It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid? The Quickest Kid in Clarksville is a...
Misha and his family do their best to survive in the appalling conditions of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and ultimately make a final, desperate stand against the Nazis. Misha and his family do their best to survive in the appalling conditions of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and ultimately make a final, desperate stand against the Nazis. The plot contains violence.
The Split History of the Women's Suffrage Movement (Perspectives Flip Books)
by Don Nardo
La diversità ci rende più forti (World of Kids Emotions)
by Elizabeth Cole
A poetic, heartwarming ode to the small, defining moments of a boy’s life, by a critically acclaimed debut author and a Caldecott Honoree. For fans of Last Stop on Market Street. Early morning wakeups and homemade pancakes, Raucous bus rides and schoolyard games, Family games and bedtime rituals… These are the small moments that shape a child’s day. I’m From is an invitation into the vivid world of one small boy, a poetic account of all the people and places and things that shape who he...
A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high school band marching in the formation of a cross.
Ayesha Dean Novelette - The High School Heist (Ayesha Dean Mysteries, prequel)
by Melati Lum
"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--
Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. He created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer and is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. During World War II, Turing worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Britain's codebreaking centre, where he was responsible for breaking German naval codes, including the supposedly unbreakable Enigma code, and helping the Atlantic convo...
Eighteen-year-old Sarah McKnight has a secret. She's in love with David Brooks. Sarah is white. David is black. But Sarah's not the only one keeping secrets in the close-knit community of Kalispell, Montana. Her father George, who owns a local gun shop and proudly drives a truck with a Confederate flag bumper sticker, hides his own complicated past. When he discovers Sarah's relationship, George decides to share his feelings with Alex Mackey-a lonely classmate of Sarah's whom George has taken un...
Heather Goes to Hollywood (Magic Attic Club)
by Sheri Cooper Sinykin and S Sinykin
It's Zeke's first day at his new school and his head is filled with one big question: what will he do when they call him the N-word like they did at his old school? Zeke is expecting the worst day ever, and that's what it's turning out to be. His favorite shirt has a mustard stain on it, the bus driver is unfriendly, and his teacher covers material Zeke has heard a million times. It’s not until another student performs a small act of kindness that Zeke realizes that no one has called him the N-w...
So Different, So Equal is a board book for children from 2 to 5 years old. This story helps children to learn about what diversity is and how to fight bullying at school. No one is perfect, and we must accept others as they are. Lula is a little turtle who has just started in a new school. But she is surprised to find that her new classmates make fun of her because of how slow she is. The teacher notices and, through a game, makes them see that they all have strengths and weaknesses. He teache...
History is made one brave act at a time. Henny has grown up with her father’s boat, the Gerda III, as a home away from home. She loves sailing the waters between Denmark and Sweden, carried along by the salt breeze. But when Nazi rule tightens in Copenhagen, Henny joins the resistance. And when Hitler orders the Gestapo to round up all Jewish citizens, Henny realizes that the Gerda III isn’t just a boat—it’s a means of escape for her Jewish neighbours. Safety and freedom are just across the chan...
“Ireland's answer to JK Rowling.” Sunday Independent "One of the best Irish books of all time." TV3AM“A classic hero in the making.” Parent TalkFrom twice-winning author of Ireland's CBI Book of the Year AwardIn the third book in The Wild Magic Trilogy, Witches Borough is dying, and no one knows how to save it. Into this scorched landscape, storms a raggedy witch named Magda, trailing ashes in her wake. She wants Mup. She wants Mup to fulfil a promise. And woe betide any who stand in her way.