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Publisher
Distributed by Monterey Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural town discovering what they can of life and love and racial tensions, in a world by a dark mystery from his past.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Ever since her family moved to Texas from Pakistan when she was a baby, seventeen-year-old Zara Hossain has only ever called Corpus Christi home. Being the only Muslim girl at her conservative Catholic school, blending in isn't really an option, especially with people like Tyler Benson always tormenting her. But one day Tyler takes thing too far by defacing Zara's locker with a racist message, which gets him suspended. As an act of revenge, Tyler...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Formats
Description
It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help a Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.
4) Green book
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
During the nineteen sixties, a bouncer, whose nightclub closes for renovations, finds a temporary employment as a driver for black pianist Don Shirley going on a tour into the Deep South states.
5) The tryout
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
STAND TALL. BE LOUD. GAME FACE ON. This pitch perfect graphic memoir about courage and competition, friendship and belonging is perfect for fans of Smile, New Kid, Rollergirl, and Real Friends. "A captivating middle-grade gem." - The New York Times Book Review ★ "Funny, relatable, and genuine." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ "Captures every nuanced emotion." - School Library Journal, starred review ★ "Genuinely nail-biting."...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
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