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2) The good egg
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English
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When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
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English
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"AJ is a buttoned-up, responsible student...[and] spends every summer with her father in Florida. A free-spirited wild child, she spends as much time as possible on the beach with her friends and older siblings. When her middle sister crashes her carefree summer getaway, Adelaide's plans fall apart. In order to help her sister, save her unexpected friendship with a guy who might just be perfect for her, and discover the truth about her own past, Adelaide...
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English
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A collection of humorous essays chronicle the author's pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite.
Is it possible to be universally beloved? In this collection of humorous essays, Stone chronicle her pursuit of perfection and quest to be everybody's favorite. In doing so she takes a wry look at the chaos that ensues when we contort ourselves into an ever-changing assortment of socially acceptable shapes-- only to ultimately realize...
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English
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Scratched is an intimate account of the uses a child, and the adult she becomes, will find for perfectionism and the role it will play in every part of her life. Elizabeth Tallent's story begins in a hospital in mid-1950s suburban Washington, D.C., when her mother refuses to hold her newborn daughter, shocking behavior that baffles the nurses. Imagining her own mother's perfectionist ideal at this critical moment, Elizabeth moves back and forth in...
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Convergent
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A compassionate, intelligent, and wry series of Christian daily reflections on learning to live with imperfection in a culture of self-help that promotes endless progress, from the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason and the executive producer of the Everything Happens podcast. In Kate Bowler's bestselling memoir Everything Happens for a Reason, readers witnessed the ways she, as a divinity-school professor and young...
11) The ugly doodles
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JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Inspired by a visit to an art museum, Raven sets out to create a masterpiece but her discarded mistakes start stalking her, teaching her to accept her imperfections.
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every "recovering perfectionist" to challenge the way they look at perfectionism, and the way they look at themselves. We've been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, you don't have to stop being a perfectionist to be healthy. For women who are sick...
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RP Kids
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Enduring a life without free time in a high-achieving family, Percival Priggs worries that his relatives will not love him if he does not perform perfectly in every competition, until his parents reveal their own humorous imperfections.
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Year after year, readers pulled me aside at events and said, "I've never had a problem starting. I've started a million things, but I never finish them. Why can't I finish? According to studies, 92 percent of New Year's reso-lutions fail. You've practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals. For years, I thought my problem was that I didn't try hard enough. So I started getting up...
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Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"For as long as anyone can remember, Ari has loved arranging things. From blocks to flowers to produce to unicorn toys, each arrangement feels perfect--though maybe not for everyone. But when Ari sets out to create the ultimate arrangement at the zoo, thngs don't go quite as planned."--
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Cookie chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
20) Elfie unperfect
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After a series of spectacular--and at times, hilarious--disasters, including being expelled from school, perfectionist Elfie Oster discovers what truly matters as she tries to make sense of everything that is happening to her.
