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George
by Alex Gino
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self
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Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you
by Jason Reynolds
Reveals the history of racist ideas in America from 1415 to the present while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited
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All American boys
by Jason Reynolds
When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend
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Speak : the graphic novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school
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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot
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Of mice and men
by John Steinbeck
The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and mentally retarded Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm
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The bluest eye : a novel
by Toni Morrison
A new edition of the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author relates the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old Black girl growing up in an America that values blue-eyed blondes, and the tragedy that results because of her longing to be accepted. Reprint.
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
A collector's edition of the award-winning novel traces the story of a teen whose uneasy balance between her elite prep school and her disadvantaged home life is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend by a police officer. 350,000 first printing. Movie tie-in. AB. H. K. PW.
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