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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Random House, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593568996
  • 0593568990
  • 9780593569009
  • 0593569008
Other title:
  • It is not bragging if it is true
  • It's not bragging if it's true : how to be awesome at life
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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.
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.Summary: "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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 158.1 A946 Available 33111011079239
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 158.1 A946 Available 33111011318090
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 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! Includes 8 pages of never-before-seen photos.

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.

"How to be awesome at life" -- Cover.

"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.

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.

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