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"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--Provided by the publisher.

When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.

Grounded for the whole summer before college, seventeen-year-old vegan feminist Ellen Lopez-Rourke decides to join a local Quidditch team in order to spend time with her best friends Melissa and Xiumiao--the only way her father and stepmother will let her out of the house. However, Melissa begins to pull away and Xiumiao moves on from high school relationships, forcing Ellen to bond with members of the team and to forge a new path for her future.

Traces the history of the death penalty in the United States, focusing on the state of Texas. Profiles those personally involved with the death penalty, including a prosecutor-turned-judge, a lawyer, death row prisoners and their families, the families of victims, and executioners.

"Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies"--OCLC.

Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy, extremely overprotected and a reluctant celebrity since he was trapped in a well at age four, dreams of becoming a chef and starts by entering a local cook-off.

"A picture book biography of Ignacio (Nacho) Anaya, a waiter at the Victory Club in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, and the events surrounding the creation, in 1940, ofthe globally-popular tortilla chip, cheese, and jalape?o pepper snack that bears his name-nachos"--Provided by publisher.

Nora, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl, faces the challenges of being an illegal immigrant in Texas when she and her mother cross the border in search of Nora's father.

During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Across the country, people observe the day with speeches, poetry readings, festivals, picnics, street fairs, and family reunions. It is a day for people to come together and continue working toward equality.