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"'As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not.' In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched...
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A baby is born to an English civil servant and a Hindu bride. When the truth is known about his heritage his father ejects him from his house. He is sold to a pair of eunuchs and taken to a backwater state in the Punjab. He escapes to Bombay and meets a drunken Englishman and reinvents himself as Jonathan Bridgeman
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IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are...
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[1997]
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A wave of publicity during the 1980s projected Santa Fe to the world as an exotic tourist destination - America's own Tahiti in the desert. The Myth of Santa Fe goes behind the romantic adobe facades and mass marketing stereotypes to tell the fascinating but little known story of how the city's alluring image was quite consciously created early in this century, primarily by Anglo-American newcomers.
By investigating the city's trademark architectural...
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Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 1
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When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
9) Someone new
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
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[2020]
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As diversity in the American population continues to grow, it's critical for students to understand the significance of ethnic and racial identity. Help students start to grasp how people's identities shape their interactions with the world around them. Young readers will learn why it is important to respect everyone no matter how different they may seem. With understandable and accessible text, this must-have volume illustrates the necessity of acknowledging...
11) Saga
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Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 1
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2012
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"When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe" -- p. [4] of cover.
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2021.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"This book explores the story of Mexican Americans. Readers will learn about the movement between Mexico and the United States. Entertaining text will illustrate what life is like for Mexican American families and how they celebrate their culture. Features include a map, timeline, glossary, Making Connection questions and sidebars"--Publisher's website.
16) I am the world
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[2013]
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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the diversity of cultures, languages, countries, and people of the world.