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The Fall of Innocence
The Lovely Bones meets Thirteen Reasons Why in this gorgeous, haunting, and tragic novel that examines the crippling--and far-reaching--effects of one person's trauma on her family, her community, and herself.For the past eight years, sixteen-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best to move on from... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia
To make sense of her high school crush's suicide, Frenchie retraces her steps the last night she was with him.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Downside of Being Charlie
<P>Charlie is handed a crappy senior year. Despite losing thirty pounds over the summer, he still gets called "Chunks" Grisner. What's worse, he has to share a locker with the biggest "Lord of the Rings" freak his school has ever seen. He also can't figure out whether Charlotte Vander Kleaton, th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
We Are Not from Here
A poignant novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico border, inspired by current events.Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. <P><P>Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
With Lots of Love
A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United States, and everything she leaves behind and longs for—especially her Abuela—as she makes a new life.Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she and her family are moving to the United States. Roc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Because of the Sun
<P>From the backyards of suburban Florida to the parched desert of New Mexico, Because of the Sun explores the complexity of family, the saving grace of friendship, and the healing that can begin when the truth is brought to light. <P>Dani learned to tolerate her existence in suburban Florida with ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Con mucho amor
The Spanish-language edition of With Lots of Love! A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United States, and everything she leaves behind and longs for—especially her Abuela—as she makes a new life.Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she ... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2022 -
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
by Ellen Hopkins • Hannah Moskowitz • Stephanie Kuehnert • Amy Reed • Jenny Torres Sanchez • Martha Brockenbrough • Maurene Goo • Julie Murphy • Alexandra Duncan • Brandy Colbert • Aisha Saeed • Jaye Robin Brown • Sona Charaipotra • Amber Smith • Sandhya Menon • Nina LaCour • Christine Day • Anna-Marie McLemore • Ilene I. W. Gregorio • Tracy Deonn Walker • Somaiya DaudFrom Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including award-winn... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition
by Barack Obama • Stephen B. Thomas • Rinku Sen • John P. Kretzmann • Rachel Morello-Frosch • Meredith Minkler • Nina Wallerstein • Barbara A. Israel • Eugenia Eng • Edith A. Parker • Tom Wolff • Celina Su • Manuel Pastor • Jason Corburn • Whitney Johnson • Ronald Labonté • Mark S. Homan • Christine Mitchell • Michelle C. Kegler • Patricia Wakimoto • Lionel J. Beaulieu • Adam B. Becker • Lynn Blanchard • Anne Bluethenthal • Frances Dunn Butterfross • Lisa Cacari Stone • Caricia Catalani • Charlotte Yu-Ting Chang • Roxana Chen • Wayland X. Coleman • Chris M. Coombe • Lori Dorfman • Nancy Epstein • Jessica Estrada • Jennifer Falbe • Stephanie A. Farquhar • Prisila Gonzalez • Joseph Griffin • Leslie Grover • Lorraine Gutiérrez • Trevor Hancock • Susana Hennesey Laverty • Reva Hines • Lili Farhang • Solange Gould • Cheryl A. Hyde • Anthony B. Iton • Josh Kirschenbaum • Blishda Lacet • Pam Tau Lee • Edith A. Lewis • Jennifer Lifshay • Laura Linnan • Shaw San Liu • Shaddai Martinez Cuestas • Marty Martinson • John L. McKnight • Mary Anne Morgan • Angela Ni • Susan Racine Passmore • Amber Akemi Piatt • Cheri A. Pies • Clara Pinsky • R. David Rebanal • Kathleen M. Roe • Zachary Rowe • Alicia L. Salvatore • Shannon Sanchez-Youngman • Amy J. Shulz • Lee Staples • Makani Themba • Maria Elena Torre • Evan Vandommelen-Gonzalez • Dierde Visser • Kirsten Wysen • Marisa Ruiz Asari • Nickie Bazell • Derek M Griffith • Heather CameThe fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- bu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022