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Although she longs to be an all-American girl, Roxanne, a timid, Israeli-born thirteen-year-old who idolizes Wonder Woman, begins to see things differently when the supremely confident Liat, also from Israel, moves into the cursed house next door and they become friends.

Offers children tips and advice to help them build their confidence and self-esteem and learn how to cope with everyday challenges.

After Kyla May daydreams about her performance as a pop star in the upcoming drama class talent show, she discovers the power of imagination.

A bug can buzz and zap, a dog can yip and yap, but the King Street kids can do even more.

By visualizing an iceberg and remembering how strong it can be, Elizabeth finds the inner strength to stand up to a strange woman who is bothering her.

David Miller, a shy and skinny senior at Mount Tabor High School in North Carolina, decides to chase a seemingly impossible dream by becoming a boxer, and in 1975, he gets a chance to spar with Muhammad Ali, which will change his life.

Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.

Unhappy in her new school where she is the favorite target of bullies, ten-year-old Melissa finds comfort and gains self-confidence through her relationship with a visitor from another planet.

Pablo is a natural athlete but when he joins his friends' football team for the first time he is intimidated by the bigger, more experienced players, and the pressure keeps him from doing his best.

When star shortstop for the Rambletown Rounders, Stump Plumwhiff, comes down with a bad case of the "yips," his teammates try to help him regain his self-confidence before the All-Star game.

Sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, devastated when her father places her in a remote, all-girl, residential treatment center for unstable teens, comes to depend on her inner strength and the help of other inmates who become her friends in order to endure the harsh conditions of the prison-like institution and plan a way to escape.

A skill-building reader published to coincide with the Olympics finds Hefty Smurf organizing the first-ever Smurf Championship Games to raise awareness about exercise, a competition that concerns an insecure Weakling Smurf.

Veronica Chambers shares how she turned her less-than-perfect qualities into sources of delight and satisfaction, learning to accept herself and her limitations and refusing to try to measure up to society's ideas of the perfect woman.

Entertainment reporter Shaun Robinson addresses some of the questions posed to her by girls across the country and shares comments from notable women celebrities about self-esteem, fitting in, popularity, beauty, and strength.

Eager to launch her career as a celebrity journalist, fifteen-year-old Susanna is excited at the prospect of being a summer intern at Scene magazine but soon discovers that her real job is to be a personal assistant, not a reporter, and that she must find her own way to prove her journalistic talents.