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1) Refugees
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Discusses the events that causes refugees, provides an overview of the organizations and countries that offer them help, and explores things that can be done to help refugees return safely to their homes or begin new lives elsewhere.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"This is YA nonfiction. It's the memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared. Finally, after years of being homeless and living with a gang, Sungju is reunited with his maternal grandparents and, eventually, his father"--
"Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense...
Author
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Katie Davis traveled to Uganda for a short mission trip over the Christmas break of her senior year in high school. She found herself so moved by the Ugandan people and their needs that she knew it was her calling to return to care for them. She is now in the process of adopting thirteen children there, and has established the ministry, Amazima, that cares for hundreds more. Here, she shares her story.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
"Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism work ... This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it"-- Cover.
This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America.
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