Charles Waters
2) Mascot
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Language
English
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Cary Library's Middle School Book Clubs
NPR: Books We Love 2023
Watertown Summer Reading Middle School
Wayland YA Booklists: Novels in Verse
NPR: Books We Love 2023
Watertown Summer Reading Middle School
Wayland YA Booklists: Novels in Verse
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"In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is big on Friday nights. An eighth-grade English teacher creates an assignment for her class to debate whether Rye's mascot should stay or change. Now six middle schoolers--all with different backgrounds and beliefs--get involved in the contentious issue that already has the suburb turned upside down with everyone choosing sides and arguments getting...
3) African Town
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands...
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands...
4) Be a bridge
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Language
English
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"Upbeat rhyming verse and colorful illustrations of a diverse group of students invite readers to "be a bridge" by taking actions that foster inclusivity, respect, and connection"--
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Language
English
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Description
"Organized as a dictionary, entries in this book for middle-grade readers present words related to creating a better, more inclusive world. Each word is explored via a poem, a quote from an inspiring person, and a short personal anecdote from one of the co-authors, a prompt for how to translate the word into action, and an illustration"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.
1859. The transatlantic slave trade has been banned for more than fifty years, and the South is facing the threat of a civil war. Timothy Maeher resents the government interference in his right to make a living. Making a bet that he can smuggle enslaved Africans into the United States without being caught, he commissions the Clotilda, and brings...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Irene Latham, who is white, and Charles Waters, who is black, present paired poems about topics including family dinners, sports, recess, and much more. This relatable collection explores different experiences of race in America.
8) Be a bridge
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this upbeat story about kindness and inclusion, young viewers learn how to "be a bridge," including by welcoming new students and comforting upset classmates.