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"Our communities are stronger when we come together and take time to understand, support, and celebrate one another. In [this book], readers will learn the importance of acceptance and empathy as they relate to appearances, both chosen and genetic, and how to practice these in their daily lives"--Provided by publisher.
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Usha had lived her whole life under a gray sky and learning about the way things used to be with her grandfather. He used to spend his childhood playing in the sun until a giant wall was built to block it out. Usha and her pet dog decide to get the sun back and embark on a journey to the wall. There she tries many means to remove it, and discovers that her stories eventually succeed.
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"Can a career woman truly have it all? Powerful marketing executive Kemi Adeyemi has finally found the man she needs, but Tobias Wikström thinks she's the most selfish woman he has ever met for asking him to give up his life in Sweden and move to the US for her own comfort. Will Kemi be forced to stay if she wants to keep him while chipping away at her hard-earned career? As things begin to sour and challenge her relationship with Tobias, someone...
7) Viva, Rose!
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In El Paso, Texas, in 1915, fourteen-year-old Rose Solomon seeks her missing brother's return and inadvertently ends up running with Pancho Villa and his revolutionary army.
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At school, siblings Saida and Nikola face extreme discrimination due to their Romani identity, while at home, they live in poverty in an informal settlement under a bridge in Belgrade, Serbia. Nikola is a talented trumpeter and dreams of leaving their present situation behind to become a famous musician, so when he receives an invitation to play at a festival, it seems like everything is falling into place. But he soon discovers just how difficult...
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"1666. It is a year after plague has devastated England. Young widow Cecilia Thorowgood is a prisoner, trapped and isolated within the cavernous London townhouse of her older sister. At the mercy of a legion of doctors who fail to cure her grief with their impatient scalpels, Cecilia shows no signs of improvement. Soon, her sister makes a decision borne of desperation: she hires a new physician, someone known for more unusual methods. But he is a...
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In 1915, seventeen-year-old Evangelina and her family flee Mexico and start a new life in Texas. She is trained by the local doctor there to be a midwife, but when another doctor from a nearby town finds Evangelina helping a white woman in labor, he sends her away. The woman dies and Evangelina is arrested for murder. Waiting for her case to go to trial, Evangelina must fight off the local sheriff, and try to keep her forbidden relationship with a...
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Los niños se dan cuenta desde muy pequeños de que existen las razas y el racismo muy temprano. Nunca es demasiado pronto para empezar este conversación. ¡Puedes empezar con este libro!
"Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven picture book offers clear, concrete language and beautiful imagery that young children can grasp and adults can leverage for further discussion. While...