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Bibliography Sorted by Call Number / Author. 152.4 LAM Lamia, Mary C. Emotions! : making sense of your feelings. Washington, DC : Magination Press, [2013]. Emotions : the basics are all in your head -- Anxiety is your friend -- The complexity of fear -- Embarrassment: being noticed with regret -- Hiding from shame -- The goodness of guilt -- Pride and hubris are self-defining -- Loneliness has a purpose -- Hope and recognizing when it's hopeless -- Sadness and sad love -- Maybe you should be angry -- Disgust can make you sick -- The secret life of envy -- Interest is more exciting than you think -- Happiness can make you smile or cry. A guide to gaining insight based on what your emotions are trying to tell you. 152.4 NIE Nieuwland, Jackson. Coping with anxiety. 1st ed. New York, NY : Rosen YA, 2018. What does social media have to do with anxiety? -- Do I have social media anxiety? -- Changing your relationship with social media -- Unplugging -- Asking for help. "Offers an ... introduction to the concept of social media anxiety, dispelling many widespread myths and replacing them with up-to-date facts, ... help[s] readers identify whether they are experiencing social media anxiety, and offers them reliable strategies for dealing with it if they are"--Provided by publisher. 155.5 BRE Brezina, Corona. Everything you need to know about anger . 1st ed. New York : Rosen YA, 2019. Introduction -- A problem with anger -- Triggers, outbursts, and overreactions -- Calming down -- Anger management skills for a healthy -- Getting help -- Glossary -- For more -- For further reading -- Bibliography -- Index. "Provides information and guidance for managing anger, as well as strategies for dealing with anger triggers and improving communication skills"--Provided by publisher. 179 SMI Smith, Sarah (Freelance writer). Self-discipline & responsibility. Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, [2019]. Young readers explore the importance of self-discipline and responsibility, how they can help build character and leadership skills, and offers advice on how to put them into practice. 302.23 VIN Vink, Amanda, author. Online activism : through social media. Introduction : the -- The history of online activism -- How online activism works -- activism -- and -- How to be an online activist. Provides background on the history of online activism, describes how it works, and offers recent examples of grassroots activism, leaktivism, hacktivism, and slacktivism. Also offers tips for becoming an online activist. Includes photographs and charts, primary sources, discussion questions, further reading, and organizations to contact. 302.34 DON Donahue, Mary P. Surviving bullies and mean teens. New York, NY : Enslow Pub., 2018. Bullies or bluster -- Just add pressure -- Cloudy with a chance of clarity : bullying myths -- Online and out of line -- What do turtles have to do with this?. "Explains how bullying happens and offers solutions for teens to get through it safely"--Provided by publisher. 303.3 EBE Eberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn), author. Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do. Explores the science behind bias, addressing the potential consequences of unconscious bias in multiple settings such as business and enforcement. Also offers a solution to addressing and minimizing bias. 303.48 BIE Bieschke, Marke, author. Into the streets : a young person's visual history of in the . Introduction : a rich pageant of protest and resistance -- From Pueblo revolt to Underground Railroad : early American resistance, 1492-1865 -- Chucking tea for liberty : Boston Tea Party, 1773 -- A early stand for Black civil rights : New Orleans Massacre, 1866 -- The days the trains stood still : the Great Railroad Strike, 1877 -- A grand parade for women's voting rights : the Woman Suffrage Procession, 1913 -- A rally to inspire fear : the Ku Klux Klan, 1925 -- Marching for change during the Great Depression : the Hunger Marches and the Bonus March, 1932 -- A street fight against political corruption : the Battle of Athens, 1946 -- refuses to give up her seat : the Montgomery Bus , 1955 -- Youth on the front lines : the Birmingham Children's Crusade, 1963 -- They had a dream : March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963 -- "Huelga! : Delano Grape Strike and Boycott (1965-1970) -- Burning draft cards, levitating the Pentagon : Early Vietnam Invasion , 1964-1967 -- Season of the flower children : the Summer of Love, 1967 -- "No more Miss America" : The Miss America protest, 1968 -- Fists raised for Black Power : Free Huey Rallies, 1968-1970 -- Chaos in : Democratic National Protests, 1968 -- Rioting for gay liberation : the Stonewall Riots, 1969 -- Taking the rock : the of Alcatraz, 1969 -- A revolt behind bars : the Attica Prison Uprising, 1971 -- An occupation full of echoes : Wounded Knee Incident, 1973 -- Save the humans : Nuclear Freeze Rally, 1982 -- Out and proud for LGBTQ rights : Second March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1987 -- The battle in : Seattle WTO Protests, 1999 -- The world says no to war : Iraq War Protests, 2003 -- Marching out of the shadows : a day without an immigrant, 2006 -- Representation for no taxation : Tea Party Protests, 2009 -- Here comes the 99 percent : Occupy Wall Street, 2011 -- "Hands up, don't shoot" : Ferguson Uprising, 2014 -- Climate protests heat up : People's Climate March, 2014 -- Protecting sacred land and water : Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, 2016 -- a pink streak of resistance : the Women's March, 2017 -- White male rage erupts : Unite the Right Rally, 2017 -- #Enoughisenough : March for Our Lives, 2018 -- Conclusion : how to start a protest of your own. Explores the history of sit-ins, protests, and acts of resistance in the United States from the Boston Tea Party to the March for Our Lives in 2018. 305.235 VIL Villalobos, Juan Pablo, 1973- author. The other side : stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border. First edition. Where are your children? -- Now I'm going to sleep for a little bit -- The other side means the other side -- It was like cotton, but when I touched it, it was just ice -- There are snakes there -- He and I got along really well -- La Cabuya -- Before and after -- To this day -- About the refugees. Presents the stories of eleven Central American teens who describe their dangerous journey to America, detailing the situations they came from, the hardships they faced on the way, and how they navigated the often confusing immigrant process. 305.42 KEN Kendall, Mikki, author. Amazons, abolitionists, and activists : a graphic history of women's fight for their rights. Women's rights in antiquity : the seed is planted -- Empresses, queens, and princesses : the power on the throne and behind it -- , colonialism, and imperialism : the rights of women under siege -- Suffrage and suffering : women fight for freedom -- The slow march to equality : civil rights and voting -- Women's rights, 1960s to 1980s : from the sexual revolution to the AIDS crisis -- : corporate, inclusive, and more!. Explores the struggle for women's rights throughout history, starting with ancient societies through modern times, touching on key events and notable figures. Discusses the right to vote, get an education, work, own property, reproductive rights, abolition, and the LGBTQ movement. 305.8 BLA Blakemore, M. T., author. White privilege. Examines how issues surrounding race lead to a cultural way of thinking known as white privilege. From the historical roots of the white privilege attitudes to how America can move forward in providing equal opportunities for all citizens. Includes text-related questions, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs. 305.8 DIA DiAngelo, Robin J., author. White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Examines the concept of white fragility, including discussion of how it forms, how it protects racial inequality, and how that fragility often prevents meaningful dialogue about race and racism. Goes on to discuss solutions in dealing with white fragility and how we can all engage more constructively. 305.8 REY Reynolds, Jason. Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2020. "A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from National Award winner Stamped from the Beginning"-- Publisher. 305.8 SIN Singh, Anneliese A., author. The racial healing handbook : practical activities to help you challenge privilege, confront systemic racism & engage in healing. Foreword -- Introduction -- Know your racial identity -- Explore your internalized racism -- (Re)learn the history of racism -- Grieve and name racism -- Raise your race consciousness -- Catch yourself in the flow of racism -- Understand racism in relationships -- Reclaim your whole racial self -- Be a racial ally -- Engage in collective racial healing -- Time to dream--what does a racially just world look like?. Provides tools to help the reader explore the history of racism, manage the stress from living in an unequal world, navigate experiences of racism, develop a racial consciousness, heal from grief and trauma, and challenge stereotypes. 305.9 KUK Kuklin, Susan, author, photographer. In search of safety : voices of refugees. First edition. Welcome to Nebraska, welcome home -- Part 1. Arrive. Map : Afghanistan ; The first day of my life ; Fraidoon ; Fred ; Who would marry someone with a fatwa on his head? ; Coming to America, the hard way ; The black hole of red tape -- Part 2. Birth. Map : Myanmar and Thailand ; Flip-flops, rice, soccer ; TV, hamburgers, football -- Part 3. Run. Map : South Sudan and Ethiopia ; In Africa ; In America -- Part 4. Survive. Map : Northern Iraq ; Captured ; For sale ; The black hole of captivity ; After -- Part 5. Home. Map : Burundi and Tanzania ; Early one morning ; Heaven ; Umoja -- Part VI. Notes and resources. The refugee process. Relates the true stories of five men and women who became refugees from war in their own home countries--Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, Burundi, and Iraq--and what their experiences have been after growing up in a refugee camp, for example, or fleeing war to resettle in America. 323.119 AND Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine), author. We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide. Original sin -- But for your race -- Forty acres and a mule -- Black codes -- We showed our hand too soon -- Johnson is with us! -- Courting justice -- Derailing the great migration -- The sweet ordeal -- Building toward Brown -- Beating down Brown -- The NAACP and Sputnik -- Rolling back civil rights -- Like your whole world depended on it -- In the crosshairs : the VRA -- Beating down Brown (again!) -- The Reagan revolution -- Crack -- Streets cleared of garbage -- Obama -- Shelby County v. Holder : gutting the VRA -- Why would they try to make people hate us?. Presents the argument that in American history, every great advancement in equality for African Americans has been met with a supposedly systematic response or backlash to those advancements, such as the fact that the Civil War and Reconstruction were quickly followed by the Jim Crow , and that this trend has continued up to the present with the presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American president, followed by the election of Donald Trump, who the author argues is racist. Discusses what a truly equal future for all Americans would look like without a corresponding backlash. 324.6 AND Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine), author. One person, no vote : how not all voters are treated equally. A young adult adaptation. Prologue -- Part one. A history of disenfranchisement. Bubbles in a bar of soap ; Poll tax blues ; Only Democrats need apply ; And don't forget the matches ; Here comes the VRA ; The war on the VRA ; A "judicial coup d'état" -- Part two. Voter ID. "A citizen no more" ; Florida fiasco, Missouri madness, Hoosier State horrors, and Georgia not so peachy keen ; Floodgates opened wide -- Part three. Voter roll purge. And Kemp saw dead people ; Exact match and crosscheck ; A sham and a scam ; "A national champion" -- Part four. Rigging the rules. Elbridge Gerry's salamander ; Of the Texas Glock, the Georgia flat-cat road kill, and other aberrations ; Gill v. Whitford ; More dirty tricks -- Part five. The resistance. Sweet home Alabama? ; Of Aborigines and illiterates ; "Selma, Lord, Selma" -- At the crossroads. Presents a young adult adaptation of the book of the same name, which traces the history of voter suppression in America from a liberal perspective. Focuses on the 2013 Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and argues that it is racist political maneuverings that have kept African Americans from voting. Examines voter suppression laws in several states, how they work, and efforts by activists to restore voting rights to all Americans. Includes tips on how teens can make a difference. 327.127 FAV Favreau, Marc, 1968-. Spies : the secret showdown between America and Russia. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2019. Prologue: Seeing ghosts -- The defector -- The spy hunters -- The double -- Capital of the Cold War -- The pilot -- Missiles -- Moscow rules -- War games -- The year of the spy -- The man without a face -- Epilogue: Mole hunt. "An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape"--Provided by publisher. 342.73 BLU Blumenthal, Karen, author. Jane against the world : Roe v. Wade and the fight for reproductive rights. First edition. Restrictions -- Reform -- Roe v. Wade -- After Roe. Examines the debates around abortion and women's health, discussing the events that led up to the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, and the ongoing repercussions of that decision. Looks at the justices as they struggle with moral, legal, and medical aspects of the case, and introduces key figures on both sides. Includes a glossary, a timeline, a bibliography, and notes. 362.29 COR Cornell, Kari A., author. E-cigarettes and their dangers. Introduction : more than flavors -- What is an e-cigarette? -- What is nicotine's effect on the body? -- How does vaping affect people and society? -- What are treatments for e-cigarette addiction?. Explores the origins of electronic cigarettes and "vaping" as an alternative to cigarettes and discusses the dangers that this supposedly safe alternative poses--including addiction, operating as a gateway into other drugs, and the possibility that e-cigarette devices could malfunction and injure users. Includes a glossary. 362.29 MCG McGreal, Chris, author. American overdose : the opioid tragedy in three acts. First edition. Traces the history of the opioid epidemic in America that began because of greed, corruption, and indifference. Examines how the prescriptions were given out, the warnings that went unheeded, the lives and wrecked by addiction to opioids, the investigation that followed, and the way forward. 362.883 PAR Parks, Peggy J., 1951- author. The #MeToo movement. Silent no more -- A hashtag sparks a movement -- Downfall of the rich and powerful -- Women make political history -- Unintended consequences -- More work to be done. Investigates the history of the "#MeToo" movement, beginning in 2017 when that hashtag went viral on social media and tracking how it became a rallying cry for women around the world to stand up and tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. As a result, many rich, powerful, predatory men were brought to justice. 363.325 THI Thiel, Kristin, 1977-. True teen stories from Nigeria : surviving Boko Haram. 1st ed. New York : Cavendish Square, 2019. Nigeria, Boko Haram, and daily life in a fascinating part of the world -- The rise of Boko Haram -- Teen recruits -- The youngest casualties of Boko Haram -- Solving terror. Looks at the of daily life under the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram. 363.33 MCC McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968- author. Enough is enough : how students can join the fight for gun safety. Beyond Words/Simon Pulse edition. Explains how students can become activists in the gun safety movement. Offers information on the Second Amendment, existing gun laws, gun regulation in other countries, and the influence of gun organizations in . Presents ways to get involved, how to talk to people about gun related issues, and ideas for solutions to gun violence. Includes illustrations, maps, diagrams, case studies, resources for further information, and a glossary. 364.106 MIL Miller, Derek L. True teen stories from Mexico : surviving gangs and the drug wars. 1st ed. New York : Cavendish Square, 2019. Gangs and cartels in Mexico -- A closer look at Mexico and the rise of violence -- Teen recruits -- Mexico's teen casualties -- Solving terror. Looks at the dangers of growing up in Mexico amidst the drug wars and violent gang Culture. 364.109 BRA Bragg, Georgia. Caught! : nabbing history's most wanted. 1st ed. New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2019]. "A humorous look at how famous people got caught, including Joan of Arc, Blackbeard, Al Capone, and more! . . . Outlaw, assassin, art thief, and spy, these fourteen troublemakers and crooks--including Blackbeard the pirate, Typhoid Mary, and gangster Al Capone--have given the good guys a run for their money throughout the ages. Some were crooked, some were deadly, and some were merely out of line-- but they all got Caught! as detailed in this . . . study of crime, culture, and forensic science. Featuring history's most wanted: Joan of Arc, Sir Walter Raleigh, Caravaggio, Blackbeard, John Wilkes Booth, Jesse James, , Mata Hari, Typhoid Mary, Rasputin, Vincenzo Peruggia (Mona Lisa thief), Bernard Kuehn (Pearl Harbor spy), Anna Anderson (Anastasia impersonator), and Al Capone"--Provided by publisher. 395.3 SMI Smith, Sarah (Freelance writer). Social situations. Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, [2019]. Explores how to properly conduct oneself in social situations, such as weddings, funerals, parties, and more. 395.5 SMI Smith, Sarah (Freelance Writer). Social media & online manners. Broomall, Pa. : Mason Crest, [2019]. "This book provides . . . information to enable you to communicate effectively online, and with good manners, whatever the situation"--Back cover. 398.2 GON González Ruiz, David, 1976-. Breve historia de las leyendas medievales. Madrid : Ediciones Nowtilus, S.L., 2010. Looks at various legends and stories that came out of Europe during the Middle Ages. 551.46 PET Peterson, Christy, author. Into the deep : science, technology, and the quest to protect the ocean. All the water in the world -- The shape of the sea -- What goes around comes around - - Stories told by water -- The beginning of life and breath -- Life in a drop -- Cities in the sea -- Feeding the world -- Rise of the jellyfish -- Life in the twilight zone -- In the company of giants -- Waste not, want not -- Ocean past, ocean future. Relays information about the study of the ocean, what oceanographers are learning, and why it is important to understanding the health of the planet. Discusses the role of currents, sea animals, and threats to ocean health. Features full-color photographs, sidebars, a glossary, and resources for further research. 595.79 HIR Hirsch, Rebecca E., author. Where have all the bees gone? The last Franklin's bumblebee -- An ancient relationship -- Pollination powerhouses -- A bee Cs -- Disease spillover -- The day the bees died -- Bee town, USA -- What's best for bees?. Informs readers about different bee species and the global extinction threats they face from disease, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat. Discusses the role bees play in the life cycle of some of the products we consume-- fruits, vegetables, and nuts--and examines how people can help. Includes color images, source notes, a bibliography, and sources for further learning. 614.4 DEN Denton, Michelle, author. Pandemics : deadly disease outbreaks. Microorganisms, friend and foe -- A history of infectious disease -- Pandemics in the modern era -- Fighting pandemics -- The threat of future pandemics -- The future of global health. Examines the history of infectious pandemics and the fight to stop them. Describes historical pandemics from the plague to polio and current threats such as AIDS and avian flu. Discusses the work of U.S. and international health agencies in disease control and prevention. Includes discussion questions, color photographs, a glossary, organizations to contact, and further resources. 614.4 GOL Goldsmith, Connie, 1945- author. Pandemic : how climate, the environment, and superbugs increase the risk. Bugs in the news -- Bugs on a plane -- Climate change, insects, and animals -- Disruption of animal habitats -- Crowding in peace and war -- Superbugs on the march -- Pandemic influenza -- Preventing a pandemic. Epidemiologists study past epidemics and pandemics to try to figure out what factors contributed to the spread of disease on a global scale, in the hopes that they can predict and control future outbreaks. 614.4 SHO Shoals, James, author. Epidemics & pandemics. Epidemics and pandemics -- HIV and AIDS -- History of HIV/AIDS -- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS -- Influenza -- History of influenza -- Recent flu pandemics -- Plague -- History of plague -- Malaria -- History of malaria -- West Nile Virus -- Cholera -- Yellow fever -- Typhus -- Smallpox -- Polio -- SARS -- Global health organizations -- World pandemics data. Explores the definition of epidemics and pandemics, discussing how epidemics and pandemics--like HIV, AIDS, and cholera--start and spread, and what scientists and doctors do to study such horrible events and try to prevent them. 614.4 WRI Wright, Jennifer Ashley, 1986- author. Get well soon : history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them. First edition. Elect sane, calm leaders : Antonine plague -- Frogs don't save lives, reading history books does : bubonic plague -- Try being nice instead of burning people as witches : dancing plague -- Spread the word that vaccines are the best : smallpox -- STD shaming leads to STD spreading : syphilis -- Never glamorize ill health : tuberculosis -- If you want to demonstrate is wrong, be ready to prove your theory thoroughly : cholera -- Know that one good person can make a difference, and that you can be that person : leprosy -- If you are diseased, don't deliberately infect other people : typhoid -- kills : Spanish flu -- Keep track of medical advances, because they are happening faster than ever : encephalitis lethargica -- Don't listen to fast-talking charlatans with few medical credentials : lobotomies -- Understand that when communities, leaders, and scientists work together, we can save the world : polio -- Learn from the past : epilogue. Examines some of the worst plagues and epidemics in history--from the Bubonic Plague to polio--the strange responses many people had to them, and the heroic men and women who studied and fought against them. 614.5 MAR Marrin, Albert, author. Very, very, very dreadful : the influenza pandemic of 1918. First edition. Prologue: The great-granddaddy of them all -- The pitiless war -- Diseases of war -- Puny man: drowning in the second wave -- A fear and panic : influenza and American society -- To the bitter end -- A detective story. Examines the flu pandemic of 1918 that killed millions of people worldwide. Highlights the history of plagues as well as the science involved in the transmission and impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918. Includes maps, archival photographs, and resources for further information. 615.9 COO Cooper, Candy J., 1955- author. Poisoned water : how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation. Roots and margins -- Pure, natural, mineral -- The water is biting them -- To the dome -- Big worries here -- Ten thousand children -- A good guess -- Water out of control -- Trust fall -- The big red flag -- A whistle blows -- Denial -- Convergence -- Blood speaks -- A tipping point -- A world rocked -- Surrender -- A ceaseless trail -- A gaggle of bottled waters -- Blame without end -- We can save ourselves -- Coming back where? -- Roaring uphill -- My destiny is dismal -- But a flint holds fire / Andrea Ramsey. Provides an in-depth examination of the 2014 Flint, Michigan, water crisis, one of the worst water crises in United States history, that occurred when city officials decided, as a cost-savings measure, to switch city water sources from Lake Huron to the Flint River, causing old pipes to corrode and water to become contaminated with lead. Chronicles the events that led up to the crisis, the toxic effects of the water on Flint residents, and the activists who fought against the city and state government to hold officials accountable. 616.86 SHE Sheff, David, author. High : everything you want to know about drugs, alcohol, and addiction. One hit, one drink -- Nic's story and why we wrote this book -- America on drugs -- Choosing to use -- Your brain on drugs -- Keeping sane -- Just say know -- Alcohol: just one drink -- Marijuana: hits and myths -- Pain pills and other prescription drugs -- Heroin, cocaine, meth, and other illegal drugs -- Addiction -- Use, abuse, and addiction -- Addiction is a family problem -- Drug-free: treatment, relapse, and recovery -- Afterword -- Father and son: a conversation. David and Nic Sheff, the father and son authors, relate Nic's struggle with addiction and how he became sober. Features factual information on various drugs, alcohol, and addiction, discusses the risks of experimenting, and includes the latest research, interviews, and real-life that show what drug and alcohol use really looks like. Also discusses the steps of treatment, relapse, and recovery. Includes an addiction self-test for teens, a conversation between the authors, a glossary of terms, emergency numbers and other resources, and a list of helpful books. 616.89 CHI Chisholm, Holly, author. Just peachy : comics about depression, anxiety, love, and finding the humor in being sad. Presents a series of one-page comics, based on the author's webcomic, in which she uses dark humor to document how it feels to experience depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Also covers topics such as heartbreak, stress, panic, and relationships. 628.1 KAL Kallen, Stuart A., 1955- author. Science and sustainable water. Sustainable water -- The science of freshwater -- Reusing wastewater -- Desalination - - Cleaning up polluted water -- Sustainable water in cities. Explores water recycling and how science can help provide environmentally friendly ways of filtering and managing water. Describes methods of reusing wastewater, desalination, cleaning polluted water, and ways in which water is used sustainably in cities. 639 SWI Swift, Earl, 1958- author. Chesapeake requiem : a year with the watermen of vanishing Tangier Island. First Dey Street paperback edition. Explores the history of the crabbing industry of Chesapeake Bay and the modern experience of being in the Chesapeake Bay crabbing industry, which is struggling on the small island of Tangier, which is slowly being eroded by the waters of the Bay. 646.7 ALL Allen, David, 1945 December 28- author. Getting things done for teens : take control of your life in a distracting world. Presents advice for teenagers on learning time management skills and sifting through the many different tasks and commitments they may have in this increasingly busy world, be it in school with homework and projects or extracurricular activities. 811 ELL Elliott, Zetta. Say her name. 1st ed. : Disney/Jump at the Sun, 2020. "Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter"--Amazon.com. 811 ENG Engle, Margarita. The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle for freedom = El árbol de la rendición : poemas de la lucha de Cuba por su libertad. 1st Square Fish ed.: 2010. New York : Square Fish/Henry Holt, 2010. A collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or be killed. 811 NYE Nye, Naomi Shihab. Voices in the air : poems for listeners. 1st ed. New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]. Section I. Messages -- Section II. Voices in the air -- Section III. More worlds -- Biographical notes. "Ninety-five poems pay tribute to essential voices past and present that have the power to provoke us, lead us, and give us hope" --Provided by publlisher. 811 REY Reynolds, Jason, author. For every one. First edition. Presents a poem written by the author encouraging teens to be courageous. 920 COR Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla, author. The undocumented Americans. First edition. Staten Island -- Ground zero -- Miami -- Flint -- Cleveland -- New Haven. Provides an account of undocumented persons throughout the United States, in cities such as Flint, Staten Island, Cleveland, and Miami, relaying their daily struggles including getting access to healthcare, why they fled their countries of origin, and family separation. 940.53 EDS Edsel, Robert M. The greatest treasure hunt in history : the story of the Monuments Men. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2019]. Letters home -- Independence day -- "Little saints, help us!" -- The meeting -- Priceless dust -- Objectives -- Resurrection and treachery -- Searching for clues -- Getting help -- Longings -- Small victories -- Treasure maps -- Gains and losses -- Surprises -- On the move -- The beginning of the end -- Salt mines and jail cells -- Closure -- Going home. "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. 'The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History' recounts the . . . true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and British volunteers--museum curators, art scholars and educators, architects, archivists, and artists, known as the Monuments Men--found themselves in a desperate race against time to locate and save the many priceless treasures and works of art stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Robert M. Edsel . . . brings this story to young readers for the first time in a[n] . . . adventure detailing [the] . . . treasure hunt"--Provided by publisher. 940.53 GAD Gaddy, K. R., author. Flowers in the gutter : the true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, teenagers who resisted the Nazis. Prologue : late 1942 -- 1932-1938 -- 1939-1942 -- 1942-1943 -- 1943-1944 -- Fall 1944 -- 1944-1945 -- 1945-2019 -- A note on the "Navajos". Explores the true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, following German teenagers like Fritz, Gertrude, and Jean in the 1930s and through World War II as they refused to conform to the Nazi Party and the Hitler Youth. By the end of the war, Jean, Gertrude, and Fritz and others of the Edelweiss Pirates joined in sabotage and armed resistance, risking their lives. 956.91 BRO Brown, Don, 1949-. The unwanted : stories of the Syrian refugees. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]. "Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis"--Amazon.com. 956.91 THI Thiel, Kristin, 1977-. True teen stories from : surviving civil war. 1st ed. New York : Cavendish Square, 2019. Syria and civil war -- A conflict centuries in the making -- Teen recruits -- The youngest casualties of the Syrian civil war -- Solving terror in Syria. Looks at reality of daily life during the Syrian civil war. 970.004 MEN Mendoza, Jean, author. An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people. Introduction : this land -- Follow the corn -- Culture of conquest -- Cult of the covenant -- Bloody footprints -- The birth of a nation -- Jefferson, Jackson, and the pursuit of indigenous homelands -- Sea to shining sea -- Indigenous lands become "Indian Country" -- The persistence of sovereignty -- Indigenous action, indigenous rights -- "Water is life" : indigenous resistance in the twenty-first century. Chronicles the centuries of persecution faced by indigenous peoples of the United States at the hands of the American government through settler colonialism, genocidal programs, corrupt policy-making, and land seizure. Discusses how this persecution formed the national identity of the United States. Includes archival images, recommendations for further reading, original maps, and discussion topics. 972.86 YOM Yomtov, Nelson. Costa Rica. New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014. Welcome to Costa Rica -- "The rich coast" -- Beauty and abundance -- Independence and peace -- at work -- A diverse economy -- Tico traditions -- A tolerant nation -- Culture and the arts -- Daily life -- Timeline -- Fast facts -- To find out more -- Index. Describes Costa Rica's geography, history, government, people, , and culture. 972.87 BLA Blashfield, Jean F. Panama. New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2015]. A country and a canal -- The curious isthmus -- The wildlife exchange -- Becoming a nation -- Governing Panama -- Expanding economy -- The Panameños -- People of faith -- The Panamanian way -- Panamanian life. An introduction to the geography, history, and people of Panama. 973 GAT Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. 100 amazing facts about the Negro. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]. Explores African American history through one hundred question and answers: Who was the first African American? Did black people own slaves? Who was the first black president in North America? How much African ancestry does the average African American have? Who was the first black American woman to be a self-made millionaire?. 973 GAT Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author. Dark sky rising : Reconstruction and the dawn of Jim Crow. Let freedom ring! -- Men of color to arms! -- Fraught with great difficulty -- Restored -- The ballot with which to save ourselves -- Go on with your -- White reign of terror -- To the storm, to the whirlwind -- Moral weakness in high places -- Mighty current. Examines the Civil War, emancipation, and the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South that impacted democratic rights for African Americans after the war and during the Reconstruction era. Discusses how white violence and racism affected civil rights progression, and draws parallels to today. Includes sidebars, black-and-white photographs and illustrations, and biographical profiles of notable individuals. 973 GAT Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author. Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow. Antislavery/antislave : backlash : the white resistance to black Reconstruction -- The old Negro : race, science, literature, and the birth of Jim Crow -- Chains of being : the black body and the white mind -- Framing blackness : Sambo art and the visual rhetoric of white supremacy -- The United States of race : mass-producing stereotypes and fear -- The new Negro : redeeming the race from the redeemers -- Reframing race : a new Negro enters the frame -- Epilogue. Explores the post-Civil-War-era experiences and struggles of African Americans to achieve the freedom that the Emancipation Proclamation declared was theirs, confronting first the post-war use of media--which in that time became more prominent with technology like chromolithography--to disseminate racist , and chronicling the history of African American struggles throughout the Reconstruction Era, the Jim Crow segregation era, and up to the civil rights movement. 973 ZIN Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010, author. Voices of a people's history of the United States. 10th anniversary edition. Offers a chronicle of major events that have taken place throughout United States history and features essays and testimonials from individuals who have their own things to say about their country and the things taking place in it. 976.3 GOL Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-. Unpunished murder : massacre at Colfax and the quest for justice. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Focus, 2018. "On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish, Louisiana, and massacred over one hundred unarmed African Americans. The court case that followed reached the highest court in the land. Yet, following one of the most ghastly incidents of mass murder in American history, not one person was convicted . . . Lawrence Goldstone traces the evolution of the law and the fascinating characters involved in the story of how [he ] the Supreme Court helped institutionalize racism in the American justice system"-- Provided by publisher.