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But these books act as sensitive and reassuring springboards for conversations about mental and emotional health

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Drawing from the philosophies of Waldorf and Montessori education and her own childhood of imaginative play

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Bright Ted Stanton But these books act asDescription In this poignant middle grade novel, a struggling student joins her school's celebrated quiz team in a bid to avoid failing eighth grade. Marianne Blume knows she's one of the stupid kids. After years of trying and trying and feeling like she's always failing, she has mastered the art of turning off her brain whenever questions or lectures arise. She gets by in school on a combination of luck, deflection, and charisma that is, until she