prejudices

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prejudices

The canning season

1999
When her friendship with Peggy begins to unravel because of racial prejudice, Peggie's sadness eases as she basks in the warmth of family love one day during the canning season.

Gallup guides for youth facing persistent prejudice

2013
Offers advice and encouragement for Asian teenagers facing discrimination due to their ethnicity.

Gallup guides for youth facing persistent prejudice

2013
Offers advice and encouragement for Jewish teenagers facing discrimination due to their religion and race.

Gallup guides for youth facing persistent prejudice

2013
Offers advice and encouragement for teenagers facing discrimination due to their LGBT orientation.

OyMG

2011
Fourteen-year-old Ellie will do almost anything to win a scholarship to the best speech school in the country, but must decide if she is willing to hide her Jewish heritage while at a Phoenix, Arizona, summer camp that could help her reach her goal.

The heights

2009
Told from their different points of view, sixteen-year-old Catherine and her adopted Mexican American brother, Henry, agonize over the loss of their uniquely close relationship when their prejudiced older brother and sister-in-law return after a family tragedy, determined to drive Henry away from the family's San Francisco home.

Ten things I hate about me

2009
Lebanese-Australian Jamilah, known in school as Jamie, hides her heritage from her classmates and tries to pass by dyeing her hair blonde and wearing blue-tinted contact lenses, until her conflicted feelings become too much for her to bear.

Climbing the stairs

2008
In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.

Someone like summer

2007
An upper-middle-class white girl from Long Island and an immigrant worker from Colombia fall in love despite objections from both their families and their community.

My name is Bilal

2005
When Bilal and his sister transfer to a school where they are the only Muslims, they must learn how to fit in while staying true to their beliefs and heritage.

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