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It's 1900, and sixteen-year-old Helen comes alone in steerage across the Atlantic from a small village in Lithuania, fleeing terrible anti-Semitism and persecution. She arrives at Ellis Island, and finds a place to live in the colorful Lower East Side of New York. She quickly finds a job in the thriving garment industry and, like millions of others who are coming to America during this time, devotes herself to bringing the rest of her family to join...
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Music truly makes the world go round. And we have the best music in the world up at the North Pole. And the elf that makes all this beautiful music happen for us is Carol Joynote, our Chief Music Coordinator.
Whether working with carolers or bands, or teaching music to our younger elves, Carol puts joy into everything she does. And the result? Everyone at the North Pole is smiling and singing right along with her. Our work isn't work when we are...
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An informative and project-filled book for middle graders to explore the meaning and history behind LGBTQ rights movements, including biographies of key figures in gender and gay/lesbian history, the context behind today's transgender "bathroom wars" and dozens of activities and research ideas for perspectives and further learning.
What does it mean to think of gender as being a range instead of being simply male or female? In Gender Identity: Beyond...
1124) Beneath the Slashings
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Slashings-n. Broken branches, splintered trunks, and other debris left on the ground after lumbering: The slashings lay strewn about like casualties of war, cold, gray and skeletal.) Grace Nickerson's life has been shattered by four years of war. She's desperate to return to a sense of normalcy, but soon after her father returns, he sells the farm and drags the family to a lumber camp in Michigan's northern wilderness. Living in the primitive camp...
1125) My Teacher Has Tattoos
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In Xavier's neighborhood, tattoos represent gang membership. After Xavier catches an unexpected glimpse of his new teacher's tattoos, he learns that there's more than meets the eye when it comes to the cultural significance of tattoos.
Based on real events that took place during author Darren Lopez's first year teaching in Washington DC, My Teacher Has Tattoos is an impactful conversation starter that brings to life the pitfalls of stereotyping...
1126) My Uncle Martin's Words for America: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Niece Tells How He Made a Difference
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In this inspirational story about Martin Luther King Jr.-told from the perspective of his niece Angela Farris Watkins-readers learn how King used his message of love and peace to effectively fight for African Americans' civil rights.
Focusing on important words and phrases from his speeches, such as justice, freedom, and equality, Watkins uses King's language to expose young readers to important events during the civil rights era. The simple yet...
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Explore the past, present and future of voting around the world, and why it's one of the most important things we can do as citizens.
In Get Out and Vote!, discover how voting affects everyone's life, what election day looks like, why some people don't cast a ballot and more. Did you know a ping-pong ball once decided an election or that the government in Ancient Greece voted by shouting? From elections and politics to voter suppression and accessible...
1128) Free As A Bird
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Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp comes from a time when being a developmentally disabled person could mean growing up behind locked doors and barred windows and being called names like "retard" and "moron." When Ruby Jean's caregiver and loving grandmother dies, her mother takes her to Woodlands School in New Westminster, British Columbia, and rarely visits. As Ruby Jean herself says: "Can't say why they called it a school – a school's a...
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Laissant définitivement s'éloigner les secrets de collège, Gorka et ses amis vont découvrir l'univers du lycée et les premiers émois amoureux.
Claire-Lucille, seule fille du groupe, va faire la connaissance de Békir, un adolescent turc et le prendre en amitié. Apprécié de tous, Békir va être associé à la rédaction d'un journal de lycée. Malheureusement pour lui, la publication d'un article sur la culture de son pays d'origine va...
1130) The Brave
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Sonny's been an outsider all his life. He has never fit into either world: the Moscondagas on the Reservation see him as white; whites see him as Indian. So far, Sonny's managed to harness his anger -- what he calls "the monster" -- in the boxing ring. But Sonny wants out of the Res. He's headed for New York City, where nobody can tell him what to do. Sonny doesn't count on stepping into the middle of a drug war when he gets there -- or on tangling...
1131) I Will Make a Difference
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I Will Make a Difference is a fun, educational, and interactive children's book that teaches children about racism and anti-oppression. By teaching our children appropriate language, we give them the power to understand the world around them.
1132) Sophia's Journal
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Her cell phone is dead and she has no idea where she is.
After a bad fall, 16 year-old Sophia Ahmad is washed down the Kansas River – all the way back to 1857, just before the Civil War. A 21st century girl, she adjusts to cow milking, candle making and rabbit hunting alright, but the realization that slavery and the mistreatment of Native Americans are commonplace in her adopted community stops her in her tracks. As a young man waits to...
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This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive workbook will help you navigate your gender identity and expression at home, in school, and with peers. If you are a transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) teen, you may experience unique challenges with identity and interpersonal relationships. In addition to experiencing common teen challenges such as body changes and peer pressure, you may be wondering how to express your unique identity to others. The Gender...
1134) Light Mage
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Journey to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting prequel to The Black Witch by critically acclaimed author Laurie Forest.
Before Elloren Gardner came to possess the White Wand of myth, the Wand was drawn to another bearer: Sagellyn Gaffney.
Sage's affinity for light magery, a rare skill among Gardnerians, makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the shadows spreading across Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand...
1135) Black Lives Matter
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Black Lives Matter covers the shootings that touched off passionate protests, the work of activists to bring about a more just legal system, and the tensions in US society that these events have brought to light. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
1136) A Matter Of Souls
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This stirring collection of short stories considers the souls of black men and women across centuries and continents. In each, she takes the measure of their dignity, describes their dreams, and catalogs their fears.
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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) is best known for the telling of his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent enslaved and his famous autobiography. Facing Frederick captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. Statesman, suffragist, writer, and newspaperman, this book focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon.
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Bitter root volume 3
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It is 1925, a great evil has invaded the world, and the monster-hunting Sangerye family is about to discover that they do not have what it takes to protect themselves, let alone humanity. The only way the Sangeryes can ever hope to defeat the sinister forces ravaging the world is if they each face their own internal demons...but some will not survive. The Eisner and Ringo-award winning team return for the epic showdown that will determine the fate...
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"For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color. She crafts powerful ways to address the challenges Brown girls face, from...
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"When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century--but they've never been as intense as they are today. In this eye-opening narrative of the efforts to raise, preserve, protest, and remove...
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