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Learn the basics about Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, and how the holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Introduces the origins and significance of Juneteenth--June 19, the day when African Americans recall their heritage and their forebears' emancipation from slavery--and describes how the holiday is celebrated.

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Juneteenth. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--.

Twelve-year-old Yasmeen Khoury is unhappy that her family has moved from Detroit to San Antonio, Texas, leaving her friends and Arab Christian community behind; from the very first day at school Yasmeen feels completely isolated and out of place, but she slowly makes friends with a Mexican boy, Carlos, and her Jewish neighbor, Ayelet Cohen, although she feels like she has to hide these friendships, especially from her Palestinian father, a native of Jerusalem--more than anything Yasmeen just wants to be American but it seems like she can not escape the ethnic tensions that swirl around her.

Seventeen-year-old Amy Goodnight has long been the one who makes her family of witches seem somewhat normal to others, but while spending a summer with her sister caring for their aunt's farm, Amy becomes the center of weirdness when she becomes tied to a powerful ghost.

Tells the largely unknown story of African American high school football in Texas, drawing on interviews, newspaper stories, and memorabilia.

"Describes the career of congresswoman Barbara Jordan, including her work in the Texas State Senate, time in the US House of Representatives, and her work towards civil rights"--Publisher.

Upon moving to small-town Texas part-way into her junior year of high school, Serena sees parallels between the novel her class is studying, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and the two men in her life: boyfriend Lance, the quarterback, and outsider Cam.

Upon moving to small-town Texas part-way into her junior year of high school, Serena sees parallels between the novel her class is studying, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and the two men in her life: boyfriend Lance, the quarterback, and outsider Cam.

Seventh grader Quijana is ashamed when her Guatemalan cousins move to town and her father shows his disappointment in her cultural ignorance. Meanwhile, school grows more complicated when she meets two new friends, Zuri and Jayden, and realizes she might like Jayden as more than just a friend. At home, Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandmother and her younger brother is withdrawing more all the time.