This Is My America
Title | This Is My America PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Johnson |
Publisher | Ember |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2022-05-17 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0593118790 |
"Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present? Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.
My America
Title | My America PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Katz |
Publisher | Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2021-06-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1250842166 |
From author and illustrator Karen Katz, My America is a picture book celebration of immigration to the United States told through the experiences of children who have come from around the world. Children come to live in America from many different countries, and for many different reasons . . . In this beautiful celebration of immigration, children from around the world tell their stories, sharing their love of where they're from and where they live now—homes old and new. As they describe the foods they eat, the languages they’ve learned, the sports they play, and more, the differences and similarities that link us all are revealed.
In Search of My America
Title | In Search of My America PDF eBook |
Author | Jid Lee |
Publisher | Austin Macauley Publishers |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2024-09-13 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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In Search of My America is one of the few Korean American women's autobiographies published in the United States. Being a woman of color trying to rise in an academia dominated by the white male, I had to play an all-American negating her ethnic background. Being a non-native speaker teaching English to native speakers, I had to play a consummate professional in denial of her accent. Being an Asian woman whose sexuality has been historically objectified and has been equated to that of a Madame Butterfly, I had to play a fiercely independent woman without an ounce of a submissive attitude. In In Search of My America, I describe the intimate details of the mask I had to wear to cope with cultural and racial stereotypes. In Search of My America is about a spectrum of issues, including my naïve American dream and rude awakening, my process of Americanization, my loneliness as an expatriate, my endeavors to reconcile the conflicting demands of human sexuality and intellect, and my attempt to build bridges between different worlds. I weave a giant piece of embroidery with all these components and set them against a series of tales created from Korean myths, bilingual metaphors, folklore, and legends.
My America
Title | My America PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Spivey Gilchrist |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2007-05-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0060791047 |
An illustrated children's poem which celebrates the diversity of America.
Ain't My America
Title | Ain't My America PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Kauffman |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780805082449 |
Passionate and witty, Ain't my America is an eye-opening exploration of the rich, honorable, and absurdly under-known history of right-wing peace movements. Pointing toward a "Little American" alternative to the bipartisan imperialism that reigns in today's Washington, it is also a clarion manifesto for the antiwar conservatives of today. -- from dust jacket.
My America
Title | My America PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Children's poetry, American |
ISBN | 9780439372909 |
A collection of poems evocative of seven geographical regions of the United States, including the Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Plains, Mountain, Southwest, and Pacific Coast States.
The Wild Year
Title | The Wild Year PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Hermes |
Publisher | Scholastic Paperbacks |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780439370554 |
In this book, Joshua's diary comes to an end with stories of life in Oregon, his sister lost in the woods, and Joshua starting school. Simultaneous.