TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avant-garde,Zaila
AU  - Dumas,Marti
TI  - It's not bragging if it's true
SN  - 9780593568996
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Avant-garde, Zaila
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology) in children
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Success in children
KW  - Teenage girls
KW  - United States
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - African American teenage girls
KW  - Spelling bees
KW  - Success
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Self-help publications
N1  - "How to be awesome at life" -- Cover; 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
N2  - "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!"--; "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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