Just shine! how to be a better you

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a sweet and powerful story about being true to yourself and shining your brightest. How will you help people shine? There once was a little girl who grew up in Puerto Rico with an incredible ability--she was able to make everyone ar...

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Main Author: Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-
Other Authors: Alćantara, Jacqueline (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified.] : PHILOMEL BOOKS, 2025.
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Summary:From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a sweet and powerful story about being true to yourself and shining your brightest. How will you help people shine? There once was a little girl who grew up in Puerto Rico with an incredible ability--she was able to make everyone around her shine. She listened, she understood, she worked hard, and she brought out the beauty in each person she met. In a story inspired by her mother's ability to help people see their own brilliance, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shows readers how helping others shine makes the whole world brighter. With art by award-winning illustrator Jacqueline Alcantara, Just Shine will help readers find their own inner glow--and recognize that glow in those around them.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:0593206290
9780593206294
Author Notes:Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York on June 25, 1954. She graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and from Yale Law School in 1979. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York and then at a law firm. From 1992 to 1998 she served as a judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and from 1998 to 2009 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on August 8, 2009. She is the author of the memoir My Beloved World.

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