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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest ideas, including issues of equality, diversity, identity, and human rights; the effects of globalization; the role of institutions; and the rise of urban living in modern society.
3) Bunny
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and are often found entangled in a group hug so tight they become one. But everything...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Waking up: understanding and growing into my identities: Who am I? - What are my social identities? - What is race? What is ethnicity? - What is racism? (Personal) - What is racism? (Institutional) -- Opening the window: making sense of the world: Prejudice is personal - The history we carry - Knowing our history - We are our history -- Choosing my path: taking action and responding to racism: Disrupt! - Take action! - Interrupt! - Solidarity - Calling...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When hard-boiled, seventeen-year-old private investigator Dalton Rev transfers to Salt River High to solve the case of a dead student, he has his hands full trying to outwit the police, negotiate the school's social hierarchy, and get paid.
Author
Series
Clique volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wealthy Massie is determined to exclude middle class Claire, the daughter of her father's old friend, from her seventh-grade clique at a very exclusive private school in Westchester, New York, but after Massie steals her only friend, Claire strikes back.
Author
Language
English
Description
Examining such disciplines as education, journalism, encyclopedia creation, museum curation, photography and broadcasting, an award-winning writer explores how humans have attained, stored, and disseminated knowledge.
"From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is award winning writer Simon Winchester's brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass...
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents' homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales...
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
Español
Description
Presenta los perfiles de los sociologos mas reconocidos del mundo y mas de 100 de sus ideas mas importantes, incluidas las cuestiones de igualdad, diversidad, identidad y derechos humanos; los efectos de la globalizacion; el papel de las instituciones; y el surgimiento de la vida urbana en la sociedad moderna.
Profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest ideas, including issues of equality, diversity, identity,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The classic work on female bullying now revised and updated to include new material on cyberbullying and the dangers of life online.
When Odd Girl Out was first published, it became an instant bestseller and ignited a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today the dirty looks, taunting notes, and social exclusion that plague girls’ friendships have gained new momentum...
When Odd Girl Out was first published, it became an instant bestseller and ignited a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today the dirty looks, taunting notes, and social exclusion that plague girls’ friendships have gained new momentum...
12) Monument 14
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Trapped inside a chain superstore by an apocalyptic sequence of natural and human disasters, six high school kids from various popular and unpopular social groups struggle for survival while protecting a group of younger children.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this book, sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country -- a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets -- among them a Tea Party activist whose town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling...
15) Undertow
Author
Series
Undertow trilogy volume 01
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lyric Walker's life forever changes the night she witnesses the arrival of the Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors. The world's initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turn into paranoia and fear, transforming her hometown of Coney Island into a military zone with violence bubbling just beneath the surface. Despite her best efforts, Lyric is thrust into the middle of this clash of civilizations when the Alpha teenagers are forced...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A leading social researcher explains why humans so consistently misunderstand the outside world. How often are women harassed? What percentage of the population are immigrants? How bad is unemployment? These questions are important, but most of us get the answers wrong. Research shows that people often wildly misunderstand the state of the world, regardless of age, sex, or education. And though the internet brings us unprecedented access to information,...
Author
Series
Clique volume 14
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
As the girls face some tough decisions and some life-changing events, the Pretty Committee may come to an end.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans. "You sound like a white girl." These were the words spoken to Julissa by a high school crush as she...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Rio Jones dumps the friends she has made at her new Southern California private school in favor of cheerleader Kristie and an exclusive clique, an eye-opening experience for all concerned.
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