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Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quatro Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
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This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally)...
2) New kid
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New kid (Jerry Craft) volume 1
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After his parents send him to a prestigious private school known for its academics, Jordan Banks finds himself torn between two worlds.
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Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve"American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are...
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American Girl
Pub. Date
[2021]
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87 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
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For thirteen-year-old Makena, clothes are a way for her to connect with others, but when some people make hurtful assumptions about her because she is Black, she discovers how to use fashion to speak up about injustice.
6) All my rage
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2022.
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Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else...
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"Ballet is Aisha’s life. But when discrimination at her elite academy pushes her to her breaking point, she decides to pivot. At her new public arts school, Aisha scores more dance opportunities than she’s ever had before. And it doesn’t hurt that she gets to take classes with her bestie . . . and with Ollie, an adorably shy musician who keeps throwing off her usually impeccable balance. Yet even as Aisha navigates friendships, family conflict,...
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Alfaguara Infantil
Pub. Date
©2021.
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65 pages: : color illustrations.
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"La llegada de Lul? y su padre a Sud?frica fue muy accidentada: durante las manifestaciones, la polic?a arrest? a su padre por defender a Nelson, un chico negro de la edad de su hija. Mientras espera a que salga de la c?rcel, Lul? y su nuevo amigo, Nelson, se refugian en la granja de Mary, una mujer que lucha contra las desigualdades. Los dos amigos se lanzan a perseguir las huellas de los leones de la sabana sudafricana, sin ser conscientes del peligro...
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Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"The story of the 1931 Lemon Grove incident, in which Mexican families in southern California won the first school desegregation case in United States history. Told in Spanish and English. Includes a corrido (ballad), and information about the people involved and events leading up to and after the court case ruling"--
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Petra Luna volume 1
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It is 1913, and twelve-year-old Petra Luna's mama has died while the Revolution rages in Mexico. Before her papa is dragged away by soldiers, Petra vows to him that she will care for the family she has left—her abuelita, little sister Amelia, and baby brother Luisito—until they can be reunited. They flee north through the unforgiving desert as their town burns, searching for safe harbor in a world that offers none. Each night when Petra closes...
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