prejudices

Presents an historical fiction written in poetic form that represents the views of various people in a small Vermont town in the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan tries to infiltrate their town.

Community reaction toward a local school for black girls in 1833 makes a fourteen-year-old white orphan re-examine her feelings toward higher education, abolition, blacks, and the meaning of womanhood.

"[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.

Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. Tension between African Americans and Somalis at Rodney's high school erupts into a food fight that turns into a riot. In the midst of the violence, Rodney helps a Somali classmate to safety. Soon Rodney and Jawahir fall for each other. Against the pleas of their families and friends, they can't help but follow their hearts. As groups on both sides of the fight harbor lingering resentment, Rodney and Jawahir are caught in the middle. Rodney is determined to avoid trouble, having served a previous stint at the County Home School. But in a world where hate seems to rule, can Rodney and Jawahir keep their flame of love alive? Or will their relationship ignite a fire that destroys all in its path?.

In the mid-1880s, the first black regiments of the US Army were nicknamed buffalo soldiers by Native Americans, a name that stuck.

In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.

"When Eden ends up working with Ash on a class project, she discovers that the two have more in common than either of them could have imagined. They're both in pursuit of a dream--one that feels within reach thanks to their new connection. But what does the future hold for two passionate souls from totally different worlds?"--Dust jacket.

Explores the history of discrimination toward Hispanics in the United States, what is being done today to fight prejudice, personal stories of those affected, and more.

After her mother leaves and her brother and father grow increasingly distant, thirteen-year-old Iris finds solace and friendship in Trick, a fourteen-year-old gypsy boy.

In 1939 Hangerstown, Maryland, eleven-year-old Frankie faces suspicion that her German-born father is a Nazi spy.