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Book cover of ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE
ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE
By: george johnson | Published: January 2024

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood and adolescence growing up as a...

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood and adolescence growing up as a gay black man.

Theme: LGBTQ2S+, BIPOC , Gender Identity

  • ISBN
    9781250895561
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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ALONE - THE JOURNEYS OF 3 YOUNG REFUGEES
By: paul tom | Published: May 2023

A fully-illustrated treatment of the true stories of three young refugees who journey alone to North America, seeking refugee status.

Theme: Refugee

  • ISBN
    9781773069272
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of ALWAYS SMILE - CARLEY ALLISON'S SECRETS
ALWAYS SMILE - CARLEY ALLISON'S SECRETS
By: alice kuipers | Published: May 2019

Not long ago, seventeen-year-old Carley Allison had it all. She was on the edge of fame as a singer and composer. She was reaching for the highest...

Not long ago, seventeen-year-old Carley Allison had it all. She was on the edge of fame as a singer and composer. She was reaching for the highest levels as a competitive skater. She had a brand-new boyfriend and a golden future waiting after graduation. Her world came crashing down when she was diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer in her trachea. Her case, doctors said, was one in 3.5 billion. Faced with an uncertain new future, Carley did what she always did: she rose to the challenge. Cancer treatment tested her, but Carley was fearless and strong. Told she might never sing again, Carley beat the odds and performed on television for an audience of millions. ?Ladies and gentlemen,? the announcer said, introducing her, ?The voice you're about to hear is a miracle ...? Carley died before her twenty-first birthday, but her memory lives on in the countless people she touched with her courage. Bestselling author Alice Kuipers (Me & Me, Life on the Refrigerator Door) weaves their stories with the blog Carley kept in the final months of her life. These many voices --- plus plenty of Carley's texts and photos --- show her transformation from ordinary to extraordinary, and convey her personal rules for living well in the worst of times. Some readers will know Carley already, whether from videos she shared on YouTube, from her heroic public performances, or from the internationally-acclaimed movie Kiss and Cry inspired by Carley's story and starring her real-life friend Sarah Fisher (Degrassi) This tribute to her life and legacy will appeal to her admirers and inspire those who are meeting Carley for the first time. Always Smile is a book that will linger and resonate in a reader's heart.

Theme: Illness

  • ISBN
    9781525300400
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of AMER WINGS - CHICAGO'S PIONEERING BLACK
AMER WINGS - CHICAGO'S PIONEERING BLACK
By: sherri smith | Published: January 2024

Theme: Diversity, BIPOC , Prejudice & Racism

  • ISBN
    9780593323984
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of ANIMAL ALLIES - 15 AMAZING WOMEN IN WILD
ANIMAL ALLIES - 15 AMAZING WOMEN IN WILD
By: elizabe pagel-hogan | Published: April 2024

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Winner, 2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Fall 2022 These 15 women work with...

NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Winner, 2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Fall 2022 These 15 women work with animals on land, air, and sea. Corina Newsome is saving seaside sparrows while Michelle LaRue uses satellites to study Antarctic birds. Lizzy Lowe takes on what many fear in researching spiders, and Erin Ashe lives out the dream of many studying dolphins and whales. Kristen Hecht chases the elusive hellbender amphibian while Enikö Kubinyi uses robots to get information on wolf pups. These women are working on issues that intersect with biodiversity, species conservation, biology, and more. They stand out for their work in their fields and are also dedicated to science communication to share their knowledge with others. They challenge the assumptions of who a scientist is and what a scientist looks like. These diverse, modern women are pushing the boundaries of their scientific fields while empowering others to pursue their dreams.

  • ISBN
    9798890680006
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of ANNE FRANK - DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
ANNE FRANK - DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
By: anne frank | Published: February 1997

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a...

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.  In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short. Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl “A truly remarkable book.”—The New York Times “One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune “The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review “How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday

  • ISBN
    9780553577129
  • Binding
    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of ANSWER IS - REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE
ANSWER IS - REFLECTIONS ON MY LIFE
By: alex trebek | Published: July 2020

  • ISBN
    9781982157999
  • Binding
    Hardcover Canadian
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    High School - Biography
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ARIANA GRANDE BREAK FREE
By: katy sprinkel | Published: April 2019

  • ISBN
    9781629377193
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    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of AUDACITY OF HOPE
AUDACITY OF HOPE
By: barack obama | Published: November 2007

  • ISBN
    9780307237705
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    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of AUTOBIO OF MARK TWAIN
AUTOBIO OF MARK TWAIN
By: charles neider | Published: September 2013

"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams. ....

"Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams. . . . It has the marks of greatness in it—style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy." —From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to be "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences. With an introduction by Charles Neider, and featuring sixteen pages of photographs, this edition was the first to arrange Twain's autobiographical writings in chronological order, and it presents a man who is more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement that provided the material for his beloved novels.

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    9780062280824
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    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of AWAKENING OF MALCOLM X
AWAKENING OF MALCOLM X
By: ilyasah shabazz | Published: January 2021

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along...

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson. Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be read as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.

Theme: #BlackLivesMatter, Prejudice & Racism, Anti-Racism, African Heritage

  • ISBN
    9780374313296
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Biography
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Book cover of BEAUTIES - HOCKEY'S GREATEST UNTOLD
BEAUTIES - HOCKEY'S GREATEST UNTOLD
By: james duthie | Published: May 2021

Fifty-seven incredible stories from hockey's biggest names, greatest characters and unsung heroes Essential reading for every fan, Beauties is a...

Fifty-seven incredible stories from hockey's biggest names, greatest characters and unsung heroes Essential reading for every fan, Beauties is a collection of the best stories that players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN's James Duthie as hockey's finest relive highs, lows and hilarious moments on and off the ice from superstars, journeymen, coaches, referees, broadcasters, agents, and hockey moms and dads. In Beauties, you'll find out: · How Sidney Crosby's most unusual nickname came to be · How Steve Stamkos's dad accidentally stole Steve Yzerman's car · How Paul "Biznasty" Bissonette almost had the Arizona Coyotes kicked out of a Winnipeg hotel on game day · How Wayne Gretzky's greatest one-liner may have turned around the Stanley Cup Final in 1985 · About the night that Hayley Wickenheiser went blind · Why the St. Louis Blues credit Laila Anderson, a brave young girl, for their Stanley Cup win · What Bobby Orr said the first time he saw Connor McDavid play at a rink in Toronto And more!

Theme: Female Athletes, Sports - Hockey

  • ISBN
    9781443460774
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    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE
By: ta-nehisi coates | Published: January 2021

Adapted from the adult memoir, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi...

Adapted from the adult memoir, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore, known as the murder capital back then. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconventional father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, Afrocentric scholar, Ta-Nehisi's coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the struggles of inner-city kids. With candor, Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on the streets and within one's family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.

Theme: Memoir, Diversity

  • ISBN
    9781984894021
  • Binding
    Hardcover
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    High School - Biography
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BECOMING
By: michelle obama | Published: November 2018

Theme: Diversity, Politics

  • ISBN
    9781524763138
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    Hardcover
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    High School - Biography
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BECOMING
By: michelle obama | Published: March 2021

  • ISBN
    9781524763145
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    Paperback
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    High School - Biography
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