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Joseph Moldover
Eleven years after surviving a school shooting, best friends Matt and Cole are still living with its aftermath. During the summer following high school graduation, their relationship is changing as they struggle with that traumatic past. The novel follows the friends during this transition, focusing on their bond and the continuing effects of the violence they survived as they move beyond high school.
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With the Fire on HighElizabeth AcevedoEmoni Santiago is a teen mother finishing high school while caring for her daughter and living with her abuela. Since becoming pregnant in her first year of high school, she has done what her family needs. Cooking is where she can set those pressures aside, and she dreams of becoming a chef after graduation, even as that goal seems out of reach.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 810LATOS Book Level 5.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Downstairs GirlStacey LeeIn 1890s Atlanta, a Chinese American girl named Jo works as a maid while confronting prejudice. Away from her work, she writes an anonymous newspaper advice column under the name Dear Miss Sweetie. As the column gains a wide readership, Jo uses it to address social problems, but the response brings backlash. The novel follows her double life as a worker and unseen columnist in a society shaped by discrimination.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Exposing Hate: Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in ActionMichael MillerExposing Hate examines hate groups, hate speech, hate crimes, and the ways extremist movements operate. It considers their history, the growth in their numbers since the turn of the century, and their movement toward online activity rather than organized local work. The book asks why people choose hate and how it can be recognized and confronted. It relates the rise to anger over immigration and changing demographic projections in the United States.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 1180LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details