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In these three novellas, Gary Paulsen explores how children can survive the most difficult circumstances through art and the love of dogs.

Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

Offers an account of the 1917 race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois; discusses the media's reaction to it; and details the aftermath.

A personal account of the violence as seen on a daily basis in war torn Belfast through the eyes of an American journalist.

Fifteen-year-old Kyle believes he does not deserve to live after accidentally shooting and killing his best friend.

Alex Abramovich relates details about his friendship with Trevor Latham, a man who bullied him in grade school and founded the Oakland motorcycle club the East Bay Rats; discusses his experiences living in Oakland and immersing himself in the club; and examines the social conditions of Oakland during the early twenty-first century.

" ... provides a concise overview of Al Qaeda's trajectory ... [and] the inner workings of this complex organization, ... offer[ing] readers answers to the fundamental questions about Al Qaeda and the Islamic State: who they are, where they came from, where they're going, and--perhaps most critically--what [people] can do about it"--Back cover.

Explores violence on the domestic scene in the light of the fact that more people in the U.S. have been killed by shooting since 1900 than were lost in all American wars from the Revolution through Vietnam.

"[Examines] issues in the headlines concerning racial bias, crime, and police violence ... Shines a light on biases and assumptions that link race with crime in the media, and encourages readers to reflect on these biases in the information they consume daily. Readers are asked to consider the roles that policing, prisons, immigration, and the media play in enforcing racism, and to examine their effects throughout history, which include hate crimes in the forms of slavery, genocide, and police violence"--Provided by publisher.

A graphic novel that explores the 1956 incident that left more than one hundred Palestinians dead in 1956 in Rafah, a small town at the tip of the Gaza Strip.