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Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Oh, The Things We're For! is a celebration of the better world that is not only possible, but is here today if we choose it. Today's kids are well aware of the many challenges that they face in a world they are inheriting, from climate change to police violence, crowded classrooms to healthcare"--
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A bold new assessment of the multipronged attack on American rights, and how to push back, from experts at the Fletcher School at Tufts and the Carr Center at Harvard. In fifteen accessible chapters dealing with voting rights, freedom of speech, criminal justice, gun rights, LGBTQ+ rights, disability rights, religious freedom, privacy, immigration, and more, three renowned thought-leaders, including a former assistant secretary of state, John Shattuck,...
Author
Publisher
Heliotrope Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jenn Budd, the only former U.S. Border Patrol agent to continually blow the whistle on this federal agency's rampant corruption, challenges us--as individuals and as a nation--to face the consequences of our actions. Her journey offers a vital perspective on the unfolding moral crisis of our time. She also gives harrowing testimony about rape culture, white privilege, women in law enforcement, LGBTQ issues, mental illness, survival and forgiveness"--Page...
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"--Ese es tu problema. No se puede dudar en el medio de una guerra popular, Cabezón. --A vencer o morir, como dicen ustedes. --¡Más bien que a vencer o morir! --¿Y no pensaste qué pasa si no vencemos? ¿Estás seguro de que preferís morir? --¡No, porque vamos a vencer! --¿Y si no? --¡Si no, nada, porque vamos a vencer, te digo! Corre 1975 y dos jóvenes integrantes de distintas organizaciones armadas mantienen su amistad de toda la vida...
26) Get up, stand up
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Children are encouraged to resist bullying and stand up for their rights.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Jane Ellison is a 'super recognizer' able to identify strangers by the slightest facial details ... When she spies human rights activist and heiress Bella Valencia in a crowded Boston airport, Jane's convinced she's found the person responsible for her sister Kit's disappearance ... Jane is ready to risk everything for the chance to publicly expose Bella's crimes at her upcoming celebrity wedding. But the more she digs into what happened that night,...
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him-a queer, Black wheelchair user-challenging bias at the highest echelons...
30) Loudmouth
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Rabble rouser or activist? Opportunist or trailblazer? During his six-decade journey from pastoral prodigy to racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been a polarizing figure on the national stage. It is the definitive look at his life and legacy, featuring President Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Senator Chuck Schumer.
31) Golden boy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"A Tanzanian albino boy finds himself the ultimate outsider, hunted because of the color of his skin"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Jaffna, 1981. Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers, swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. She must ask herself: is it possible for anyone to move through life without doing harm? Sashi begins working as a medic at a field hospital for the militant...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A searing story of starvation and survival in North Korea, followed by a dramatic escape, rescue by activists and Christian missionaries, and success in the United States thanks to newfound faith and courage Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young boy's normal life until he was five. Then disaster struck: the first wave of the Great Famine, a long, terrible ordeal that killed millions, including his father,...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This volume analyzes the figure and representation of disability in postcolonial literature, unpacking how depictions of disability both reflected and directly impacted the growth of disability human rights in the latter half of the twentieth century"--
Author
Publisher
[Jane Olson]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"These stories are about light and hope in the midst of unimaginable human suffering in war zones and places of extreme poverty around the world. Important lessons from a childhood in rural western Iowa are woven throughout, as are examples of human strength and resiliency. Each chapter can be read as a complete experience. Intimate details recorded by the author in journals and on film take the reader on memorable journeys with international human...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The very first Crayon Activist presents this picture book in which she spreads a message of inclusivity, empowerment and the importance of inspiring the next generation of leaders through The Peach Project and crayons"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For several years the Iranian government tried everything to silence Shirin Ebadi: They arrested her, bugged her phones, attacked her home, shadowed her everywhere she went, seized her office, and nailed a death threat to her front door. But nothing could stop Ebadi from her work as a human rights lawyer defending women, children, and the persecuted in Iran. After several years of harrassment and intimidation, the Iranian spy services turned their...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"A Future Beyond Data aims to shift the conversation to an approach that centers people, not data, and draws on the international human rights framework. In response to the immersive, cyberphysical reality that is rapidly developing, this book argues for a more expansive interpretation of human rights, beyond rights to privacy or data protection, to address the complex array of threats and challenges posed by enveloping digital technologies"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from one of the great American masters of the form, performed by a remarkable cast: Deborah Eisenberg, Julianne Moore, Josh Hamilton, and Wallace Shawn.At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah Eisenberg's stories gently compel us to confront the most disturbing truths about ourselves--from our...
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