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18921) Resistance at Tule Lake
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the US government's program of mass incarceration during World War II.
18922) Tethered to other stars
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Seventh grader Wendy Toledo knows that black holes and immigration police have one thing in common: they can both make things disappear without a trace. When her family moves to a new all-American neighborhood, Wendy knows the plan: keep her head down, build a telescope that will win the science fair, and stay on her family's safe orbit. But that's easier said than done when there's a woman hiding out from ICE agents in the church across the alley,...
18923) Juneteenth
Author
Series
Publisher
Pogo
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will learn about the history of Juneteenth, including when, where, and who first celebrated Emancipation Day, its meaning, the traditions associated with it, and how African American people around the United States celebrate independence today. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the history behind this important holiday that freed enslaved people....
18924) Illegal cargo
Author
Publisher
Black Panel Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Although he had never been the most present father, José́ Sendero, an elderly Salvadoran, has always wanted the best for his daughter, Helena, who now lives far away in America. When an unexpected messenger arrives at his door, José́ must decide whether to bury his head in the sand, or leave everything he knows behind to be there for his daughter when she needs him most." --
18925) What the Taliban told me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A powerful, timely memoir of a young Air Force linguist coming-of-age in a war that is lost"--Provided by the publisher.
When Ian Fritz joined the Air Force at eighteen, he did so out of necessity. He hadn't been accepted into college thanks to an indifferent high school career. He'd too often slept through his classes as he worked long hours at a Chinese restaurant to help pay the bills for his trailer-dwelling family in Lake City, Florida. But...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Crisis has a way of laying bare our truest selves: who we trust, which principles and impulses we heed, whose lives we deem expendable. As it ravaged millions of lives, the Covid-19 pandemic revealed and accentuated the dividing lines that had already, for decades, splintered American public life. Against the backdrop of the 2020 presidential election, misinformation regimes, and the transformation of the facemask into a flagrant political symbol,...
18928) Grace Lee Boggs
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography tells the story of philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American woman who went from earning a PhD in philosophy to becoming an activist in the black power movement in Detroit. She used ideas about revolution to inspire people to create a new world and imagine a new way of living.
18929) 소원들
Author
Series
Publisher
Pomul Ch'anggo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Korean
Description
"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"--
Publisher
California State University, Chancellor's Office, Special Projects Department
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This video project honors CSU Nisei students who were impacted by Executive Order 9066, which forced Japanese Americans out of schools, homes, jobs and into camps after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. It is estimated that about 2,500 Japanese American students were forced to leave California colleges and universities, and at least 250 of them were from CSU campuses in Fresno, Pomona, San Diego, San Francisco, San José and San Luis Obispo. Commencement...
18931) Dead man's hand
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 18
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukrainian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO, by assassinating a deputy minister...
18932) The history of rock 'n' roll
Publisher
Time-Life Video & Television
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
This ten episode documentary covers rock 'n' roll history from its humble beginnings in the '50s to Lollapalooza in the '90s. A kaleidoscope of musical memories, it features interviews with stars from Little Richard to Bono, as they recall the sound and songs that changed their lives. There are vintage clips examining: early stars during rock's first golden age, the turmoil of the British Invasion, the incandescent birth of soul, the death of the...
18933) A sky full of song
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the prairie.
18937) Meet me in St. Louis
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
In Saint Louis before the 1904 World's Fair, Alonzo Smith threatens to uproot his family and move to New York, which greatly upsets his wife and four daughters.
18938) Meet me on Mercer Street
Author
Series
Meet me on Mercer Street volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Aspiring artist Kacie spends most of her time on Mercer Street with her best friend Nisha, but one day Nisha and her family are gone, and Kacie struggles to understand the changes happening to her street and neighborhood, and what they mean for her life.
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