ethnic identity

Discusses the economics, events, and customs that have shaped the history of the border between Mexico and the United States, and addresses many of the issues that surround the region.

Describes the conflicting goals of Israelis and Palestinians as they strive to realize their dreams of a safe peaceful country of their own.

Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full- time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else. Can she handle the taunts of "nappy head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school?.

Reclaiming Lost Bird and providing new details of the Wounded Knee Massacre, the story of a kidnapped Lakota Indian child raised as white portrays a young girl robbed of her roots and abused by an alien culture.

An autobiography of Oscar Zeta Acosta, a Chicano lawyer who mysteriously disappeared in 1971, in which he tells about coming of age in the psychedelic sixties, his rowdy courtroom style, and his search for personal and cultural identity.

Authors debate the validity of Israel as a country, the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the part the United States should play in solving the conflict.