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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A Tall History of Sugar tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance.
The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule, and ends in the era...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
11) Bear and Bee
Author
Series
Bear and Bee volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A hungry bear discovers that bees are not terrible monsters who never share their honey.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Black History Month - Teens
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NYT - Young Adult Paperback
Black History Month - Teens
Ms. Barbara's Favorites
NYT - Young Adult Paperback
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Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Hate has many faces: racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sectarianism, domestic violence. But do we really understand its roots? Are there practical ways to cope with it? What is hate doing to us? More importantly, what does hate do for us? Bill Moyers seeks to answer these questions. His search takes him around the world where he talks to philosophers and historians, authors and activists to those whose lives have been shaped by hate and those who...
14) Saving Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
16) Iggie's house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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When a black family with three children moves into the white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.
Author
Series
Under the never sky trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"Aria and Perry, two teens from radically different societies--one highly advanced, the other primitive--hate being dependent on one another until they overcome their prejudices and fall in love, knowing they can't stay together"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Some people are a little bit strange or a little too loud, and just a little bit scary. But I bet, if you knew them, and knew their favorite things, you'd think that maybe, (probably) most people aren't so scary after all.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Foreword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules! and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google.
An inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better.
Many of us believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.
After losing his wife to cancer, Chinese American Henry Lee recalls his youth with his Japanese American friend, Keiko, and deals with generational difficulties between himself, his father, and his college-age son.
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