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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the early 1900s, Sylvie Pelletier leaves her family's Colorado mountain cabin to start work at a wealthy mine-owner's manor house and is fascinated by he luxury around her until she discovers the family's philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.
2) Woke baby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A baby with awareness of social and racial justice issues wakes up for the day.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"Examines the impact of the 1959 Cuban Revolution on four children from very different walks of life. In the wake of a new regime in Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema, and Juan learn to find a place for themselves in a world forever changed. In a tumultuous moment of history, we see the lasting effects of a revolution in Havana, the countryside, Miami, and New York. Their separate narratives build, overlap, and entwine to creat one inspiring story--an adventure...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Hardcover ; Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
As Lola helps her mother at the family's hotel, she learns about compassion, social injustice, and how one voice can lead to change. Includes author's note on Dolores Huerta, a labor organizer who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"En vísperas de un cambio de régimen en Cuba, Ana, Miguel, Zulema y Juan encuentran su lugar en un mundo que ha cambiado para siempre. Vemos los duraderos efectos de una revolución en La Habana, en el campo, en Miami y en Nueva York, en medio de un tórrido momento histórico. A través de estas historias cortas se nos recuerda que al margen de los tiempos que nos toquen vivir, todos estamos conectados para siempre en nuestra humanidad."--Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Pub. Date
2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jaafar Ibrahim Sayyed al-Rawi is guided by his motto, 'let life be filled with holy madness to the last breath.' He narrates his life story to a friend during one long night in a café in old Cairo. Through a series of bad decisions, he has lost everything: his family, his position in society, and his fortune. A man driven by his passions, he married a beautiful Bedouin nomad for love, and as a consequence pays a punishingly high price. From a life...
Author
Series
Publisher
Udon Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
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