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By Gruen, Sarac2010., Spiegel & Grau Call No: 813 .6 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In Latika's village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets mean leaving school when they reach puberty. No one in the village wants to talk about this shameful problem. But Latika has had enough. When a government representative visits their village, she sees her chance to make one of her dreams come true: the construction of public toilets, which would be safer for everybody in her village. Burying the Moon shines a light on how a lack of access to sanitation facilities affects girls and women in many parts of the world"--From the publisher's web site.
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2000., Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc Call No: Historical fiction FIC BAGDASARIAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In three weeks Valian will lose his home and know hunger and thirst for the first time. In the next three years he will become an orphan, a prisoner, a beggar, a servant, and a stowaway in order to survive. Based on the experiences of the author's greatuncle during the Armenian massacres.
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2010, c2009., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: SC FRE Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An anthology of fourteen stories by young adult authors from around the world, on such themes as asylum, law, education, and faith, compiled in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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[2013]., G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A Tanzanian albino boy finds himself the ultimate outsider, hunted because of the color of his skin"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Kezi Smith loses her life after an encounter with police at a Black Lives Matter protest, her sister Happi questions the media's portrayal of a sister she was never really close to. Pressed by her older sister and other friends, Happi joins a road trip along Route 66 to commemorate the memory of her sister, stopping at historical black safe houses noted in the "Negro Motorist Green Book." The journey prompts Happi and the other women to grieve, ponder personal ways to remember Kezi, and reflect on the scope and history of racial injustice.