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    Mental Health Awareness

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    Books Your Students Might Have Missed Over Summer Break

    For some students, summer is an exit from all things academic and literature, which means they might be coming back in the fall clueless on the...

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    6 Memoirs to Read this Summer

    With summer either starting or just around the corner, you probably have a growing TBR pile. Well, make room, we've got more books to add to that...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Parachutes

    It’s not a secret that people compare American schools with other countries’ schools, and Chinese schools are known as some of the strictest in terms...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Mind Your Head

    Juno Dawson is a prominent transgender activist and writer. Known for her fact-driven books, she focuses on topics teens wonder about or need to...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Yolk

    In Yolk, author Mary H.K. Choi portrays a pair of estranged sisters. They’ve grown apart following their childhood in Texas, and now both live in New...

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    Mental Health Awareness: All the Bright Places

    You know those books that you hug at the end? This is one of those books. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven is just plain good—heartbreaking,...

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    Mental Health Awareness Month: You'd Be Home Now

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s also the last full month of school for traditionally-scheduled districts. I think mental health is the...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Your Brain Needs a Hug

    The words are never right. The time is never perfect. And life keeps piling stress after stress onto the people we love. What do we say to someone...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Are u ok?

    Being a teenager means a lot of things, but starting to date and get into romantic relationships or friendships sticks out as a huge milestone. The...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Kind of Sort of Fine

    A bright part of every teacher’s day is getting to the class that your star student is in. You know the one. We see them reach for the sky every time...

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