Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2022., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Till-Mobley Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A non-fiction picture book telling the story of Emmet Till, an African American boy brutally lynched and killed in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who took her pain and sorrow over the murder of her son and made it into a rallying cry for the Civil Rights Movement at the time. Champions and celebrates Mamie's fearlessness and bravery in not letting her son's death be forgotten.
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2012., Spiegel & Grau Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, who was shot at the age of thirteen, writes a letter to his unknown assailant, whom he names Marcus, detailing the repercussions of that fateful day.
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2012., Spiegel & Grau Call No: CRIME & PUNISHMENT NF MCG Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, who was shot at the age of thirteen, writes a letter to his unknown assailant, whom he names Marcus, detailing the repercussions of that fateful day.
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2012., Spiegel & Grau Call No: 921 MCGILL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author, who was shot at the age of thirteen, writes a letter to his unknown assailant, whom he names Marcus, detailing the repercussions of that fateful day.
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2013., Spiegel & Grau Call No: B McGill Edition: 2013 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: When Jerry McGill was thirteen, he was shot in the back by a random assailant who was never caught. The bullet severed his spine, and Jerry had to cope with the fact that he would be in a wheel chair the rest of his life. Now Jerry has written this book to his unknown assailant, whom he names Marcus, telling the gunman about his life and how his wound has shaped his character.
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By Tate, Polo2018., Feiwel and Friends Call No: NF Memoir TAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A YA memoir of sexual abuse in the Air Force academy, and the author's survival and healing"--Provided by publisher.
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Ã2020., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: MEMOIR NF HEG Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mary Jennings Hegar discusses her experiences as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard.
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2002, c1999., Back Bay Books/Little, Brown Call No: B Sebold Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author tells the story of her violent rape at the age of eighteen, her accidental sighting of her attacker six months later, the resulting trial and conviction of the man, and the trauma she suffered for years afterwards.
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c2010., Cinco Puntos Press Call No: 973.04 TIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author tells the story of how the term "saltypie" came to be and how the wisdom of his grandmother helped his family overcome adversity.
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-- Astonishing life of Ota Benga[2015]., Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF NEW Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Describes the cruelty and prevalent racial prejudice in early-twentieth-century America that resulted in a Congolese man being featured in an exhibit in the 1904 World's Fair and then displayed in the Monkey House of a New York zoo"--Amazon.com.
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Ã2022., Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC Call No: MEMOIR NF HSU Edition: 1st Vintage Bks. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hua Hsu tells the story of his friendship with Ken, an Asian American who lives his life opposite of Hua. Hua feels like Ken, with his passion for Dave Matthews and Abercrombie & Fitch, is just like everyone else, too mainstream. Despite this, Hua and Ken become friends. Then less than three years later, Ken is killed in a car jacking. Hua turns to writing to hold on to all that is left of his best friend and to help himself figure out how to navigate finding meaning and belonging in this world.
