Qarie Marshall
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"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do...
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Chronicles the life of activist Frantzy Luzincourt, and details his early life and how his passion for social justice began while he was a teenager when he founded his predominantly white high school's first-ever Black Student Union. Highlights how his activism developed even more while in college and how it led him to establish Strategy for Black Lives, which helps organize Black Lives Matter protests and lobbies lawmakers to make real change for...