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1) Internment
Author
Language
English
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If You Like Hunger Games, Read These!
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Islamic Heritage - Adult/YA
Womens History Month - YA
If You Like the Hate U Give, Read These!
Islamic Heritage - Adult/YA
Womens History Month - YA
Description
"A terrifying, futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"--
9) Witness
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
11) Here today
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
13) Alamo wars
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When a Texas school puts on an original play about the Alamo, the students and teachers confront modern conflicts about history, identity, and the meaning of courage.
14) True son
Author
Series
Psi chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Republik prepares to mount another attack when Taemon's deception is revealed, a situation that further strains his bond with archon unit leader Gevri.
15) Beauty woke
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Beauty, who is of Taino Indian, African, and Boricua heritage, was taught to be strong and proud, but hatred toward people who look like her bruises her heart until her community opens her eyes to the truth.
18) My name is Bilal
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When Bilal and his sister transfer to a school where they are the only Muslims, they must learn how to fit in while staying true to their beliefs and heritage.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sophie's friendship fiasco: When Sophie's efforts to protect her friends from a group of mean-spirited popular girls lead to misunderstandings at home and at school, she turns to Jesus for help. Sophie and the new girl: As the Corn Flakes and other members of the Film Club work on a school project about Cuban refugees in the 1980s, a newcomer's prejudices hurt Maggie and challenge Sophie's ability to understand and practice Jesus' teachings.
Author
Series
Light years (Kass Morgan) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After centuries of exclusivity, the Quatra Fleet Academy finally accepts students from the settler planets, forcing four teenagers from different backgrounds, with different ambitions, motives, and missions, to work together to outmaneuver a mysterious alien enemy.
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