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It's not bragging if it's true / Zaila Avant-garde, with Marti Dumas.

LIBRA BF723.S77 A93 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Avant-garde, Zaila, author.
Dumas, Marti, author.
Contributor:
Local Philadelphia : Hakim's Bookstore Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Self-actualization (Psychology) in children--Juvenile literature.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in children.
Success in children--Juvenile literature.
Success in children.
Avant-garde, Zaila--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Avant-garde, Zaila.
Teenage girls--United States--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Teenage girls.
African American teenage girls--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
African American teenage girls.
Spelling bees--United States--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Spelling bees.
Self-actualization.
Success.
Avant-garde, Zaila--Anecdotes.
Teenage girls--Anecdotes.
Spelling bees--Anecdotes.
United States.
Genre:
Anecdotes
Juvenile works
Self-help publications
Anecdotes.
Self-help publications.
Physical Description:
134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
It is not bragging if it is true
Place of Publication:
New York : Random House, [2023]
Summary:
"Kids will be inspired to embrace their inner weirdness and persevere through obstacles after reading this empowering collection of true stories from teenage Scripps National Spelling Bee champ and Guinness World Record holder Zaila Avant-garde!"-- Provided by publisher.
"After Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, she turned into an overnight sensation. People wanted to know who she was and how she'd achieved so much while so young. In this nonfiction book, Zaila shares the personal anecdotes that have shaped her life and extends advice to readers on living authentically. While Zaila is an exceptional and inspiring young woman, she has fears and anxieties just like everyone else; what makes her remarkable is the way she chooses to move through the obstacles in front of her. Zaila shares about her family, her accomplishments, her experience of being homeschooled, and so much more in order to motivate and uplift other kids who have small-, medium-, and even big-sized dreams." -- Amazon.com.
Contents:
Intro
Chapter one: Have someone else's back
Chapter two: Weird and around
Chapter 3: Dig deep. Do you
Chapter 4: Choose your opponent
Chapter 5: Show up and show out
Chapter 6: Ask for help
Chapter 7: Make friends with chaos
Chapter 8: Know when to chill
Chapter 9: Win
Outro.
Notes:
"How to be awesome at life" -- Cover.
ISBN:
9780593568996
0593568990
9780593569009
0593569008
OCLC:
1377728020

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