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Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best friends. They do everything together―riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at recess. But one day Kiara misses school and Mai goes looking for answers. When she learns that her best friend is protesting an act of police violence against the Black community, Mai decides to join the protest too. Her parents at first want to protect her by keeping her at home, but she shows them that...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two star-crossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary novel about coming-of-age in a time of change. Sixteen-year-old Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education. They think America means big status, big dreams, and big bank accounts. But Phoenix doesn’t want big; she just wants home. The trouble is, she doesn’t know...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music festivals and concerts. He explains how certain kinds of music--particularly hip hop, but also Jazz, gnawa, Andalusian, Judeo-Arabic, Latin and others--have come to represent...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
In the rural heartland of Syria's countryside, the bloody uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a terrifying turn. In this highly charged documentary, award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert lives on both sides of Syria's sectarian frontline, witnessing the devastating effect of a religious feud that, regardless of the outcome of the war, is shaping Syria's future.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"RISE UP! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest posters from the last one hundred years celebrate the ongoing fight for gender equality, civil rights, LGBT rights, refugee and immigrant rights, peace, and the environment. Includes a chapter on youth protest. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty International"--
27) Uncaged
Author
Series
Singular menace volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"When an animal rights action at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them"--
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After attending a climate march, a young activist is motivated to make an effort and do her part to help the planet... by organizing volunteers to work to make green changes in their community, from cleaning a lake, to planting trees, to making composting bins, to hosting a clothing swap and more!"--
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Examines the critical events that took place in the fall of 1967, from the ambush of an American battalion by the Viet Cong that led to skepticism of whether the Vietnamese conflict was winnable, to the first violent anti-war demonstration on a campus in Wisconsin.
30) Pirate cinema
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a dystopian, near-future Britain, sixteen-year-old Trent, obsessed with making movies on his computer, joins a group of artists and activists who are trying to fight a new bill that will criminalize even more harmless internet creativity.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nobody expected a tiny little virus to change the whole world in such a big way, especially not Shayla, Liam, Ai, and Ben. But when school closes to keep everyone safe, their lives turn upside down. It is one thing to learn that the outside world isn't safe, but why does it seem that the virus is causing trouble inside their homes too? As they each struggle to adjust to life in quarantine, they discover they are not alone: their apartment building...
32) Okapi tale
Author
Series
Noodlephant volume 2
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A greedy Okapi comes to Beaston and buys the Phantastic Noodler, but when Noodlephant returns from a trip to Japan and China, she leads a protest to set things right.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times. Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American politics. But in this incisive book, historian Mary Frances Berry shows that resistance to presidential administrations has led to positive change and the defeat of outrageous proposals, even in challenging...
37) The Arab Spring
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
This volume explores the topic of the Arab Spring, the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began in late 2010, by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading...
38) Vietnam War
Author
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Provides details on the Vietnam War, including the Tet Offensive, the American involvement, and anti-war protests in the United States.
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