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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Television commentator Sally Kohn talks to leading scientists and researchers to investigate the evolutionary and cultural roots of hate, and confronts her own shameful moments and points the way toward change with the hopeful message that we all have the capacity to combat hate"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the wilderness of Washington State, expert tracker Colter Shaw has located two young men accused of a terrible hate crime. But when his pursuit takes a shocking and tragic turn, Shaw becomes desperate to discover what went so horribly wrong and if he is to blame. Shaw's search for answers leads him to a shadowy organization that bills itself as a grief support group. But is it truly it a community that consoles the bereaved? Or a dangerous cult...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Students are upset and begin acting mean after something bad is written on a school bathroom wall, but talking, listening, and an art project help them remember who they are.
Author
Series
Wayne County series volume 2
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Meghan Yost is bright, talented, and eager to prove to her father, the bishop, that at nineteen she's mature enough to teach in an Amish school all by herself. But just as she gains confidence and assurance, a troubled student challenges her authority and an enthusiastic suitor in the headstrong Jacob Schultz challenges her patience... When a series of apparent hate crimes sweep through the district, the sheriff calls in the FBI, and Special Agent...
Author
Publisher
Harmony
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Learn to identify--and combat--Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that comes from living in a society that blames individuals for systemic problems, with this invaluable resource from the social psychologist and author of Unmasking Autism"--
7) Shine
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the preeminent black fraternity at Florida's flagship university, is discovered hog-tied in the stygian swamps of the Suwannee River Valley, the death sets off a firestorm that threatens to rage out of control as a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime.
Author
Publisher
Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The journey to self-esteem is set in motion by an encounter with something we all have: a good flaw. And acceptance, just saying yes to the presence of a good flaw, is the way to cross into a world where wholeness, realness, and self-expression can put an end to bullying and combat negativity with positivity.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
..."Bo Handel knows Texas's Caddo County inside and out, from the town drunks to the teen troublemakers with too much time on their hands. But when Toby, an African-American deputy and one of Bo's best cops, is shot and left wounded on the side of the road, Bo's eyes are opened to a side of his county that he's never before seen. A group of white supremacists are occupying a compound on the edge of town, and a few key members are determined to wreak...
Author
Series
Martyr maker novels volume 3
Publisher
Lavette Books/Posioned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Shortly after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, FBI Agent Janet Maclin is facing her toughest case yet. She is assigned to help NYPD detectives, Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman who are investigating a series of gruesome hate crimes that threaten a city on the brink of a race war. As the body count mounts, time is running out for Maclin in more ways than one"--
Author
Publisher
The Indigo Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tesya has reasons to feel hopeful after leaving her last job, where she was subjected to a series of anonymous hate crimes. Now she is back home in London to start a new lecturing position, and has begun an exciting, if tumultuous, love affair with the enigmatic Holly. But this idyllic new start quickly sours. Tesya finds herself victimized again at work by an unknown assailant, who subjects her to an insidious, sustained race hate crime. As her paranoia...
Author
Series
Elder races volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While working together on a reconnaissance mission, Sentinels Aryal and Quentin must deal with their escalating antagonism, especially after their investigation reveals real danger.
Author
Series
Granny Reid mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Back in the 1980s, the town of McGill, Georgia had a way of attracting downright dubious characters. The residents usually welcome society's oddballs and outcasts into the community with open arms, but the three members of the Lone White Wolf Pack are a different story. Townsfolk aren't feeling the least bit neighborly toward a gang believed to have orchestrated several hate crimes in the area. When the small group's leader, Billy Ray Sonner, is found...
18) Rain rising
Author
Series
Rain novels (Comrie) volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal.
19) Girls who burn
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pittsburgh, 1995. The son of a black father he's never known, and a white mother he sometimes wishes he didn't, twenty-two year-old Bobby Saraceno has passed for white his entire life. Raised by his bigoted maternal grandfather, Bobby has hidden the truth about his identity from everyone, even his best friend and fellow comic-book geek, Aaron, who has just returned home from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist. Bobby's disparate worlds crash...
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