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By Ha, Robin2020., Balzar + Bray Call No: GN B Ha Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Graphic novel in which a South Korean girl named Chun and her single mother leave for America on vacation and end up staying after her mother announces she's getting married. Chun changes her name to Robin and tries to fit in at her local high school where she doesn't know the language. When her mother enrolls her in a comics drawing class, she begins to feel more at home in the United States.
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By Ha, Robin[2020]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN B HA Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.
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c2009., Adolescent, Health Communications Call No: 921 SHANNON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Series Title: Louder than wordsSummary Note: Seventeen-year-old Chelsey Shannon describes how, after she lost her mother to cancer when she was six, her life changed completely at age thirteen, when her father was murdered.
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2011., Juvenile, Square Fish Call No: HI-INT B COL Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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2009, Juvenile, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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2009, Juvenile, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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2009., Adolescent, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: 921 COLVIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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2009., Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B COL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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2009., Juvenile, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B COLVIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral but little-known role in the Montgomery bus strike of 1955-1956, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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2009., Adolescent, Melanie Kroupa Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.
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2019., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: HI-INT B WIL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age thirteen was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph"--Provided by the publisher.
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2019., Juvenile, Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The untold true story of runner Maureen Wilton, whose world record-breaking marathon time at age thirteen was met first with misogyny and controversy, but ultimately with triumph"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2014], Adolescent, Dutton Juvenile Call No: 155.5 33 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at "pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to be here," Brownsville, Texas, newcomer Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the eighth grade following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular? The real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise -- meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humor and grace, Maya's journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence.
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2010., Juvenile, Graphix Call No: B TEL Edition: First edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to watch Rating:
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2018., Adolescent, Castle Point Books Call No: WOMEN'S STUDIES NF CAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tells the stories of 30 awe-inspiring young women, from historical groundbreakers like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, and Anne Frank; to history's quiet heroines, like Sybil Ludington, who warned troops that the British were coming; and Claudette Colvin, who inspired Rosa Parks; to . . . powerful voices of social justice like Jazz Jennings and Emma Gonzalez"--Provided by publisher.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: HI-INT B BOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton 12 themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Source: Britannica Summary Note: In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton 12 themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.
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2019., Juvenile, Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: 379.2 BOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann--clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students--found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history.
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-- Migrant girl's cross-border journey[2021]., Adolescent, Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: MEMOIR NF GRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A . . . bilingual YA . . . memoir about a teenage girl's . . . experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This . . . young adult . . . [illustrated] memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their . . . journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined? Or will adjusting to their new life in California be another type of struggle for Gricelda and her family? With . . . illustrations inspired by the graffiti and stencil art prevalent during the 2006 political uprising in Oaxaca, as well as local textiles and embroidery"--Provided by publisher.
