prejudices

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The year they burned the books

1999
While trying to come to terms with her own lesbian feelings, Jamie, a high-school senior and editor of the school newspaper, finds herself in the middle of a battle with a group of townspeople over the new health education curriculum.

Prejudice

stories about hate, ignorance, transformation, and revelation
1995
An anthology of short stories featuring young people of different backgrounds who experience prejudice.

Wide awake

2006
In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.

Speed of light

1999
An eleven-year-old Jewish girl living in the South during the 1950s struggles with the antisemitism and racism which pervade her small community.

Cultural diversity

conflicts and challenges : the ultimate teen guide
2003
Explains how conflicts can be caused by cultural differences and includes comments and personal stories from teenagers of various races, ethnicities, and religions.

Lucas

2004
On an isolated English island, fifteen-year-old Caitlin McCann makes the painful journey from adolescence to adulthood through her experiences with a mysterious boy, whose presence has an unsettling effect on the island's inhabitants.

Us and them

a history of intolerance in America
1996
Presents a complete introduction to prejudices in the United States, from early American witch hunting and slavery, to Jewish, Asian, and homosexual discrimination.

Face

2002
Martin has always been pretty happy with his life, but when a tragic event forever changes it, he must learn to redefine happiness for himself.

Bigotry

2002
Presents a historical view of causes and effects of stereotypes, hate groups, hate crimes, and the legal and other methods used to combat them, with emphasis on incidents in the United States.

Mick

1996
His friendship with two Hispanic students offers fifteen-year-old Mick an alternative to the drunken savagery of his brother and the narrow thinking of his Irish-American neighborhood in Boston.

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