that despite our shared experiences, we each live our own private story.
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After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Evie moves from Dublin to Manhattan to spend the summer with her Uncle Scott. Although initially overwhelmed by the city and reluctant to consider making the move permanent, she's intrigued by her uncle's veterinary practice and discovers a new world--and a new self--when she starts working as an assistant in the clinic.
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Willa lives on the upper West Side of Manhattan with her divorced father and her younger brother and attends fifth grade with her best friend Ruby. She likes things to be a certain way because it makes life manageable even with her Sensory Processing Disorder. She certainly does not like surprises, and her father has just thrown her a big one: he has been dating Ruby's mother. Suddenly Willa's life seems to be spiraling out of her control--and part...
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