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21) Linked
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. 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...
24) Cross currents
Author
Publisher
Deseret
Pub. Date
c1993.
Language
English
Description
A young Filipino Mormon boy living on the Hawaiian island of Lanai tries to further his relationship with a Japanese girl but he first must overcome the prejudice of her father.
25) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a wellspring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
26) Bunnybear
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Although Bunnybear was born a bear, he feels more like a bunny. He loves to bounce through the forest, wiggle his nose, and munch on strawberries. The other bears don't understand him, and neither do the bunnies. Will Bunnybear ever find a friend who likes him just the way he is?"--
28) No way out
Series
Fox film noir volume 13
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
When a young African-American doctor operates on two white brothers brought in for gunshot wounds, it sets off a chain of violent confrontations between a vicious psychopath, his gang and the black community.
29) Saving Shiloh
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
30) Freakling
Author
Series
Psi chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing his telekinetic powers in a traumatic accident, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to a colony with fellow disabled people. He comes to enjoy the community's acceptance and manual labors before encountering dangerous secrets.
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Language
English
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Description
After discussing the police shooting of a local Black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers that provides general guidance about addressing racism with children, child-friendly vocabulary definitions, conversation guides, and a link to additional online resources for parents and teachers.
33) Point guard
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Jane Gable first sees young Milo Turner, member of the first black family ever to move to her area of East Tennessee, on the day her abusive father is buried. When tragedy strikes the Turner household, the Gable family is asked to make a decision that could rip their world apart.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Chicken Little runs into the Big Bad Wolf (literally), her first instinct is to fly, like the other chickens, but she decides to investigate instead--and finds that this particular wolf is not interested in eating chickens, he is just looking for a place to call home.
38) The jacket
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Phil makes an accusation based on racial prejudice when he sees a black classmate wearing a jacket Phil thinks is his brother's.
39) A jar of dreams
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression, a time of great prejudice.
40) Internment
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"A terrifying, futuristic United States 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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