Category Archives: Human Rights Issues
Throwback Thursday: “Breathing Underwater”
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn Nick is in court, facing a restraining order. He tells the judge that he never hit his girlfriend, Caitlin. The judge isn’t buying it. And it’s a good thing, too, because in the journal that … Continue reading
Posted in Family Problems, Fiction, Hi-Low/Quick Read, Human Rights Issues, Mature Readers, Read 180, Sports, Young Adult Literature
Tagged abusive men, affluent teenagers, anger management, body image, book reviews, dating, football, friendship, high school, male-female relationships, partner abuse, self-esteem, YA fiction, YA literature
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New Dictatorships Series–In Print and as eBooks
If you are doing an assignment on Dictatorships in the 20th century, come check out a great book. These are both informative and colorful. We have a print copy of each title as well as an ebook copy that can … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction
Tagged Assad family, Augusto Pinochet, book reviews, dictatorships, ebooks, Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Omar al-Bashir, Pol Pot, Robert Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Than Shwe, YA literature
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New Civil Rights Series–In Print and as eBooks
If you are doing an assignment on civil rights in the 20th or 21st centuries, come check out a great book. This series deals with South Africa and Apartheid laws; Iran and women’s rights; American Indians and Alcatraz Island; the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction/Historical Element, Human Rights Issues, Non-fiction
Tagged 1909, 1930, 1952, 1957, 1960s, 1969, 1970, 1989, 2005, African Americans, Alcatraz Island, American Indians, Apartheid Laws, Cesar Chavez, China, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Defiance Campaign, Delano Grape Strike, gay power, gay pride, Gay Rights Movement, integration, International Ladies Garment Workers Strike, Iran, Latinos, LGBTQ, Little Rock Nine, lockouts, lunch counter sit-ins, Mexican Americans, migrant farm workers, Mohandas Gandhi, New York City, Salt March, school integration, South Africa, Stonewall Riots, strikes, student activists, Tiananmen Square Protest, women's rights
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Have a Listen: “Feed”
Feed by M. T. Anderson “Everyone is supersmart now. You can look things up automatic, like science and history, like if you want to know which battles of the Civil War George Washington fought in and shit.” I know … Continue reading
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe”
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz When they meet and Dante teaches Aristotle to swim, they laugh over their classical names—their pocho names, they think, because are real Mexicans named after philosophers … Continue reading
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post”
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth Cameron Post and Irene Klauson have always been best friends. They do everything together including all those things they shouldn’t do, like shoplift. And there’s always been an edge to their … Continue reading
Posted in Controversial Issue/Debate, Faith-Based/Religious Element, Family Problems, Fiction, Human Rights Issues, Mature Readers, Over 375 pages, Young Adult Literature
Tagged accidents, coming of age, conversion therapy, death, friendship, fundamentalism (religion), gay youth, GLBT, GLBTQ, grief, guilt, lesbians, Montana, orphans
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