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c2004., Bedford/St. Martin's Call No: 813 .4 Edition: 2nd ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains the 1855 text of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," including several of its illustrations, and presents twenty critical essays as examples of the controversy the novel has generated.
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By Bell, Darrin2023., Henry Holt and Company Call No: GN 305.8 BEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that-to paraphrase Toni Morrison-does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't play with a white friend's realistic water gun. "She told me I'm a lot more likely to be shot by police than my friend was if they saw me with it, because police tend to think little Black boys-even light-skinned ones-are older than they really are, and less innocent than they really are." Bell examines how "the talk" has shaped nearly every moment of his life into adulthood and fatherhood. Through evocative original illustrations, The Talk is a meditation on this coming-of-age-as Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and strangers, and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans like Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, and showcasing his award-winning cartoons along the way, Bell takes us up to the very moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and when he must have "the talk" with a six-year-old son of his own"--
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-- Outsidersc2001., Lucent Books Call No: Literature & Language NF HOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A companion guide to the young adult novel "The Outsiders," providing biographical information about author S. E. Hinton, and discussing the story's plot, characters, and themes.
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c2010., Adolescent, Greenhaven Press Call No: 823 .914 GOLDING Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social issues in literature.Summary Note: Violence and the breakdown of civilization are explored through the lens of Lord of the flies with a variety of perspectives presented.