May 2021 list by B. Goodman
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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History
by Jeff Chang
Revised for young-adult readers, a top-reviewed history of hip-hop draws on interviews with rappers, DJs, activists and gang members to provide biographical information about prominent artists and insights into the genreās world-changing influence.
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Engineering for Teens: A Beginner's Book for Aspiring Engineers
by Dr. McCauley, Pamela
The job of an engineer is to solve all sorts of complex challenges facing the world while improving our lives through creative, innovative ideas. Engineering for Teens gives you a look into what engineers do and how they drive society forward through math and science. From designing tablets and smartphones to reimagining the way we collect and store renewable energy, this book introduces you to the major engineering disciplines and their distinct specialties, famous engineers throughout history, and more.
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Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices
by Masuma Ahuja
Real-world teens from 27 different countries share diary entries and photographs that describe the everyday challenges and catastrophes that are impacting their health, educations and dreams.
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Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men
by Sandra Neil Wallace
In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved. Could he save the men's lives and set them free?
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