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Mississippi Trial, 1955

by Chris Crowe ...

**ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS • Based on the true story of a tragic murder that helped spark the Civil Rights movement.“Gripping.”—BCCB“Will get readers thinking.”—Publishers Weekly**A brutal murder rocks a sleepy southern community.At first, Hiram is excited to be visiting his favorite grandfather in Greenwood, Mississippi. But before long Hiram begins to feel that the small town is not the ... Read more

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**ALA BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS • Based on the true story of a tragic murder that helped spark the Civil Rights movement.“Gripping.”—BCCB“Will get readers thinking.”—Publishers Weekly**A brutal murder rocks a sleepy southern community.At first, Hiram is excited to be visiting his favorite grandfather in Greenwood, Mississippi. But before long Hiram begins to feel that the small town is not the
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Getting Away with Murder

The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

by Chris Crowe ...

**A JANE ADDAMS BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK • An in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a hate crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and continues to teach Americans about the urgent need for equal rights—updated and revised with a new chapter.“Crowe pays powerful tribute to a boy whose untimely death spurred a national chain of events.”—Publishers Weekly**In August 1955, a ... Read more

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**A JANE ADDAMS BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK • An in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a hate crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and continues to teach Americans about the urgent need for equal rights—updated and revised with a new chapter.“Crowe pays powerful tribute to a boy whose untimely death spurred a national chain of events.”—Publishers Weekly**In August 1955, a
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Death Coming Up the Hill

by Chris Crowe ...

It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a “senseless war that could have been prevented.”When his high school history teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to ... Read more

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It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a “senseless war that could have been prevented.”When his high school history teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to
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Thurgood Marshall

by Chris Crowe ...

Series series Up Close
Discover the incredible life and enduring legacy of Thurgood Marshall in this captivating Up Close biography series about twentieth-century America.Thurgood Marshall changed American history by challenging it. In the first half of the twentieth century, African Americans were often treated as second-class citizens and subject to Jim Crow laws, which promoted both racism and segregation. This is ... Read more

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Discover the incredible life and enduring legacy of Thurgood Marshall in this captivating Up Close biography series about twentieth-century America.Thurgood Marshall changed American history by challenging it. In the first half of the twentieth century, African Americans were often treated as second-class citizens and subject to Jim Crow laws, which promoted both racism and segregation. This is
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Spirituality in Young Adult Literature

The Last Taboo

by Patty Campbell ...

Series series Studies in Young Adult Literature
In a time when almost any gritty topic can be featured in a young adult novel, there is one subject that is avoided by writers and publishers. Faith and belief in God seldom appear in traditional form in novels for teens. The lack of such ideas in mainstream adolescent literature can be interpreted by teens to mean that these matters are not important. Yet a significant part of growing up is ... Read more

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In a time when almost any gritty topic can be featured in a young adult novel, there is one subject that is avoided by writers and publishers. Faith and belief in God seldom appear in traditional form in novels for teens. The lack of such ideas in mainstream adolescent literature can be interpreted by teens to mean that these matters are not important. Yet a significant part of growing up is
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Mississippi Trial, 1955

by Chris Crowe ...

Narrated by Victor Bevine ...

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6 hours 4 min

Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping story is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation's most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from ... Read more

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Winner of the 2003 International Reading Association Award for Young Adult Novel. This gripping story is based on the true events of the murder of Emmett Till, one of the nation's most notorious crimes that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.At first Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from
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Getting Away with Murder

The True Story of the Emmett Till Case

by Chris Crowe ...

Narrated by Victor Bevine ...

Unabridged

2 hours 50 min

**A JANE ADDAMS BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK • An in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a hate crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and continues to teach Americans about the urgent need for equal rights—updated and revised with a new chapter.“Crowe pays powerful tribute to a boy whose untimely death spurred a national chain of events.”—Publishers Weekly**In August 1955, a ... Read more

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**A JANE ADDAMS BOOK AWARD HONOR BOOK • An in-depth examination of the Emmett Till murder case, a hate crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and continues to teach Americans about the urgent need for equal rights—updated and revised with a new chapter.“Crowe pays powerful tribute to a boy whose untimely death spurred a national chain of events.”—Publishers Weekly**In August 1955, a
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This Is My America

by Kim Johnson ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

**"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinThe Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.**Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. ... Read more

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**"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinThe Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.**Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row.
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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)

by Suzanne Collins ...

Narrated by Tatiana Maslany ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Hunger Games
Unabridged

10 hours 35 min

This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the ... Read more

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This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the
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Virginia Day Zero

by John Rickards ...

Murph and Rory Caulfield are two regular kids in the small town of Coombs in rural Virginia. When their uncle goes to fetch the local sheriff after finding "something bad" on his farm, the boys go to check it out for themselves. What they find is more than just bad, though - it could kill them and everyone they know. The race is on now. First to escape, then to find out what's happened to their ... Read more

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Murph and Rory Caulfield are two regular kids in the small town of Coombs in rural Virginia. When their uncle goes to fetch the local sheriff after finding "something bad" on his farm, the boys go to check it out for themselves. What they find is more than just bad, though - it could kill them and everyone they know. The race is on now. First to escape, then to find out what's happened to their
... Read more
President Obama and a New Birth of Freedom

A New Birth of Freedom

by Joseph Cummins ...

"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord . . . . Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."Obama and Lincoln, two presidents for the people in unprecedented times in their own inspiring wordsWitness history in the making as Obama takes the oath of office and becomes ... Read more

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"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord . . . . Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America."Obama and Lincoln, two presidents for the people in unprecedented times in their own inspiring wordsWitness history in the making as Obama takes the oath of office and becomes
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What Is Juneteenth?

by Kirsti Jewel, Who HQ ...

Illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez ...

Series series What Was?
Discover more about Juneteenth, the important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States.On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union solder and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now ... Read more

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Discover more about Juneteenth, the important holiday that celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States.On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union solder and listened as he read the most remarkable words they would ever hear. They were no longer enslaved: they were free. The inhumane practice of forced labor with no pay was now
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