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"An inspirational letter written to the dreamers of the world"--
"Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds's rallying cry to the dreamers of the world. Jump Anyway is for kids who dream. Kids who dream of being better than...
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A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. First love, friendship, school, family, community, having a crush, loving your mother and hating your mother, sense of self, body image, hopes and dreams . . . these seventy-two poems by Naomi Shihab Nye-written expressly for this collection-will speak to girls of all ages. An honest, insightful, inspirational, and...
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Something says find out
why rain falls, what makes corn proud
and squash so humble, the questions
call like a train whistle ... George Washington Carver was determined to help the people he loved. Born enslaved in Missouri, he left home in search of an education, eventually earning his master's degree. When Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-Black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, Carver found his calling....
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Henry Holt & Co
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2011
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English
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Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and refuge in a nearby village.
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Levine Querido
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2020.
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English
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2022 Youth Media Awards
If I Ever Get Out of Here: Further Reading
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
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If I Ever Get Out of Here: Further Reading
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How about a book that makes you barge into your boss's office to read a page of poetry from? That you dream of? That every movie, song, book, moment that follows continues to evoke in some way? The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras,...
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2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten
A Year in GoodReads 5 Star Ratings
Ashland Books at Noon April 2019 Picks
Tear Jerkers
A Year in GoodReads 5 Star Ratings
Ashland Books at Noon April 2019 Picks
Tear Jerkers
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"Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
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