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David kicked at rocks and empty soda bottles as he walked home from school. Since his parents' divorce, his mother has enlisted Miss Lee, their elderly Chinese-American neighbor, to keep tabs on him. It's embarrassing, to say the least. Yet when he and Miss Lee discover a common interest in word games, a friendship develops.
Soon David sees that Miss Lee understands him better than Dad, who believes extra-curricular activities exist solely to pad...
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Jumping over cracks, dancing with bees, and watching ants as they drink ice-cold lemonade! With a net over his head, the children wonder why their neighbor is so odd. Come and join the adventure to discover the answers. Are we all a little odd? Maybe, we are all simply different, and that is okay.
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I grew up in Guyana and unlike many, was lucky.
I was certainly stubborn but also fortunate.
The 'Third world' as it was known, had so many, young people faced with a lifetime of struggle and poverty.
They did almost anything, legal or illegal just to survive.
I am an African Caribbean and moved to the UK late 1950's. I saw at first hand the problems that many of my compatriots were experiencing as they tried to find work and a place, to live in a...
4) Blind Hill
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Blind Hill is the story of three 13 year-old boys caught in the fallout from the turmoil of the summer of 1968 and the strained race relations that are boiling over throughout the country. Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King is murdered 50 miles away in Memphis, TN, and one of the boys hears a comment that will begin to change the way he looks at the people in his hometown. The summer that was supposed to be filled with the fun of fishing and...
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This book compares the many life-altering events of an incarcerated African American man and a white American woman. More than just a discussion of their differences and commonalities, it explores the prejudices that continue to plague many areas of life in the US. Touching upon their individual family dynamics, drug usage and its consequences, the judicial system, early US history, and even adding God into the mix, this work covers a gamut of themes...
6) ColorSTRUCK
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Afam Izuwa didn't expect that taking care of three orphaned children would be easy. And it isn't, especially since one of them is an albino.
Depending on who you ask in this African society, albinos can be a blessing or a curse to a family.
The three siblings are aware of the danger their albino sibling faces. They also know they have no choice, but to entrust their safety to the care of their new uncle and to fully embrace their new life with him....
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Born breached, alcoholic, drug addicted, and transgendered, the first steps out of my mother's womb were the beginning of a world full of guilt, shame, anxiety, anger, fear, and pride, all of which had to be overcome in order to live a life of serenity. It took fifty-three years to approach these challenges as each step was very painful. However, on the other side of the pain came joy, peace, and happiness. It's a never-ending process but one of great...
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Women have choices in life. Every woman deserves to be happy, but some women settle for being unhappy because they don't feel they deserve happiness. Many women don't like who they are when they look in the mirror. Often, these women are in abusive relationships, and are too afraid to leave. There are many reasons why they stay in these terrible relationships, but it's not healthy.
All women need to learn to love themselves. This inspiring self-help...
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Readers will learn the importance of embracing people's differences in Respecting Diversity. This title includes full-color photographs, vocabulary, extension activities, and more to enhance readers' comprehension and application skills. The Social Skills series helps young readers learn how to handle the many different situations they'll face as they grow. Each 24-page book features real-world examples, tips, and more to help teach everything from...
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Pact Press brings you Speak and Speak Again, the first anthology in a series designed to spark conversation and protest. Contained within are thoughtful, thought-provoking essays on immigration, women's rights, race relations, and concerns for American society by Jaynie Royal, Eugene Gregory, Nora Shychuk, Rob Waters, Laurie Ann Doyle, Stephen D. Gutierrez, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Martha Haakmat, and Mikhal Weiner. The anthology also includes a short...
11) Homegoing
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Homegoing by Toni Ann Johnson follows a middle-aged African-American woman facing loss as she returns to her conservative white hometown. This fearless book tackles issues such as race, isolation, childhood trauma, abandonment and ultimately healing.
12) Out of Darkness
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IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
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Set against the back drop of one of the worst school tragedies in American history, Out of Darkness is a brutal and gripping novel about race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
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Experts have documented an explosive rise in the number of hate groups since the turn of the century, driven by anger over immigration and demographic projections showing that whites will no longer hold majority status in the United States by 2040. The rise accelerated with the elections of presidents Obama and Trump. Extremists are increasingly diffuse, moving to the web and away from organized, on-the-ground activities. What is a hate group and...
14) Bluish
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
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All of the kids at school stay away from "Bluish," but when Dreenie and Tuli learn to see beyond her differences, they discover a true friend Ten-year-old Natalie is different from the other kids at her New York City magnet school: She is often absent, wears a knit cap, and uses a wheelchair. Her classmates have nicknamed her "Bluish" because her pale skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by and a bit frightened of Bluish-she...
15) Life as a Slave
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This fascinating volume explores everyday life for slaves in America. Readers will learn about the various duties that slaves were responsible for conducting, their relationships with their masters, and the ways they found to cope with the humiliating and demoralizing lives they were captured into. Contextual information about how the practice of slavery began, how slaves contributed to the southern economy, and how the institution was finally destroyed...
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Résumé : Une école interdit le foulard, un propriétaire refuse de louer son appartement à une famille noire, un restaurant refuse l'accès d'une personne aveugle à cause de son chien d'assistance, une compagnie d'assurance refuse un prêt hypothécaire à un couple qui a plus de 75 ans, une chaîne commerciale interdit aux hommes de porter la barbe... Discrimination ou non ?Pour promouvoir l'égalité, prévenir la ségrégation ou l'exclusion,...
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Jeff James was one of the good white guys. At least, that's what he thought. But when, he asked a black friend how to become an antiracist, he had to think again. "Simple," she shot back, "get rid of whiteness."
Thus began his journey to discover, name, and dismantle the racial category that had defined and advantaged him for a lifetime. In Giving Up Whiteness, James leads readers on an intimate, humble, and disorienting investigation of what it means...
18) Street Heroes
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Georgie's dad, George Smith is a highly controversial politician whose message is to get rid of non-white people from London's East End. Everyone assumes Georgie shares his father's views, even his father. But while he loves his dad, he's really not sure what he thinks. And then he begins to hear a voice in his head, the voice of a Muslim girl called Fatima ... Meanwhile Fatima is also contacting other children in difficult situations. When an attempt...
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Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets an older girl, Zilla, when her family goes on holiday. Zilla is developmentally disabled, but much more fun than the average teenager. The friendship grows until Uncle Chad shows up. He is snooty and sometimes unthinkingly cruel to Zilla. Prejudices and attitudes take a surprising turn when Uncle Chad gets hurt during a storm and it is Zilla who generously comes to the rescue.
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