Download or read book Why is Kristyn A Kutter written by Normandy D Piccolo and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may know my name, but not my life story. To be honest, it's rather cliché for a girl of seventeen and three-quarters. But it's far from boring. Self-loathing. Depression. Loneliness. Liar-liar pants on fire. Secretive. Rebellious. Blah-blah-blah-blah. You get the idea.I feel absolutely nothing until a razor blade touches my skin. I'm known to do other crazy things to myself out of pure spite. Yeah, I hate myself that much. I'll take hits of MDMA and dance until dawn trying to forget. Other times, I'll randomly hookup with total wankers when my self-esteem lands in the loo. Which is pretty much all the time, lately. Bugger!My best mate, Maddison, killed herself. Bit**! I guess she couldn't handle life. Staring down at the random cuts on my body, I can't say I'm doing that much better. But, end up in a red mahogany casket with white velvet interior, like Maddison? I'm not sure.Maddison's death, Jamey (my ex and an absolute tosser) and teen drama from Claire and the Posh Miss Perfects have forced me to make a choice. Deal with my issues or keep repeating the same self-destructive behavior over and again, expecting a different result.You may have heard what I've done, but not what I've been through or where I'm going.You're 'bout to find out. *Trigger Warning: Includes strong language, non-graphic depictions of self-harm, drug and alcohol usage and sexual situations. Recommended for ages 16+*.Why is Kristyn A. Kutter? discusses serious and difficult issues regarding self-harm, depression and suicide. If you or anyone you know are struggling with any of those issues, please seek help at a support or crisis center in your area or online through local and national organizations.SELF-HARM IS NEVER THE ANSWER.SUICIDE IS NEVER THE ANSWER.

Download or read book Something Happened in Our Town written by Marianne Celano and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 INDIEBOUND BEST SELLER #6 on American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom's Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020 A Little Free Library Action Book Club Selection National Parenting Product Award Winner (NAPPA) Something Happened in Our Town follows two families — one White, one Black — as they discuss a police shooting of a Black man in their community. The story aims to answer children's questions about such traumatic events, and to help children identify and counter racial injustice in their own lives. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers with guidelines for discussing race and racism with children, child-friendly definitions, and sample dialogues.

Download or read book Heavy Burdens written by Bridget Eileen Rivera and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtually every American demographic except one: LGBTQ people. Generations of LGBTQ people have been alienated or condemned by Christian communities. It's past time that Christians confronted the ongoing and devastating effects of this legacy. Many LGBTQ people face overwhelming challenges in navigating faith, gender, and sexuality. Christian communities that uphold the traditional sexual ethic often unwittingly make the path more difficult through unexamined attitudes and practices. Drawing on her sociological training and her leadership in the Side B/Revoice conversation, Bridget Eileen Rivera, who founded the popular website Meditations of a Traveling Nun, speaks to the pain of LGBTQ Christians and helps churches develop a better pastoral approach. Rivera calls to mind Jesus's woe to religious leaders: "They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them" (Matt. 23:4). Heavy Burdens provides an honest account of seven ways LGBTQ people experience discrimination in the church, helping Christians grapple with hard realities and empowering churches across the theological spectrum to navigate better paths forward.

Download or read book Why Is Kristyn A Kutter written by Normandy D. Piccolo and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Why is Kristyn A. Kutter' just made the TOP 10 FOR 2021 In the Margins Book Award: School Library Journal. Instead of talking about her problems, Kristyn A. Kutter's rebellious spirit and self-hate has led to episodes of depression and self-mutilation when things go wrong. It did not help that her best friend committed suicide, leaving her to wonder if she will end up the same way. This book arms the reader with resources for crisis intervention through national centers and online support sites.*Trigger Warning: Includes strong language, non-graphic depictions of self-harm, drug and alcohol usage and sexual situations. Recommended for ages 16+*.

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Download or read book When Life Doesn t Match Your Dreams written by Jill Eileen Smith and published by Revell. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is full of twists and turns. Relationships falter, careers fizzle, health fades. We may be faced with choices we never wanted to make or have situations pushed upon us we'd never expected. Yet, in all of it, God is at our side--even when he feels far away. Drawing on her extensive research into women of the Old Testament, novelist Jill Eileen Smith turns her pen to the lessons in trusting God that we can learn today from women like - Eve - Noah's wife - Sarai - Hagar - Lot's wife - Rebekah - Rachel - and more Readers will learn from what these ancient women did right--and even what they did wrong--when faced with dashed expectations and deferred dreams. And they'll come away with the confidence that ours is a faithful God who loves us and is forming us through our trials into the women he longs for us to be.

Download or read book Bacteriophages written by Martha R. J. Clokie and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the evolution of pathogenicity to oceanic carbon cycling, the many and varied roles that bacteriophages play in microbial ecology and evolution have inspired increased interest within the scientific community. Bacteriophages: Methods and Protocols pulls together the vast body of knowledge and expertise from top international bacteriophage researchers to provide both classical and state-of-the-art molecular techniques. With its well-organized modular design, Volume 1: Isolation, Characterization, and Interactions examines a multitude of topics, including the isolation of phages, morphological and molecular characterization, and interaction with bacteria. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular BiologyTM series format, chapters consist of brief introductions to the subject, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and a Notes section which details tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Thorough and cutting-edge, Bacteriophages: Methods and Protocols is a valuable reference for experienced bacteriophage researchers as well as an easily accessible introduction for newcomers to the subject.

Download or read book Youth Devotions written by Josh McDowell and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-08-04 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Scripture verses and readings for each day of the year, designed to help young people make good choices in their daily lives.

Download or read book Badass Black Girl written by M.J. Fievre and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishers Weekly Select Title for Young Readers ─ A Daily Dose of Inspiration for Badass Black Girls Explore the many facets of your identity through hundreds of big and small questions. MJ Fievre tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes in this journal designed for teenage girls. By reflecting on these topics, readers confront the issues that can hold them back from living their lives. Embrace authenticity and celebrate who you are. Finding the courage to live as you are is not easy, so here’s a journal designed to help readers nurture their creativity, self-motivation, and positive self-awareness. This journal celebrates girl power and honors the strength and spirit of black girls. Change the way you view the world. This journal provides words of encouragement that seek not just to inspire, but to ignite discussion and debate about the world. Girls, especially, are growing up in a world that tries to tell them how to look and act. MJ Fievre encourages readers to fight the flow and determine for themselves who they want to be. Reading Badass Black Girl: Quotes, Questions, and Affirmations for Teens will help you: • Build and boost your self-esteem with powerful affirmations • Learn more about yourself through intensive and insightful journaling • Resist the mold that outside opinions have put into place, and become comfortable and confident in embracing your authentic self If books like Just Between Us: Mother & Daughter, You Are a Girl Who Can Do Anything: A Very Special Book to Cheer You on and Help You Achieve Greatness, 12 Rules for Life, and Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, have interested you, then Badass Black Girl is for you!

Download or read book Enriched With Love written by Deval Gadhvi and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-20 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harleen is a girl who is everyone's love when it's a talk about a family. Her parents are her heart, her cousins are her soul. She can't even think of spending her future life without them. She has friends who are like family to her. Her life is just perfect. But what will happen when the most important person in her life will leave her hand forever? Will she be able to love her life again? Will she dream again? Will she trust someone again? Emotionally charged, 'Enriched With Love' is not a love story. But, a story about love.

Download or read book When They Call You a Terrorist Young Adult Edition written by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrisse Khan-Cullors' and asha bandele's instant New York Times bestseller, When They Call You a Terrorist is now adapted for the YA audience with photos and journal entries! A movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--on Twitter spread across the nation and then across the world. From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, a threat to America. But in truth, they are loving women whose life experiences have led them to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful. In this meaningful, empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience, Cullors and asha bandele seek to change the culture that declares innocent black life expendable.

Download or read book For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World written by Michael W. Waters and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice A Top Ten Selection of the 2021 In the Margins Book Awards A Texas Institute of Letters 2021 Finalist for Best Picture Book A 2021 RCC Wilbur Award Winner A Picture Book Discovery Prize Winner for the 2020 Writers' League of Texas Book Awards "Dad, what happened?" "Why are they shooting?" "What is this vigil for?" The shootings keep coming, and so do Jeremiah's questions. Dad doesn't have easy answers, but that doesn't mean he won't talk about it—or that he won't act. But what if Jeremiah doesn't want to talk anymore? None of it makes sense, and he's just a kid. Even if he wants to believe in a better world, is there anything he can do about it? Inspired by real-life events, this honest, intimate look at one family's response to racism and gun violence includes a discussion guide created by the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, a multicultural center and museum committed to promoting respect, hope, and understanding. A portion of the publisher's sales proceeds will be donated to nonprofit organizations that facilitate the empowerment of Black communities.

Download or read book Reading Black Books written by Claude Atcho and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. Reading Black Books helps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature. Pastor and teacher Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to 10 seminal texts of 20th-century African American literature. Each chapter takes up a theological category for inquiry through a close literary reading and theological reflection on a primary literary text, from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Richard Wright's Native Son to Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain and James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain. The book includes end-of-chapter discussion questions. Reading Black Books helps readers of all backgrounds learn from the contours of Christian faith formed and forged by Black stories, and it spurs continued conversations about racial justice in the church. It demonstrates that reading about Black experience as shown in the literature of great African American writers can guide us toward sharper theological thinking and more faithful living.

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Download or read book Illegal A Disappeared Novel written by Francisco X. Stork and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be illegal in the United States? Life in Mexico is a death sentence for Emiliano and his sister Sara.To escape the violent cartel that is after them, they flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping that they can find a way to bring their pursuers to justice.Sara turns herself over to the authorities to apply for asylum.Emiliano enters the country illegally, planning to live with their father.But now Sara is being held indefinitely in a detention facility, awaiting an asylum hearing that may never come, finding it harder every day to hold on to her faith and hope. Life for Emiliano is not easy either. Everywhere he goes, it's clear that he doesn't belong. And all the while, the cartel is closing in on them...Emiliano sets off on a tense and dangerous race to find justice, but can he expose the web of crimes from his place in the shadows?Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork's powerful follow-up to Disappeared delves with his usual sensitivity into the injustice that hides under the guise of the law in the United States. This is a timely and moving story that takes an unsparing look at the asylum process and the journey to find a new life in the US.

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Download or read book Ho onani Hula Warrior written by Heather Gale and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula troupe at her school. Ho'onani feels in-between. She doesn't see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy). She's happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way. When Ho'onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho'onani has to try . . . Based on a true story, Ho'onani: Hula Warrior is a celebration of Hawaiian culture and an empowering story of a girl who learns to lead and learns to accept who she really is--and in doing so, gains the respect of all those around her. Ho'onani's story first appeared in the documentary A Place in the Middle by filmmakers Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson.