self-esteem

Mahalia Harris wants. She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend, Naomi. She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like her back. She wants a break from worrying--about money, snide remarks from white classmates, pitying looks from church ladies... all of it. Then inspiration strikes: It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms.

"The Sesame Street gang shows some of the different ways to love ourselves and each other"--OCLC.

"Take a closer look at what the smallest of creatures and things are capable of accomplishing"--OCLC.

Delilah is the lead singer of her friends' punk band, and Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master, who spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym. When Delilah and Reggie meet on New Year's Eve and then run into each other on Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and subsequent holidays, it seems like the universe is trying to send them a message. Even though it appears they have nothing in common, the two try to find ways to hang out and find themselves falling for one another. But Delilah wishes she were more like the seemingly self-assured Reggie, while Reggie worries that Delilah will realize his confidence is just a front to impress her. Delilah and Reggie must find a way to be honest with themselves and embrace the parts they feel they must hide from others in order to truly be there for each other.

"Salma dreams of becoming a champion swimmer like her hero, Olympian Yusra Mardini. So when she signs up for her school's swim club, it feels like her dreams could come true . . . until mean comments from older girls at the pool and women at her mosque spark body image and self-esteem issues. But with the help of her close friends and family--the team that always has her back--Salma is ready to claim her place in the pool"--Provided by publisher.

Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.

Harlem. Ever since her body grew into curves, Xiomara Batista has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. She pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers-- especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. Mami is determined to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, and Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. When she is invited to join her school's slam poetry club, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems.

Edward and Nathan, two Navajo stepbrothers, work with a young water monster named Dew to confront their past and save the world from a monstrous, enormous Enemy that is stealing water from all of the Navajo Nation.

Kevin is tired of being ignored. No one in school ever seems to notice him, so he decides to win the school science fair prize--no matter what it takes. But Kevin soon finds himself up to his eyeballs in trouble.

"Teen girls need clear and accurate information about relationships, sexuality, safety, and consent more than ever. Written by two experts in teen mental health, this much-needed guide offers empowering tools to help teen girls build self-esteem, clarify their values, understand their sexual identity and boundaries, decide what feels right for them, and what to do when things go wrong so that they can safely navigate dating online and in person"--.