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Uglies

Westerfeld, Scott,


"A Netflix Film" -- Cover. Different editions of the Uglies book series may include a different cover page. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates, Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into pretties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.
Date Published:2024

"A Netflix Film" -- Cover. Different editions of the Uglies book series may include a different cover page. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates, Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into pretties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.

Date Published:2024

This book is anti-racist

Jewell, Tiffany,


Includes excerpt from: "Anti-Racist Youth"- written by Amelia Allen Sherwood. Waking up : understanding and growing into my identities -- Who am I? -- What are my social identities? -- What is race? what is ethnicity? -- What is racism? (personal) -- What is racism? (institutional) -- Opening the window : making sense of the world -- Prejudice is personal -- The history we carry -- Knowing our history -- We are our history -- Choosing my path : taking action and responding to racism -- Disrupt! -- Take action! -- Interrupt! -- Solidarity -- Calling in and calling out -- Holding the door open : working in solidarity against racism -- Spending that privilege -- Allyship -- Building relationships -- Love yourself -- How we grow -- Our freedom. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Offers young people twenty illustrated lessons with activities for standing up to racism. Provides information on understanding your own identity, personal and institutional racism, the history of prejudice, and ways to take action against racism.Features extensive backmatter including a glossary of terms, notes on the text, and resources for further information.
Date Published:2020

Includes excerpt from: "Anti-Racist Youth"- written by Amelia Allen Sherwood. Waking up : understanding and growing into my identities -- Who am I? -- What are my social identities? -- What is race? what is ethnicity? -- What is racism? (personal) -- What is racism? (institutional) -- Opening the window : making sense of the world -- Prejudice is personal -- The history we carry -- Knowing our history -- We are our history -- Choosing my path : taking action and responding to racism -- Disrupt! -- Take action! -- Interrupt! -- Solidarity -- Calling in and calling out -- Holding the door open : working in solidarity against racism -- Spending that privilege -- Allyship -- Building relationships -- Love yourself -- How we grow -- Our freedom. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Offers young people twenty illustrated lessons with activities for standing up to racism. Provides information on understanding your own identity, personal and institutional racism, the history of prejudice, and ways to take action against racism.Features extensive backmatter including a glossary of terms, notes on the text, and resources for further information.

Date Published:2020

Finding a way home : Mildred and Richard Loving and the fight for marriage equality /

Brimner, Larry Dane,


July 1958 -- Banishment -- The case -- April 10, 1967 -- After Loving. Junior Library Guild. When Mildred and Richard Loving are arrested, jailed, and exiled from their home simply because of their mixed-race marriage, they must challenge the courts and the country in order to secure their civil rights. Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the court struck down all state laws prohibiting mixed marriage.
Date Published:2020

July 1958 -- Banishment -- The case -- April 10, 1967 -- After Loving. Junior Library Guild. When Mildred and Richard Loving are arrested, jailed, and exiled from their home simply because of their mixed-race marriage, they must challenge the courts and the country in order to secure their civil rights. Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the court struck down all state laws prohibiting mixed marriage.

Date Published:2020

Threads that bind

Hatzopoulou, Kika,


Includes excerpt from: Hearts that cut. Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In the half-sunken city of Alante, orphaned Io and her two sisters live as descendants of the Fates with abilities to alter the threads that connect people to their futures. She hasn't seen her oldest sister Thais, who can weave people's threads, for several years, but maintains contact with Ava, a nightclub singer who can alter people's threads. Io works as a private investigator, and can sever threads if necessary. When she discovers a series of murders that unleash wraiths upon the city, she is forced to team up with a gang leader's right-hand man Edei to uncover who's responsible. The case becomes tricky to handle after she learns Edei is her soul mate and her sister is dating the prime suspect.
Date Published:2024

Includes excerpt from: Hearts that cut. Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In the half-sunken city of Alante, orphaned Io and her two sisters live as descendants of the Fates with abilities to alter the threads that connect people to their futures. She hasn't seen her oldest sister Thais, who can weave people's threads, for several years, but maintains contact with Ava, a nightclub singer who can alter people's threads. Io works as a private investigator, and can sever threads if necessary. When she discovers a series of murders that unleash wraiths upon the city, she is forced to team up with a gang leader's right-hand man Edei to uncover who's responsible. The case becomes tricky to handle after she learns Edei is her soul mate and her sister is dating the prime suspect.

Date Published:2024

The perfect candidate

Stone, Peter,


When Cameron Carter goes straight from high school in small-town California to a summer internship with a powerful U.S. Congressman he admires, he soon learns that not everything in Washington, D.C. is as it appears.
Date Published:2019

Don't read the comments

Smith, Eric (Eric A.).


School Library Journal, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, November 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Kirkus Review, November 2019. At home, Divya and Aaron grapple with their problems alone, but in the game, they have each other to face infinite new worlds...and the growing legion of trolls populating them. Soon the virtual harassment seeps into reality when a group called the Vox Populi begin launching real-world doxxing campaigns, threatening Aaron's dreams and Divya's actual life. The online trolls think they can drive her out of the game, but everything and everyone Divya cares about is on the line...and she isn't going anywhere without a fight.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, November 2019. Booklist, November 2019. Kirkus Review, November 2019. At home, Divya and Aaron grapple with their problems alone, but in the game, they have each other to face infinite new worlds...and the growing legion of trolls populating them. Soon the virtual harassment seeps into reality when a group called the Vox Populi begin launching real-world doxxing campaigns, threatening Aaron's dreams and Divya's actual life. The online trolls think they can drive her out of the game, but everything and everyone Divya cares about is on the line...and she isn't going anywhere without a fight.

Date Published:2020