prejudices

After being carried off to a planet where sleeping is a crime, Chester Dumbello realizes how much he misses his old life and his unusual, dream-interpreting mother.

Three young people--one from an atheistic city, one from a country that believes in many gods, and one from a land that worships the one "real" God--set out on a mission to end the war that has been perpetuated by these disparate beliefs.

Returning to her small Massachusetts town after four years away, sixteen-year-old Kate resumes her close relationship with her childhood friend and together they try to stop the dangerously escalating hostilities between their town and the less affluent community across the river.

Rain, a stained glass designer despite laws banning women from that craft, and Peri, whose family of falconers are untouchables scorned by all, join forces and hope their love will keep them safe from prejudices and looming disaster.

Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only way to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

An autobiographical graphic novel of the author's experiences with and observations of prejudice and discrimination against Muslims and Arabs in the U.S., focusing on the role of pop culture and the media and his experiences after September 11, 2001.

In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish. Also details Daniel and Armin's reunion in 1945 in interspersed chapters.

A recent arrival to the New World in 1633, sixteen-year-old Rebekah, a missionary's daughter, befriends a Native American woman and begins to question whether these "savages" need saving after all.

Contains twenty-seven essays in which the authors discuss various cases of hate crimes in America; look at hate crime legislation; consider the origins and reasons for hatred, bigotry, and prejudice; and offer suggestions for how such crimes can be eliminated.

In 1933 Cincinnati, Kit is an enthusiastic baseball player whose home run slide has surprising consequences. Includes historical notes on major league baseball and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and provides ideas for decorating a baseball cap.