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All things at once
Par Mika Brzezinski. 2009
Television cohost of Morning Joe on MSNBC and daughter of former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski recounts her achievements in…
journalism. Discusses the difficulty of having both a family and a high-profile career and offers advice to women with similar dilemmas. 2009Orphan trains to Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers Ser. #1)
Par Michael Patrick, Michael D. Patrick, Evelyn Goodrich Trickel. 1997
State out of the union: Arizona and the final showdown over the American dream
Par Jeff Biggers. 2012
Journalist supports the mobilization of Latino activists and others to fight anti-immigrant legislation, including the recall of SB 1070 proponent…
Russell Pearce, and student protests against the closing of the Mexican American Studies program in Tucson schoolsWhile i was away
Par Waka T Brown. 2021
Named one of New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year! The Farewell meets Erin Entrada Kelly's Blackbird Fly…
in this empowering middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to 1980s Japan, where she was sent as a child to reconnect to her family's roots. When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles with reading and writing in kanji, doesn't quite mesh with her complicated and distant Obaasama, and gets made fun of by the students in her Japanese public-school classes. Even though this is the country her parents came from, Waka has never felt more like an outsider. If she's always been the "smart Japanese girl" in America but is now the "dumb foreigner" in Japan, where is home...and who will Waka be when she finds it?Under siege!: three children at the Civil War battle for Vicksburg
Par Andrea Warren. 2009
Follows the 1863 siege on Confederate Vicksburg--the key to Mississippi River traffic--by the Union army. Ten-year-old Lucy McRae and eleven-year-old…
Willie Lord, both Vicksburg residents who survived in dugout caves, and twelve-year-old Frederick, the son of invading general Grant, provide eyewitness accounts of the conflict. For grades 5-8. 2009No choirboy: murder, violence, and teenagers on death row
Par Susan Kuklin. 2008
Insight into capital punishment for teenage offenders in American prisons. Through interviews, chronicles the lives and self-reflections of inmates convicted…
of violent crimes and sentenced to die. Includes observations of social and racial inequalities and flaws in the justice system. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 2008The year we disappeared: a father-daughter memoir
Par Cylin Busby, John Busby. 2008
Ex-police officer John Busby and his daughter Cylin recount their experiences in 1979, after John was shot in the face…
by the brother of a murder suspect. They describe the Busby family's round-the-clock protection in their small Massachusetts town and subsequent move to a secret location in Tennessee. Violence. 2008Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (American worker)
Par Donna Getzinger. 2009
Examines the 1911 fire that raced through a ten-story New York City building and killed 146 people. Describes the plight…
of immigrant women working on the premises, the lack of safety precautions, and heroic efforts to save lives. Discusses the tragedy in economic and political contexts. For grades 6-9. 2008Knucklehead: tall tales & mostly true stories about growing up Scieszka
Par Jon Scieszka. 2008
The author of The Stinky Cheese Man... (RC 38039) and the Time Warp Trio series recalls things that he and…
his five brothers did inside and outside their childhood home in Flint, Michigan. Features family mishaps and adventures--invented games, Catholic-school boys' choir, and car trips. For grades 3-6. 2008The feminine mistake: are we giving up too much?
Par Leslie Bennetts. 2007
Vanity Fair editor and working mother discusses why women can and should pursue both work and family. Through interviews with…
legal experts, sociologists, and women from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, Bennetts examines the losses in income, insurance benefits, retirement security, and autonomy that occur when careers are abandoned. 2007Tasting the sky: a Palestinian childhood
Par Ibtisam Barakat. 2007
Young woman from Ramallah describes her childhood memories from 1967 to 1971. Recalls Islamic traditions, visits to relatives, family celebrations,…
being detained by Israeli soldiers, the Six-Day War, and the fears that constantly stalked her as a Muslim living in Israel. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Kids are Americans, too
Par Bill O'Reilly, Charles Flowers. 2007
Explores timely questions being debated in and out of courts today, including: Can a kid wear an anti-gay T-shirt on…
campus? Does a school newspaper have the right to bad-mouth a principal? Does a mother have the right to eavesdrop on her daughter's telephone conversations? Some of the answers will surprise you. Some will empower you. All will make you think. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2007.Coroner's journal: stalking death in Louisiana
Par Louis Cataldie. 2006
Louisiana state medical examiner shares his experiences working as a coroner beginning in 1993. Recounts memorable cases in which he…
surveyed crime scenes, collected forensic evidence, performed autopsies, and helped solve murders. Also describes tending the sick, injured, and dead following Hurricane Katrina. Violence and some strong language. 2006Doing it right: making smart, safe, and satisfying choices about sex
Par Bronwen Pardes. 2007
The author, a sex education teacher, explains puberty and reproductive anatomy and provides information on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), birth…
control, sexual abuse, and gender identity issues. Includes resources, definitions, and a question-and-answer section. For senior high and older readers. 2007Civil liberties and war (Issues on Trial Ser.)
Par Jamuna Carroll. 2006
Traces the American history of restricting rights during wartime. Discusses Supreme Court cases involving suppressing speech during World War I,…
World War II evacuation of Japanese Americans, the New York Times 1971 Pentagon Papers publication, and the 2004 due-process issue for enemy combatants. For senior high and older readers. 2006What are you?: voices of mixed-race young people
Par Pearl Fuyo Gaskins. 1999
Biracial journalist uses interviews with dozens of mixed-race teens and young adults to reveal issues about race that confront Americans.…
Through poetry, essays, and life stories, the subjects discuss identity struggles, dating, family life, and prejudice that comes from every racial group. For senior high readers. 1999Solving crimes with physics (Forensics, the science of crime-solving)
Par William Hunter. 2006
Discusses procedures used to examine crime-scene evidence and investigate ways to connect an individual to a crime. Explains the technological…
advances that enable scientists to use physical evidence and the principles of gravity, motion, and energy to analyze a violent incident. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Speedbumps: flooring it through Hollywood
Par Henriette Mantel, Teri Garr. 2005
Comic actress Teri Garr describes her youth in Hollywood and her ambition to become a movie star. Discusses a long…
career that began with dancing, her dedication to acting, and the 1983 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis that forced Teri to refocus her life and priorities. Some strong language. 2005You are not alone: teens talk about life after the loss of a parent (You Are Not Alone Ser.)
Par Lynne B. Hughes. 2005
Founder of a cost-free bereavement camp shares her experience of being orphaned at a young age, and teens from her…
facility discuss their feelings about the death of a loved one. Explains the stages of grief and ways to cope. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Good brother, bad brother: the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Par James Cross Giblin, James Giblin. 2005
A dual biography of brothers and fellow actors: Edwin Booth, who supported the Union, and John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated…
President Lincoln in 1865. Discusses their similarities, their political differences, and the profound effect John's murderous act had on the rest of Edwin's life. For grades 5-8. 2005