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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Latinx Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Recent TAB Nominations in E-Book and E-Audio
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Latinx Authors: Books for Middle Grade
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Description
Miss Garrett's classroom is like every other at our school. White kids sit on one side and black kids on the other. I'm one of the few middle-rowers who split the difference. Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class. Trouble is, Lu's old friends have been changing lately - acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Historical [Middle School Readers]
Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
Black Lives Matter: Elementary Stories
Black Lives Matter: Middle Grade Stories
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Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"What would it be like if a girl suddenly found herself in Melody Ellison's world in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s? Together, she and Melody could speak up about fairness, join a demonstration, volunteer with a civil rights group, or even use her voice to sing backup for a Motown musician!"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Melody Ellison loves singing and gardening, and is inspired by friends and family and the Civil Rights Movement to make changes in her community. Melody's story of leadership and making one's voice heard is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a girl in 1964"--
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Melody, 1964 volume 1
American Girls collection. Beforever. Melody 1964 volume 1
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 1
Melody classic volume 1
American Girls collection. Beforever. Melody 1964 volume 1
American girl BeForever. Melody 1964 volume 1
Melody classic volume 1
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Melody is an optimistic, enthusiastic girl growing up in Detroit, Michigan during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. She is excited and proud to share a special surprise with her family. She's been chosen to sing a solo for Youth Day at her church! But what song will she choose? She gets advice from her big brother, and is also inspired by her older sister, but it's the inspirational words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that help her pick the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
In Gee's Bend, Alabama, Miz Pettway tells young Alex about the historic role her mule played in the struggle for civil rights led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes factual information about the community of Gee's Bend and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a civil rights group protesting segregation on buses in the summer of 1961, will be traveling through Anniston, Alabama, she thinks change could be coming to her stubborn town. But what starts as angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events. Includes author's note"--Provided by publisher.
14) Dawn raid
Author
Series
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Pacific Islander Authors for Kids and Teens
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Pacific Islander Authors for Kids and Teens
Description
After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.
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