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2) Skin deep
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1994]
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Laurel's boyfriend Dan becomes a neo-Nazi skinhead and gets the attention and respect he has been denied all his life, especially when he becomes involved in a First Amendment battle.
Author
Publisher
New Idea Press, a City of Light imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
"In America we like to think we live in a land of liberty, where everyone can say whatever they want. Throughout our history, however, we have also been quick to censor people who offend or frighten us. We talk a good game about freedom of speech, then we turn around and deny it to others. In this brief but bracing book, historian Jonathan Zimmerman and Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson tell the story of free speech in America:...
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
5) The Cruisers
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.
Publisher
Cascadia Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Language
English
Description
In The golden junkman, a hardworking, old-world immigrant goes from rags-to-riches in the junkyard business as he single-handedly raises two sons who eventually attend a reputable college. To the father's dismay, the sons are embarrassed by his crude style and mannerisms. The father sends himself to college and proves to be a brilliant student with an encyclopedic mind. In Grandpa changes the world, Andrew Hamilton, the great defender of law, is called...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her. Based on the New York...