Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Capstone This Is My Wonderful Face
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£18.04
Astra Publishing House Equal
Book SynopsisAs social change sweeps across 1950s America, two boys—one white, one Black—discover the power of friendship and the importance of staying true to yourself It’s the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black—and Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship won’t be easy. Affected by the growing civil rights movement, Jackie is intent on being Thomas’s friend and, as a result, experiences racism and prejudice first-hand through bullying at school, family turmoil, and pressure from his community. Can Jackie free both his conscience and his voice—and ultimately do what's right? A touching historical fiction tale about friendship and racial inequality, Equal is the fifth and final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories series.Trade ReviewBank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year★ "The 1950s...setting allows for the introduction of such topics as soldiers home from World War II and the Korean War coping with PTSD while working and raising families, the Cold War and fears of Russia attacking the U.S., and the resistance to the integration movement. This title can serve to help students understand these aspects of this period in U.S. history, as well as give some additional context to the world of their grandparents and great-grandparents. Given the recent conversations surrounding equality and the BLM demonstrations, this title could also serve to open the door to highly relevant class discussions on bullying, racism, and prejudice." —School Library Connection, starred review"In 1959, a North Carolina teen is caught up in the social changes of the times. This depiction of racial struggles as seen through the lens of the White community has a dense narrative that is well crafted but takes a gentle tone about a time that is anything but gentle. The author’s note provides information about actual events, including the racial terminology used at the time. A look back at a complex era that continues to resonate in today’s world." —Kirkus Reviews "Set in western North Carolina in 1959, the fifth book in the 'Bakers Mountain' series explores racial inequality... (a) comprehensive and engaging choice for historical fiction collections." —School Library Journal
£15.29
Calkins Creek Books Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
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£16.14
Lerner Publishing Group Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change
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£19.94
Lerner Publishing Group The Wolf in Underpants Breaks Free
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£999.99
Lerner Publishing Group The Red Car to Hollywood
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£999.99
Little Feminist Press We Are Little Feminists: Hair
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£9.37
Flt Publishing Trudy, Swimming Against the Odds
£9.89
Gloo Books Mostly Me
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£17.82
Tundra Books Heart of a Champion
Book SynopsisA poignant coming-of-age novel for middle-grade readers about a young boy obsessed with baseball whose life changes drastically when war comes to his Vancouver Japanese community. Ten-year-old Kenny (Kenji in Japanese) worships his older brother, Mickey (Mitsuo), a baseball hero whose outstanding performance on the Asahi baseball team has given him fame and popularity. Despite Kenny''s suspected heart condition, he is determined to practice secretly with Mickey so he, too, can one day try out for the Asahi. But world events soon overtake life in this quiet community. When Japan attacks Pearl Harbor in 1941, everything for Kenny and his family spirals out of control: schools are closed, businesses are confiscated, fathers are arrested and sent to work camps in the BC interior and mothers and children are relocated to internment camps. When Mickey is arrested for a small act of violence, Kenny manages to keep his family''s spirits up, despite the deplorable conditions in camp. Coming across a "vacant" field covered with scrap wood, broken shakes and torn tar paper, Kenny gets permission to clear it and convert it into a baseball field. One by one, the boys in the camp pitch in, and the work gives purpose to their long days. Kenny''s persistence, hard work and big dreams shape the teen he is to become in this story of happiness found despite all odds.
£10.44
Nimbus Publishing (CN) Annaka
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£11.95
Second Story Press The Train
£18.95
Nimbus Publishing Limited The Friendship Centre
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£11.14
Tundra Books Rebel Skies
Book SynopsisAnn Sei Lin's enchanting and action-packed debut, first in a series, will sweep readers away to an aerial world of magic, danger and political intrigue. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim, Kalynn Bayron and the films of Studio Ghibli.Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant onboard the Midori, a flying ship serving the military elite of the Mikoshiman Empire, a vast realm of floating cities. Kurara also has a secret — she can make folded paper figures come to life with a flick of her finger. But when the Midori is attacked and Kurara's secret turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, a gut-wrenching escape leads her to the gruff Himura, who takes her under his wing. Under Himura's tutelage, and with the grudging support and friendship of his crew, Kurara learns to hunt shikigami — wild paper spirits sought after by the Princess of Mikoshima.But what does the princess really want with the shikigami? Are they merely enchanted figures without will or thought, or are they beings with souls and minds of their own? As fractures begin to appear both across the empire and within Kurara's understanding of herself, Kurara will have to decide who she can trust. Her fate, and the fate of her friends — and even the world — may rest on her choice. And time is running out.
£17.09
Brown Bear Books Ltd Racial Equality
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£11.39
Quarto Publishing PLC Anne Frank
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£15.02
Quarto Publishing PLC Mother Teresa
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£13.32
Ruby Tuesday Books Transportation Around the World
£30.30
Igloo Books All Kinds of Spooky A SpookTacular Story of
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£10.45
Acorn Press The Memory Chair
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£12.30
Second Story Press I Am Not a Number
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£18.95
Creston Books Martin & Anne
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£999.99
Gloo Books A Very Asian Guide to Japanese Food
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£18.45
Random House USA Inc Dear Justyce
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£16.99
Philomel Books Ashes in the Snow (Movie Tie-In)
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£11.81
Random House USA Inc Clean Getaway
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£15.29
Random House USA Inc A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books
Book SynopsisFrom We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children's authors, including New York Times bestselling authors Libba Bray (The Diviners), V. E. Schwab (A Darker Shade of Magic), Natalie C. Parker (Seafire), and many more. Edited by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles).In the fourth collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. This powerful and inclusive collection contains a universe of wishes for a braver and more beautiful world.AUTHORS INCLUDE: Samira Ahmed, Jenni Balch, Libba Bray, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mark Oshiro, Natalie C. Parker, Rebecca Roanhorse, V. E. Schwab, Tara Sim, Nic Stone
£13.49
Wattpad Books Never Kiss Your Roommate
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£10.44
Prh Grupo Editorial El libro Polinesio Revisado por Less Rafa y Karen
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£17.06
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Todos deberíamos ser feministas / We Should All
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£16.11
Akiara Books Nieto del Cóndor: de Los Andes a Barcelona Volume
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£15.33
Cuento de Luz SL The Color of Your Skin
Book SynopsisAn entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Like a multicolor pencil palette, what defines human beings is their uniqueness and their diversity.Vega and her colored pencils are inseparable. Together they create the most impressive drawings that are showcased in the best museum in the world: the refrigerator at home. Vega uses all the colors you can imagine for her drawings: red, yellow, blue, gold, and more.One day at school, Vega is immersed in one of her new creations when her friend Alex stops by, and peers into the box of pencils Vega had on her table. “Can you lend me the skin-colored pencil, please?” he asks.Skin-colored?With curiosity and creativity they explore the diversity skin tones of the people around them, and discover that the “skin-color” can have not just one, but a thousand shades.
£24.89
Bambu Pequeñas Historias del Globo
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£18.62
Shell Education Pub Así son las familias
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£10.26
Shell Education Pub Así es nuestro país
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£10.26
Capstone Milos Royal Quest Adventure
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£999.99
Capstone Milos Royal Quest Adventure
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£999.99
Capstone Nisei Soldiers
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£999.99
£999.99
Free Spirit Publishing Hello Beech Tree
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£17.09
Free Spirit Publishing Birds Sing Their Words
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£9.49
Nosy Crow Eid for Nylah
£17.09
Creative Company The Everybody Club
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£13.32
Little Feminist Press Becoming Siblings
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£9.99
