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  February 19, 2020  
True Stories of Teen Homelessness

Monika Davies - Cavendish Square
Format: Library Binding

Nearly two million teens face homelessness a year in the United States alone. This book shares the stories of teens who are homeless and live on the streets or in shelters, with or without their families. Readers are presented with relatable facts about a vulnerable population. They will...
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Notorious RBG : the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Irin Carmon - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The authors make this unassuming, most studious woman come pulsing to life. . . . Notorious RBG may be a playful project, but it asks to be read seriously. . . . That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to [its] storytelling and panache." - Jennifer...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - and How It Can Renew America, Release 2.0

Thomas L. Friedman - Picador; Revised & enlarged edition
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year  In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's...
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Race: A History Beyond Black and White

Marc Aronson - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Race. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought. Why? Where did those...
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Animals Go to War: From Dogs to Dolphins

Connie Goldsmith - Twenty First Century Books
Format: Library Binding

In the twenty-first century, military marine mammals detect lost equipment and underwater mines. Large rats are trained to find land mines in more than 80 countries. Military working dogs search for explosive devices and other weapons and are trained to take down enemy combatants. In earlier...
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Speak Up!: A Guide to Having Your Say and Speaking Your Mind

Halley Bondy - Zest Books
Format: Print book

Middle school is a tough time for nearly everyone, but it can be especially hard on girls. Between social and cultural pressures, academic challenges, family dynamics, changing hormones, and a growing awareness of the world around them, middle school girls often end up feeling voiceless...
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This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration

Linda Barrett Osborne - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

A 2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist! American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxical. On the one hand, we see our country as a haven for the poor and oppressed; anyone, no matter his or her background, can find freedom here and achieve the "American Dream." On the other...
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Because They Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

Russell Freedman - Holiday House
Format: Print book

For the 50th anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.In the early 1960s, tensions in the segregated South intensified. Tired of reprisals...
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Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat

Paula Ayer - Annick Press
Format: Print book

The everyday choices we make when it comes to food don't just have an effect on us -- they also affect other people and the planet. Today's teens are more attuned to what they eat and where it comes from than any generation before them. But there's still more to know. Foodprints...
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It's Complicated: The American Teenager

Robin Bowman - Umbrage Editions
Format: Hardcover

Robin Bowman's five-year journey into the heart of teenage America created a series of 414 "collaborative portraits," wherein she shares her discoveries of a generation now coming of age. In searing and intimate photographs, presented alongside the young people's voices...
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