Carnes illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice. Fourteen case studies bring readers a first-hand account of the history and...
Prejudices
- Author:Carnes, Jim.Summary:
- Author:Jones, CarrieSummary:
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEED AND CAPTIVATE Winner of the 2008 Maine Literary Award! It isn’t every day that my high school boyfriend, Eastbrook High School’s Harvest King, tells me he’s gay. It’s not every day that...
- Author:Miklowitz, Gloria D.Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Emiko, brought up in a strict Japanese-American family, is in love with handsome blond Adam, although she realizes her old-fashioned father expects her to find a Japanese husband.
- Author:WALLACE, IanSummary:
Vincenzo has a huge problem. He wants to be just like his friends, but he is also quite proud of his Italian heritage. The crisis revolves around a "stinky meat sandwich." Cultural differences between an Italian immigrant...
- Author:Taylor, Mildred D.Summary:
In 1941 a black youth, sadistically teased by two white boys in rural Mississippi, severely injures one of them with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
- Author:Rinaldi, AnnSummary:
In 1832, Prudence Crandall begins admitting black girls to her exclusive Connecticut school, scandalizing white society and eventually causing her arrest and the closing of her school.
- Author:Porter, PamelaSummary:
It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad...
- Author:Comeau, JoeySummary:
Now in one volume, Lockpick Pornography and its thematic sequel, We all Got it Coming
Lockpick Pornography is a genderqueer adventure story, and We All Got It Coming is about a young couple...
- Author:Maruno, JenniferSummary:
This special bundle contains both of Jennifer Maruno's Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of 9-year-old Michiko Minagawa. Michiko bids her father goodbye before her birthday...
- Author:Draper, Sharon M.Summary:
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
- Author:Rossi, VeronicaSummary:
Depuis qu’elle vit à l’extérieur, elle a survécu à une tempête Aether, s’est retrouvée avec un couteau sous la gorge et a été témoin du meurtre de plusieurs hommes. Cette partie était la pire. Exilée de la cité fortifiée de Rêverie,...
- Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
- Author:Walsh, AnnSummary:
Rana’s on the team — but is he still all alone? Short-listed for the 1996 Silver Birch Award As a Sikh living in small-town British Columbia, Rana knows he is different. In fact, he is the first Sikh in Dinway to try out for the hockey...
- Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Christensen, AndréeSummary:
Angéline, Lilith, Mélusine. Trois prénoms, un seul personnage énigmatique, assoiffé d’envol et de créativité, qui vit au cœur d’une forêt, en symbiose avec la nature. C’est en suivant une confrérie de corneilles en pleine tempête de...
- Author:St. James, JamesSummary:
Billy Bloom is gay, but it's mostly theoretical, as he hasn't had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he can't believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes,...
- Author:Carter, TimothySummary:
Named to A.L.A.'s 2010 Rainbow Project list for G.L.B.T.Q. Books for Children and Teens! Book of Stuart, Chapter 1:10. 10 And, yea verily, Stuart did commit the Sin of Onan in the shower. And this was witnessed by his own brother who...
- Author:Ross, Howard J.Summary:
If you are human, you are biased. From this fundamental truth, diversity expert Howard Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different...
- Author:Neufeld, JohnSummary:
When the Fickett family decides to adopt a little black boy, they are faced with threats, angry phone calls, a burning cross on the lawn, and an ultimatum from their oldest daughter.