I'm Not Her

I'm Not Her
Author: Janet Gurtler
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1402256361

When popular, sporty sister, Kristina, is diagnosed with cancer, her younger, brainy sister, Tess, is thrown into new roles as she becomes the center of the popular crowd and must be the strong one in her family.

I Am Not Her!

I Am Not Her!
Author: Darion Hughes
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2019-11-06
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1645699609

How do you acknowledge something that you don't give a face to? You can't recognize it if you're constantly acting as if whatever hurt you've been subjected to doesn't exist. Generational curses are being passed down because people are taught not to speak on the "uncomfortable hurt." Many people come from families/communities that sweep everything under the rug like the issue never happened. How do you move on with life if your mind is in bondage due to your unaddressed issues? The moment you acknowledge abuse, molestation, depression, suicidal thoughts, addiction, or abandonment (whatever has given you pain) is the moment you give that thing a face. That's when healing takes place. That's when that thing is real and your identity is no longer associated with your past. That thing is no longer leeching off your existence. You can look in the mirror and actually see a person, versus whatever you've labeled yourself or whatever people have labeled you. You can finally talk about the situation and no longer be embarrassed/ashamed of it. Exposure brings about healing. Healing is the key to accomplishing life and giving it our all. That's all God wants from us. Think of life like a buried diamond. How can God use you, or how can you live life to your fullest potential if you are buried in dirt? The diamond is there. However, the different layers of earth are keeping the diamond in bondage. Therefore, there's no use for it at that point. It is simply being prepared to shine bright. I listen to classical music because it triggers the inner child within myself. It brings back bananas covered in peanut butter and the sticker apples that were put on the plastic tree if you behaved (the apple was removed for bad behavior). Mozart would play through the room as we napped on our mats. It brought back the smell of cinnamon that used to cover my father's studio office. Thinking of these good moments will not take away the hurt that wasn't addressed. Get to the bottom of it so that you can glow and live life to the fullest! You deserve nothing but the best, so go for it.

I'm Not Her

I'm Not Her
Author: Janet Gurtler
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 140225637X

"For the first time in my life, I didn't feel envy..." Tess is the exact opposite of her beautiful, athletic sister. And that's okay. Kristina is the sporty one, Tess is the smart one, and they each have their place. Until Kristina is diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly Tess is the center of the popular crowd, everyone eager for updates. There are senior boys flirting with her. But, the smiles of her picture perfect family are cracking and her sister could be dying. Now Tess has to fill a new role: the strong one. Because if she doesn't hold it together, who will? Janet Gurtler tests the bonds of sisterhood in this moving debut that readers of Jodi Picoult and Sarah Dessen will savor.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Author: Erika L. Sánchez
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1524700509

National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home. Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal? “Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times “Unique and fresh.” —Entertainment Weekly “A standout.” —NPR

I Am Not Your Victim

I Am Not Your Victim
Author: Ms. Sophia
Publisher: SuperNovel(HK)Co.,Limited
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2022-10-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

“Harper, you look beautiful as ever. The look of captivity suits you.” His voice is low and seductive. He made me sick. “What do you want with me, Alpha Thane?” I spat the words out. His menacing smile curled over his white teeth. It is a terrible thing, how such a handsome man can be the devil reincarnated. “It is no secret; I want you as my mate.” “WHY ME... WHY DID YOU PICK ME?” I raised my voice and yelled at him. Tears swelled in my eyes, but I refused to let them fall in front of him. “Why couldn’t you pick someone as cruel as you?” Alpha Thane stepped to the side instructing one of the guards to unlock my cell door. More clinking sounds echoed off the walls as the cell door slid open. Alpha Thane walked in, stopping in front of me. I could feel his breath on my forehead. My body wanted to move away from him, but I forced myself to stand as tall and as confident as I possibly could. He was much taller than me. I am only 5’3 in height. I looked up at him. Our eyes locked. A low growl rumbled deep in his chest as he brought his mouth closer to my ear. His breath hot on my neck, caused my body to shiver. With a soft seductive voice, he answered my question “I want you because you're good.”

Daisy: Not Your Average Super-sleuth! Book 8, The Shanghai Shadow

Daisy: Not Your Average Super-sleuth! Book 8, The Shanghai Shadow
Author: R T Green
Publisher: Wise Owl
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2023-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When Daisy is warned that someone very, very dangerous is gunning for her, in revenge for her father being mistakenly killed by MI6 some years ago, she realises there is no choice. Involving the family is far too dangerous. This time it has to be a solo mission… Just after she and Aidan move back into the rebuilt cottage, Daisy gets a terrifying phone call from an ex-colleague. A Chinese lethal weapon codenamed the ‘Shanghai Shadow’ has arrived in England, and is determined to exact retribution on those she believes are responsible for her father’s death. And that includes Daisy. The friend and colleague lives in a remote part of the Lake District, and Daisy realises they must join forces to stand any chance of defeating their enemy. She slips away secretly, leaving Aidan a vague note. Aware it’s a case of kill or be killed, it’s debatable which of them will come out of it alive. Aidan and the others, however, won’t lie down. They find out where Daisy has gone, and set off after her. But will they be in time? Read all about Daisy, and our 1920’s series ‘The Sandie Shaw Mysteries’, on the new rtgreen website. And enjoy!

Not Your Journey But Your Destiny

Not Your Journey But Your Destiny
Author: Catherine D. Herron
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1477131442

This is a story of the life of my mom and me; filled with rich wisdom and knowledge from God on the plan for our lives. God has a plan for your life that will always enrich your life with so many blessings you will not have room to receive them. As you read through these pages, I pray you will find some answers to questions that you’ve asked yourself, but you never had the courage to ask anyone else. I also pray you will know without a doubt that no matter what you’re going through, how difficult life sometimes get, God is there with you all the way. No matter how many times, you’ve had to go to bed and cry, just trust God and know that God has everything you need. He loves you, and you are very, very special to Him. Be encouraged, the best, is yet to come!

I Am Not Starfire

I Am Not Starfire
Author: Mariko Tamaki
Publisher: DC Comics
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1779511205

From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. Mandy is not a sparkly superhero. Mandy has no powers. She’s a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend, Lincoln. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant, angry, light-years away moon. And ever since she walked out on her SATs, which her mom doesn’t know about, Mandy has been even more distant. Everyone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. Or she did until she gets partnered with Claire, the person she intensely denies liking but definitely likes a lot, for a school project. When someone from Starfire’s past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. I Am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens; about knowing where you come from and where you are going; and about mothers.

New Directions 54

New Directions 54
Author: James Laughlin
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1990-11
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780811211468

Since 1936, the New Directions in Prose and Poetry anthologies have served as vehicles for the presentation of new and variant trends in world literature.

"Happiness Is Not My Companion"

Author: David M. Jordan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2001-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253108942

The valorous but troubled career of the Civil War general best known for defending Little Round Top and averting a Union defeat at Gettysburg. The lieutenant colonel of a New York regiment and rising star in the Army of the Potomac, Gouverneur K. Warren performed heroically at Gettysburg. For his service at Bristoe Station and Mine Run, he was awarded command of the Fifth Corps for the 1864 Virginia campaign. But Warren’s peculiarities of temperament and personality put a cloud over his service at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania and cost him the confidence of his superiors, Grant and Meade. He was summarily relieved of his command by Philip Sheridan after winning the Battle of Five Forks, just eight days before Appomattox. Warren continued as an engineer of distinction in the Army after the war, but he was determined to clear his name before a board of inquiry, which conducted an exhaustive investigation into the battle, Warren’s conduct, and Sheridan’s arbitrary action. However, the findings of the court vindicating Warren were not made public until shortly after his death. For this major biography of Gouverneur Warren, David M. Jordan utilizes Warren’s own voluminous collection of letters, papers, orders, and other items saved by his family, as well as the letters and writings of such contemporaries as his aide and brother-in-law Washington Roebling, Andrew Humphreys, Winfield Hancock, George Gordon Meade, and Ulysses S. Grant. Jordan presents a vivid account of the life and times of a complex military figure.