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Laughing at My Nightmare
Shane Burcaw - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaws Laughing at My Nightmare describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to having a girlfriend and everything in between, Shane handles his situation with humor and a "you-only-live-once"... |
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Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen
Arin Andrews - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning memoir.Weve all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and weve... |
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Positive: A Memoir
Paige Rawl - HarperCollins
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An astonishing memoir for the untold number of children whose lives have been touched by bullying. Positive is a must-read for teens, their parents, educators, and administrators - a brave, visceral work that will save lives and resonate deeply.Paige Rawl has been HIV positive since birth,... |
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Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat
Mike Ritland - St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Before there was Max, there was Mike. A true story much like the touching movie, Navy SEAL Dogs explores the incomparable relationship between trainer and military dog. Trident K9 Warriors gave readers an inside look at the SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors-who they are, how they are trained,... |
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Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army
Georg Rauch - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.
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As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked underground to resist Nazi rule. Then came... |
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A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me
Jason Schmidt - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Jason Schmidt wasn't surprised when he came home one day during his junior year of high school and found his father, Mark, crawling around in a giant pool of blood. Things like that had been happening a lot since Mark had been diagnosed with HIV, three years earlier.Jason's life... |
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Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition
Katie Rain Hill - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal journey of undergoing gender reassignment.Have you ever worried that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have you ever imagined that life would be better if you were... |
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