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Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums would call him a Terror. From the moment Gail emerged between Owen's ribs, his mother knew that she had to hide him away from the world. After a decade spent in hiding, Owen takes a brazen trip outdoors in the middle of a forest fire, and his life is upended forever. Suddenly, Owen is forced to flee the home that had once felt so confining and hide in...
4) Carrot & pea
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Although he is different in size, color, and shape, the peas like and accept their friend, Colin the carrot.
5) Boy + Bot
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Despite their many differences, a boy and a robot strike up a friendship -- Publisher.
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Lola Levine volume 3
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"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together...and learn they have more in common than they thought"--
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In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, the author described growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents won him jobs with toy makers and rock bands but did little to endear him to authority figures and classmates, who were put off by his inclination to blurt out non sequiturs and avoid eye contact. By the time he was diagnosed at age forty, he had already...
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"How did we become so divided and what do we do about it? This landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become. Combining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples, Jon Yates demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected, so that most of us spend less and less time with people...
14) Twins
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"A startlingly beautiful love story… A thrill to read… The most detailed, disturbing, and loveable oddball romance you'll ever read." - Frederick Barthelme, author of Elroy Nights
"A beguiling story of the powerful ties between identical twins… Dermansky has crafted a memorable novel." - Booklist
"Sometimes despairing, sometimes blackly humorous, always engrossing and thoroughly original. A wonderful debut." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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15) Lili Macaroni
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"Lili Macaroni loves every feature she has inherited from a family member, but when she starts kindergarten she is teased for those very traits. Burdened by unhappiness, she creates a polka-dotted butterfly and imagines it flying her sorrows away--and finds she has introduced a powerful tool for conversations about emotions, self-esteem, and resilience."--
16) If I were a fish
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"From the musicians and viral TikTok creators of If I Were A Fish, Corook and Olivia Barton, comes a picture book adaptation of their silly song with a serious message for everyone's who's ever had to navigate the highs and lows of the internet. Illustrated by the award-winning Mike Curato, this inspiring song about surrounding yourself with the people that make you the happiest is a timely reminder that it's always best to be yourself. How lucky...
18) Someone new
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When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
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Ruth and her older sister, Dolly, struggle for survival in a place governed by an enchanted ocean and exotic folklore after their mother, who was ruled by magic and elaborately-told stories of the full moons, which she drew from the "The Old Farmers Almanac" dies.
20) Love story
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The story of the relationship between Harvard law student Oliver Barrett IV and Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavilleri. Explores how these apparent opposites fall in love and how their relationship tragically ends.
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