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Barretta, Gene Doak, Robin S. (Robin Santos) Hunt, Santana Kendi, Ibram X. Mahin, MichaelMahin, Michael
Summary: Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. While it only hears about 80 cases out of the thousands that petition to be heard, the court s decisions have a big impact. The most important job of the Supreme Court is to decide the constitutionality of laws and actions. This process is broken down for readers in simple terms that support their understanding of the judicial branch....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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Summary: When the Constitution was written, some of the Founding Fathers wanted to include a provision that only those in Congress vote for president. Others felt it was important that the former colonists got to vote directly for their president. The Electoral College was the compromise reached and it s still how the president and vice president are elected today. This often-confusing topic is broken...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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Summary: After escaping from slavery when she was a young woman, Harriet Tubman devoted herself to helping others do the same. Readers will discover how Tubman became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, rescuing her family members and dozens of others from plantations in the south and helping them reach safety in the north.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns (and unlearns) lessons that help shape his understanding racism. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America. Even more fundamentally, it points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. He asks us to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 KENBarretta, Gene
Summary: Before Steven Spielberg made films, he watched them. Naturally inventive with a vivid imagination, he was known for creating stories inspired by the world around him. Films and the magic they contained became an escape from the bullying and antisemitism he received, and from tension in his parents' marriage. Baretta captures the unique ways Spielberg's memories influenced his career and helped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022