03102cam a2200589 i 4500 929690502 TxAuBib 20230811120000.0 230428s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023016007 9780593568996 hc. 0593568990 hc. 9780593569009 lib. bdg. 0593569008 lib. bdg. (OCoLC)1377728020 TxAuBib rda Avant-garde, Zaila,. It's not bragging if it's true / Zaila Avant-garde, with Marti Dumas. It is not bragging if it is true. First edition. New York : Random House, [2023] 134 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "How to be awesome at life" -- Cover. "Kids will be inspired to embrace their inner weirdness and persevere through obstacles after reading this empowering collection of true stories from teenage Scripps National Spelling Bee champ and Guinness World Record holder Zaila Avant-garde!"-- Provided by publisher. "After Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021, she turned into an overnight sensation. People wanted to know who she was and how she'd achieved so much while so young. In this nonfiction book, Zaila shares the personal anecdotes that have shaped her life and extends advice to readers on living authentically. While Zaila is an exceptional and inspiring young woman, she has fears and anxieties just like everyone else; what makes her remarkable is the way she chooses to move through the obstacles in front of her. Zaila shares about her family, her accomplishments, her experience of being homeschooled, and so much more in order to motivate and uplift other kids who have small-, medium-, and even big-sized dreams." -- Amazon.com. 780L Lexile. 20230811. Avant-garde, Zaila Anecdotes Juvenile literature. Self-actualization (Psychology) in children Juvenile literature. Success in children Juvenile literature. Teenage girls United States Anecdotes Juvenile literature. African American teenage girls Anecdotes Juvenile literature. Spelling bees United States Anecdotes Juvenile literature. Self-actualization (Psychology) in children. Success in children. Teenage girls. African American teenage girls. Spelling bees. United States. Anecdotes. Self-help publications. Juvenile works. Anecdotes. Self-help publications. Dumas, Marti,.