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Parkland: birth of a movement
Par Dave Cullen. 2019
The author of Columbine (DB 68856) provides an account of the young survivors of the Parkland school shooting who launched…
the March for Our Lives movement regarding gun control. Follows the kids' daily lives, the Road to Change tour, and more as they cope with their experiences. 2019Fighting for the forest: how FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps helped save America
Par P. O’Connell Pearson. 2019
Recounts the history behind President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and how this social program…
provided jobs for impoverished young men who built and improved hundreds of state and national parks. For grades 5-8. 2019Author tells the true story of her great-uncle, Sam Babb, who went from farm to farm in Oklahoma during the…
Great Depression, recruiting young women to play for his basketball team. The women left their families, finding a passion for the sport and camaraderie with teammates. 2017After the shot drops
Par Randy Ribay. 2018
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind…
Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Dread nation
Par Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The games: a global history of the Olympics
Par David Goldblatt. 2016
An expert on the sociology of sports looks at the history of the modern Olympic Games. From the founding of…
the contemporary Olympics in 1896 in Athens through the grand spectacles of more recent years, he stresses the political and social forces that impacted the games. 2016Overboard!: Survivor diaries (Survivor Diaries)
Par Terry Lynn Johnson. 2017
Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Marina, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of…
Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips. For grades 3-6. 2017A burst of light: and other essays
Par Audre Lorde. 2017
Four essays and an interview explore various aspects of the author's identity and experiences. In the title essay, she reflects…
on living with metastasized breast cancer through a series of diary entries dated from January 1984 to December 1986. Other essays cover race, gender, and sexuality. Some strong language. 1988Dreamers
Par Yuyi Morales. 2018
Author and illustrator, a Caldecott Honor and Pura Belpré Award recipient, reflects on her own immigration journey from Mexico to…
America. Her feelings of isolation disappear after she discovers the wonders of a public library. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018The secret lives of color
Par Kassia St. Clair, Kassia St Clair. 2017
Journalist explores the social and cultural history of colors. Between six and ten shades are highlighted for each of the…
main hues: white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, green, brown, and black. Discusses the development of each pigment and its use in the fine and decorative arts. 2016A guide to the issues and terminology surrounding gender identity and expression. Discusses the meanings of various identities, the use…
of pronouns, gendered language, how to ask questions sensitively, and advice for advocating on behalf of others or one's self. 2018The line becomes a river: Dispatches From The Border
Par Francisco Cantú. 2018
After being stationed at the remote crossroads of a drug route and a smuggling corridor, the Mexican American author, plagued…
by nightmares, abandons the Border Patrol for civilian life. Then a friend travels back to Mexico to visit his dying mother and doesn't return. Strong language and some violence. 2018Let the children march
Par Monica Clark-Robinson. 2018
An African American and Latinx history of the United States
Par Paul Ortiz. 2018
Covers more than two hundred years of American history, reexamining the roles of people from Latin America, Africa, and the…
Caribbean in the development of the United States. Challenges accepted descriptions of the roles of African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices throughout US history. 2018I can't date Jesus: love, sex, family, race, and other reasons I've put my faith in Beyoncé
Par Michael Arceneaux. 2018
Collection of fifteen essays exploring Arceneaux's experiences as a gay black man and the ways faith influenced his life. Discusses…
his family's reactions to homosexuality, his issues with intimacy, and living in the South and Harlem. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2018The last: Endling (Endling Ser. #1)
Par Katherine Applegate. 2018
Fearing she may be the last of her kind, Byx sets off to find a safe haven and to see…
if the legends of hidden dairne packs are true. For grades 4-7. 2018What unites us: reflections on patriotism
Par Dan Rather. 2017
Essays from the television journalist and his longtime collaborator that celebrate the values that tend to be shared throughout America,…
particularly those related to patriotism. Topics discussed include public institutions such as parks and libraries, the drive for innovation, and more. Bestseller. 2017Accessible America: a history of disability and design (Crip #2)
Par Bess Williamson. 2019
A history of design in the United States that provides increased accessibility for those with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities.…
Also discusses the individuals and events that propelled the civil rights movement leading to the Architectural Barriers Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. 2019The truth as told by Mason Buttle
Par Leslie Connor. 2018
As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies,…
create an underground haven for themselves. But when Calvin goes missing, Mason finds himself in trouble. For grades 5-8. 2018Chronicles the political and social history of the United States in the aftermath of World War I through the Great…
Depression and World War II. Highlights the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the implementation of his New Deal domestic agenda. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2013