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Cover: When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them
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When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them

The best medicine may not always be found at a pharmacy or in a doctor’s office. Sometimes it comes in the form of a four-legged friend. Three well-known leaders in their… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • Dewey: 362.19697/920092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021

Bully for You!: Book 3

From the Series Dead Max Comix

Derrick finally feels like he’s getting the hang of Middle School. He’s in a band with his best friends and his dogs Bennie and Max are getting along. Even his Dead Max comics and advice… Read More →

  • Lexile: 300
  • Dewey: 741.5
  • Copyright: 2021

#MeToo and You: Everything You Need to Know about Consent, Boundaries, and More

The #MeToo movement has changed the way many people view the world, but how well do tweens understand it? Middle-grade readers are ready to learn about consent, harassment, and abuse, as well Read More →

  • Lexile: 940
  • Dewey: 176/.4
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and Illustrator A Caldecott Honor Book A Sibert Honor Book Longlisted for the National Book Award A Kirkus Prize Finalist A Boston… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1100
  • ATOS: 5.8
  • Dewey: 976.6/8600496073
  • Copyright: 2021

Verdad a la vista (Truth in Sight): Libro 2 (Book 2)

From the Series Cici: Un cuento de hada (Cici: A Fairy's Tale)

Cuando Cici se pone celosa de su compañera de clase Kendra, ella arruina la muñeca de Kendra. ¡Entonces los cambios aparecen en Kendra! En esta novela gráfica, Cici aprende a ver lo mejor de… Read More →

  • Lexile: 220
  • ATOS: 2.0
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2021

Black Lives Matter: From Hashtag to the Streets

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

What is the Black Lives Matter movement? How have people been protesting the ongoing violence against the Black community? From its inception as a social media hashtag in 2013 to a movement… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • Dewey: 323.1196/073
  • Copyright: 2021

Black Voter Suppression: The Fight for the Right to Vote

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Voter suppression includes registration restrictions, in-person voting requirements, mass purges of voter rolls, eliminating polling locations, and redrawing district lines in unfair ways.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 990
  • Dewey: 324.6089/96073
  • Copyright: 2021

Controversial Monuments: The Fight over Statues and Symbols

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Civil War monuments that pay tribute to Confederate soldiers and political leaders are located in many major cities across the United States. While some see these statues and symbols as part… Read More →

  • Lexile: 950
  • Dewey: 303.3/80973
  • Copyright: 2021

Diversity and Entertainment: Black Lives in Media

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Film and television are major sources of entertainment and help define culture. Blockbusters like Black Panther and TV shows like Black-ish place Black characters and their experiences front… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • Dewey: 302.23089/96073
  • Copyright: 2021

Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Many important moments in history have not been taught in schools or explored in the mainstream media. These events often include people of color and involve Black history. This… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • Dewey: 973/.0496073
  • Copyright: 2021

Kamala Harris: Madam Vice President

From the Series Gateway Biographies

A Timely Biography of the First Female Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris is known as a tough prosecutor. She rose to fame as California's attorney general who took on the big… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1020
  • ATOS: 6.8
  • Dewey: 328.73092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021
6 titles

The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®) — Hardcover Set

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Examine the struggle for justice for Black Americans, from voter suppression and the controversy over Confederate monuments to the protests against police brutality and racially motivated… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $183.90
  • Your Price: $137.93
  • 6 titles

Vigilante Danger: A Threat to Black Lives

From the Series The Fight for Black Rights (Alternator Books ®)

Vigilantes are regular citizens who take justice into their own hands, outside of the law. When people take action in this way, the consequences can be devastating. Over the course of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 880
  • Dewey: 362.88089/96073
  • Copyright: 2021

Confessions of a Teenage Drag King

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Seventeen-year-old Lauren is trying to navigate the tricky waters of teen romance. From high school to the drag show and back, Lauren must keep up their two personas—Ren, a drag king, and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Islamophobia: Deal with it in the name of peace

From the Series Lorimer Deal With It

Today's kids have lived their whole lives in a world where the topic of religious belief has become a serious social issue. The media and social media are full of stereotypes and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • Dewey: 305.6
  • Copyright: 2020

Love, IRL

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Alex, a Latino transgender teen, is struggling to balance his feelings for a real-life crush on a Jewish boy in his class and the relationship he has with a boy he knows online—only to find… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020

Winter Candle

When each family at the diverse Juniper Court apartment complex needs something to light up the dark of winter, the stumpy, lumpy candle provides a glow brighter than the fanciest taper,… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The 5 O'Clock Band

From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong

This companion title to Trombone Shorty—Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Award and Odyssey Honor winner—is a well-tuned, beautiful visual and auditory exploration of a beloved community as Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2nd Edition: Iconic Supreme Court Justice

From the Series Gateway Biographies

In 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court. This honor for Ginsburg also marked a turning point for women in the field of law.… Read More →

  • ATOS: 7.0
  • Dewey: 347.73/2634 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021

Mega-Dogs of New Kansas

The story of a girl and her dog—in space. Sienna Barlow loves nothing more than riding around New Kansas on top of her mega-dog, Gus. He's one of the massive pooches protecting the human… Read More →

  • Lexile: 320
  • ATOS: 2.8
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: The Most Beautiful Thing
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The Most Beautiful Thing

A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: 305.8959/72073
  • Copyright: 2020

Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank, and the Hiding Place

Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies. One of the protectors of the Frank family, Miep recovered the diary after the family was discovered by Nazis, and then… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: 940.53/18092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2020

Créele a tus ojos (Believe Your Eyes): Libro 1 (Book 1)

From the Series Cici: Un cuento de hada (Cici: A Fairy's Tale)

Mucho está cambiando para Cici. Sus padres se están separando, su abuela se mudó con ellos, y en su décimo cumpleaños, ¡se despierta con alas de hada! Los nuevos poderes mágicos de Cici le… Read More →

  • Lexile: 220
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service
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Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service

Our camp, they tell us, is now to be called a "relocation center" and not a "concentration camp." We are internees, not prisoners. Here's the truth: I am now a non-alien, stripped of my… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1010
  • Dewey: 940.53/1779172092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2021