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Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess
Seventeen-year-old Noah and his best friend Walt are cut from their high school baseball team for a third time. Noah also wants his longtime friendship with Samantha to become something more, while Walt thinks baseball should remain their focus. As the friends pursue love, social standing, and truth amid tensions and hidden messages in their town, a tragedy changes the course of their lives.
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LAW & JUSTICE Economic Inequality: The American Dream under SiegeCoral Celeste FrazerThis book examines fiscal unfairness in the United States, including why and where economic inequality occurs. It describes how millions of Americans lack enough income for housing, food, health care, and education, while families and young people increasingly do not exceed the circumstances of earlier generations. It also considers efforts by governments, businesses, and citizens to narrow the economic gap.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
TraditionBrendan KielyAt prestigious Fullbrook Academy, Jules Devereux wants to focus on reaching the right college and escaping the school’s old-boy codes. The school’s hidden curriculum, however, sustains rape culture and toxic masculinity. Jules and Jamie support one another through reflection and advocacy as they confront these dangerous traditions at the boarding school. The novel examines what lies beneath an institution’s polished history and social rules.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Tales from the Inner CityShaun Tan, illustrated by Shaun TanThis collection pairs short stories and poems with animal silhouettes and vivid illustrations that often extend across several pages. Each piece focuses on a distinctive connection between people and creatures, including both real animals and imagined ones. An informative introduction accompanies the collection. Across its varied forms, the book uses visual art and concise literary pieces to explore encounters and relationships between humans and animals in an urban-centered imaginative world.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details