Shiga, Jason
Summary: A "choose your own story" graphic novel. In a small medieval coastal town, the residents live in fear of a giant sea creature, the Leviathan, who attacks anyone who lies. Your mission: discover the secrets and defeat the creature before it's too late! How you go about it depends on the choices you make.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SHICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SHIAjayi Jones, Luvvie
Summary: "The world can feel like a dumpster fire, with endless things to be afraid of. It can make you feel powerless to ask for what you need, use your voice, and show up truly as your whole self. Add the fact that often, people might make you feel like your way of showing up is TOO MUCH. BE TOO MUCH, and use it for good. That is what it means to be a troublemaker. In this book, Luvvie Ajayi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 158.1 JONKurlansky, Mark
Summary: Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 177.3 KURKetteler, Judi
Summary: Go ahead. I can handle the truth. We protest when we don't get it. We divorce spouses who withhold it. We insist our children practice it. We're hurt when our friends don't divulge it. But when it comes to our own behavior, how often do we transgress? Out of diplomacy, kindness, sympathy, and privacy we don't always tell the truth. Yet we often barely notice. What happens when we notice? When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Donaghey, Reese.
Summary: Telling the truth can be difficult and upsetting, especially if the outcome could cause trouble. A lie might seem the easier course when youve broken your brothers favorite toy or havent yet cleaned your room, though you were asked to. Readers are introduced to the definition of a lie through accessible language and real-life examples. Then, the benefits of truth telling are presented to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 170 DONLeviton, Michael
Summary: The author describes his upbringing in a family fanatically devoted to honesty, the consequences of this unrelenting honesty in his relationships, and his decision to learn how to be as casually dishonest as everyone else.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEVITON, MICHAEL LEVAlthea.
Summary: Examines the nature and importance of truth, explains why telling the truth can sometimes be difficult, and describes the negative effects of lying.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.3 ALTAriely, Dan
Summary: Explores the question of dishonesty from Washington to Wall Street, and the classroom to the workplace, to examine why cheating is so prevalent and what can be done to prevent it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012