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Breadwinner series volume 4
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English
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Patvana is a teenage girl in Afghanistan found by the military in a school that has been bombed.
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English
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2021 National Book Award Longlists, Finalists, & WINNERS
2022 Youth Media Awards
Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
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2022 Youth Media Awards
Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--Provided by publisher
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves....
4) Fourmile
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"A mysterious stranger arrives at a boy's rundown Alabama farm home, just as a dangerous situation is unfolding for the twelve-year-old and his widowed mother"--
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Violence in the media is a major topic of debate, and video games are often at the center of these debates. Are they too violent? Does playing a violent video game have any impact on a young person becoming violent themselves? Readers are encouraged to form their own answers to these challenging questions and to back them up with facts from the enlightening text. A detailed graphic organizer, vivid photographs, and helpful fact boxes are also included...
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The Syrian Civil War has led to one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in the world today. For young people living thousands of miles away, it can be difficult to understand the situation and the toll the violence has taken. Through firsthand accounts, thought-provoking questions, and a concluding activity, this volume provides a relatable and engaging look at a conflict that is poised to shape our world for years to come.
8) The Iraq War
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Over the course of nearly eight years, the Iraq War claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. This volume traces the entire conflict from Saddam Hussein's rise to power, decades before the war started, to the war's lingering effects today. The book includes primary source accounts describing what it's like to live through unimaginable violence and encourages readers to consider the information presented to form opinions of their own.
9) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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English
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
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Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 7
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English
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When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
11) Hunter's Heart
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Simon, age 14, is obsessed with weaponry, survival tactics, and hunting. Against his mother's wishes, he secretly orders a BB gun over the Internet and begins to practice with it. During a long, hot summer, he discovers a new obsession: Leah, the older girl next door. To her, he's little more than a "project," but their relationship intensifies. Meanwhile, Simon's mother has started a mortifying affair with his art teacher, Matt. When Simon realizes...
12) Ghost boys
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English
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2023 Black History Month
Ashland Books@Noon August 2018 List
Ashland Books@Noon July 2018 List
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Ashland Books@Noon August 2018 List
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"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
13) Blended
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Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
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Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.
Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did.
On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment...
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Among similar countries, the United States has a unique problem with gun violence. Gun-related deaths and injuries happen at high rates every year. Debates over how to reduce gun violence center around, defining Second Amendment rights, different ideas of freedom, and which reforms to enact. Learn how organizations and governments are working to stop gun violence; which laws, regulations, and technology could effect change; and how young activists...
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After a year in exile on an Alaskan island as punishment for severely beating a fellow student, Cole Matthews returns to school in Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim--but he finds that surviving the violence and hatred of high school is even harder than surviving in the wilderness.
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Gun control is a popular topic of debate on news programs and online, but these debates are sensationalized and often do not fully explain the issue and the points of view of people on both sides of it. Readers are given a clearer picture of what gun control means and why people support and oppose it through fact-filled text and relevant, full-color photographs. Fact boxes and graphic organizers supply readers with additional details to help them...
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From sports to movies, video games to the news, violence is everywhere in pop culture. Asking Questions about Violence in Pop Culture looks at how we decide what is deemed "too violent" to show the public, how those standards have changed over time, and what our increasing tolerance of violence says about our culture. Case studies prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of specific issues. Additional text features and search tools,...
20) Fallout
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Candlewick Press
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2013.
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English
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Nuclear war has been a threat and Scott's dad is the only one that has taken the threat seriously. He builds a bomb shelter with enough supplies for two weeks and then the unthinkable happened the bomb was dropped and all the neighbors go rushing into his shelter. The question is will they survive?
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