It's Okay to Be Different

It's Okay to Be Different
Author: Todd Parr
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2008-11-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 031604590X

It's okay to need some help. It's okay to be a different color. It's okay to talk about your feelings. It's okay to make a wish... It's Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the important messages of acceptance, understanding, and confidence in an accessible, child-friendly format featuring Todd Parr's trademark bold, bright colors and silly scenes. Targeted to young children first beginning to read, this book will inspire kids to celebrate their individuality through acceptance of others and self-confidence. Along with the four other bestselling Todd Parr picture books debuting in paperback this season, It's Okay to be Different is designed to encourage early literacy, enhance emotional development, celebrate multiculturalism, and promote character growth.

It's Okay to Be Broken

It's Okay to Be Broken
Author: Tanishka Murthy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2021-04-04
Genre:
ISBN:

Why is life so hard sometimes? Why does growing up have to be such a pain? Are we really in control of how we feel inside? We have so many questions about life and everything we experience as young adults, as humans. Aimed at young adults navigating their way through life, this book helps in creating mindsets that allow us to maintain inner peace while living in a chaotic world. This book explores incredibly simple concepts that are the most difficult to comprehend, and turns it into something that everyone can resonate with, and further be inspired by.Written by Teenage author Tanishka Murthy, from one young adult to another, this book gives us insight into what it's like being a teenager in today's society as well as how the things young adults go through apply to everyone. From mental health, relationships, to discovering who we are and how we can apply that to our everyday lives. If at any point in your life you've felt confused about your choices, or felt inner conflict that almost made you feel broken, if you have all these feelings that you don't quite know how to put into words, or if you just need something to resonate with, this book is for you. It's a chaotic world. It seems impossible to maintain our inner peace when we're all alone. The truth; we're not alone. Use this book as a guide to make sense of the world. Because anything, whether broken or not, has the potential to evolve into something beautiful.

Broken

Broken
Author: Elizabeth Pulford
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0762450797

Zara has one immediate and urgent goal, and it is to find her brother, Jem. She faces a few complications, though, not the least of which is searching for him in her subconscious while she is in a coma. Zara's coma has pulled her into the world of Jem's favorite comic-book hero. But no matter how quickly Zara literally draws her own escape, she is taunted deeper into the fantastical darkness by the comic's villain, Morven. All the while she is caught between the present with visits from friends and family in the hospital and the past by flashbacks of a traumatic event long ago forgotten. The search for her brother may help Zara see the light, but in order to find him, she must face her innermost secrets first. In a multi-layered tale that intertwines comic-book/graphic novel elements with first-person narration, Elizabeth Pulford explores the dimensions of hope, love, loyalty, denial, and truth.

The Book of Broken Hearts

The Book of Broken Hearts
Author: Sarah Ockler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2013-05-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1442430400

When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A “touching father-daughter story” (Kirkus Reviews) from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer. Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one. Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas? Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong? Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking.

The Summer of Broken Things

The Summer of Broken Things
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481417657

Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted and sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts, once good friends, begrudgingly travel to Spain together for a summer vacation where they uncover a secret their families kept hidden from them their entire lives.

It's Okay Not to Be Okay

It's Okay Not to Be Okay
Author: Sheila Walsh
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493415352

We've all experienced that moment where we wish we could start all over again. Failed marriages, lost friends, addictions, lost jobs. This is not the life we imagined. Yesterday can sometimes leave us stuck, sad, shamed, scared, and searching. Sheila Walsh encourages readers to face the pain head on and then start again, from right where they are. She shares that when she discovered "I'm not good enough and I'm good with that," everything started to change. In It's Okay Not to Be Okay, Walsh helps women overcome the same old rut of struggles and pain by changing the way they think about God, themselves, and their everyday lives. She shares practical, doable, daily strategies that will help women move forward one step at a time knowing God will never let them down.

Broken Open

Broken Open
Author: Elizabeth Lesser
Publisher: Villard
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2008-10-30
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1588361594

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring guide to healing and growth illuminates the richness and potential of every life, even in the face of loss and adversity—now updated with additional toolbox materials and a new preface by the author In the more than twenty-five years since she co-founded Omega Institute—now the world’s largest center for spiritual retreat and personal growth—Elizabeth Lesser has been an intimate witness to the ways in which people weather change and transition. In a beautifully crafted blend of moving stories, humorous insights, practical guidance, and personal memoir, she offers tools to help us make the choice we all face in times of challenge: Will we be broken down and defeated, or broken open and transformed? Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have risen from the ashes of illness, divorce, loss of a job or a loved one—stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. And she draws on the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.

Broken and Screwed

Broken and Screwed
Author: Tijan
Publisher: EverAfter Romance
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-05-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781682304853

Alexandra's older brother died the night he graduated. That day changed everything for her. No longer was she the party girl. No longer did she care about being popular and no longer was her family the happy unit she always thought existed. The only person who could help her heal is the same person who loved her brother as much as she did, his best friend. She only hopes to keep her entire heart from breaking when Jesse will move on, and she knows he will. After Ethan died, Jesse excelled at basketball, partying, and girls. He used it all to turn his emotions off, but the irony was that Alex was the only person who could do that for him. She helped him forget, but she was the one person he shouldn't be with because the secrets he knows could shatter everything. They could shatter her. This is part one, so expect a cliffhanger for an ending.

When God Doesn't Fix It

When God Doesn't Fix It
Author: Laura Story
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0718037189

Is it possible that good things can come out of our broken dreams? Worship leader and recording artist Laura Story’s life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Their lives would never be the same. Yes, with God all things are possible. But the devastating news was that no cure existed to restore Martin’s short-term memory, eyesight, and other complications. The fairy-tale life Laura had dreamed of was no longer possible. And yet in struggling with God about how to live with broken dreams, Laura has found joy and a deeper intimacy with Jesus. In When God Doesn’t Fix It, Laura helps you understand that: We aren’t the only ones whose lives have taken unexpected turns Even heroes of our faith experienced brokenness Despite our flaws and stories, God can use us in extraordinary ways God may not fix everything. In fact, although your situation might not ever change or get better, with Jesus you can. Not because of your faith, but because of the faithfulness of God.

Broken Like Me

Broken Like Me
Author: Joseph Reid
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737078616

This is the part of the book where I'm supposed to convince you that reading this book is worthwhile. I wish I didn't have to. I wish I never had to write it. But brokenness exists. I go through most days feeling broken and having thoughts of suicide. So, here's my book to you. I didn't write it to make a lot of money, but out of a need to survive, and to hopefully help others who read it. It is born out of my story of living with a mental illness. I write about things in this book that made life easier, and at times, probably kept me alive. You shouldn't have to wait to tell your story until you have things all figured out-I'm not even close, but I'm sharing mine. I pray what I've learned encourages you to share your experiences with someone too. Here are some things I'd like you to think about as you consider reading this book. Do you:Feel like you have to pretend you're not broken, and pray that your struggle doesn't get passed on to your kids?Feel overwhelmed with inadequate boundaries and need help knowing where to draw the line with people?Get those check-in sheets every time you go to your therapist and can't make sense out of the scale they're using? Feel lost between faith and sanity, success and failure, hope and helplessness?If you feel broken, I wrote this for you.