Nobody's Perfect, by Ellen Burns is the story of a girl named Sally Sanders who feels like she needs to be the best and therefore she needs to be perfect. It becomes such a problem that if it is an activity where she cannot be the best, she does not participate. Her mother encourages her to branch out and try new things even if she won't be perfect and she soon learns that it is fun to not be perfect and not everyone is perfect at everything.
This is a great book for gifted and talented students because so often they excel in so many aspects of life that they feel like this needs to happen in everything. It is a wonderful story that can teach gifted and talented students that they can have fun and that they don't have to be perfect at everything.
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