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Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this beautiful, full-color keepsake collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books. What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of...
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Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
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.
3) Linked
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"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...
4) Bear and Bee
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
A hungry bear discovers that bees are not terrible monsters who never share their honey.
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Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. Shes tired of the rude stares, the degrading commentseven the physical violenceshe endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So shes built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother
6) Point guard
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Series
Home team novels volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
8) Internment
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"--
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Series
To kill a mockingbird volume 1
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A young girl growing up in an Alabama town in the 1930s learns of injustice and violence when her father, a widowed lawyer, defends a black man falsely accused of rape.
10) London river
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Elizabeth as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath of the bombings on July 7, 2005, after failing to hear from her daughter. Elizabeth is disturbed by the confusion of the metropolis and above all, by the predominantly Muslim neighborhood where her daughter lived. Her fear and prejudice escalate when she discovers her daughter was converting to Islam as she keeps crossing paths with Ousmane, a West African who has come from France...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Description
"When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects."--Page [2] of cover.
12) Finding my voice
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Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Description
As she tries to enjoy her senior year and choose which college she will attend, Korean American Ellen Sung must deal with the prejudice of some of her classmates and pressure from her parents to get good grades.
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Dottir Press
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Explains that although many adults do not care to admit it, color does still matter in the United States; discusses racism and the fight against it; and argues that bias is a problem for whites, but that white people do not have to accept it.
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Legacy of Orisha volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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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.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher's life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women's Correctional Center. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold-until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Morgan knows nothing about art restoration,...
17) Iron cast
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In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
18) Hattie & Hudson
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
It's a summer day so beautiful and peaceful that Hattie, paddling in her canoe in the middle of a lake, can't help but sing. In the deep water below, a creature is lurking. He's huge and green, with a long, long neck and he rarely leaves his lair. But on this day, he hears something sweet and inviting. He hears a song. What happens when the creature rises to the surface is nothing short of magical. Can a young girl and an enormous lake monster become...
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