Violence
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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement
$19.95 Add to cartAmerica in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns f
- Author: Yoo, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1324002875
- Language: English
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Wringer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor Book * ALA Notable Children’s Book
“Deeply felt. Presents a moral question with great care and sensitivity.” —The New York Times
“A spellbinding story about rites of passage.” —Publishe
- Author: Spinelli, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0064405788
- Language: English
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The Night She Disappeared
$11.99 Add to cartGabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part-time as a delivery girl at Pete’s Pizza. One night, Kayla–another delivery girl–goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper
- Author: Henry, April
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1250016746
- Language: English
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A Terrible Thing Happened
$15.99 Add to cartA gently told and tenderly illustrated story for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide,
- Author: Holmes, Margaret M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 2000
- ISBN10: 1557986428
- Language: English
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Hate List
$12.99 Add to cartFor readers of Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends, a powerful and timely contemporary classic about the aftermath of a school shooting.
Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened- Author: Brown, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 04, 2017
- ISBN10: 0316556785
- Language: English
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother
$15.99 Add to cartA powerful National Book Award Finalist from the acclaimed, bestselling author of Monster. “This novel is like photorealism; it paints a vivid and genuine portrait of life that will have a palpable ef
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 31 2006
- ISBN10: 0060582936
- Language: English
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Fist of the North Star, Vol. 5
$19.99 Add to cartIn the original classic manga set in a postapocalyptic wasteland ruled by savage gangs, a hero appears to bring justice to the guilty. This warrior named Ken holds the deadly secrets of a mysterious m… [more below]
- Series: Fist of the North Star #5
- Author: Buronson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1974721604
- Language: English
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The Story of Ferdinand
$18.99 Add to cartNow a major motion picture
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt t- Author: Leaf, Munro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 1936
- ISBN10: 0670674249
- Language: English
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Monster
$19.99 Add to cartThis New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial.
Presented as a screenplay of Steve’s own
- Series: Monster
- Author: Myers, Walter Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 1999
- ISBN10: 0060280778
- Language: English
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If I Grow Up
$10.99 Add to cartIn a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his frie… [more below]
- Author: Strasser, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1416994432
- Language: English
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The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
$12.99 Add to cartLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD!
The Chosen meets Adam Silvera in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friendship, betrayal, and the hatred t
A WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD WINNER!- Author: Blum, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0593525833
- Language: English
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The Loners
$11.99 Add to cartIt was just another ordinary day at McKinley High–until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died
- Series: Quarantine #1
- Author: Thomas, Lex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 11 2013
- ISBN10: 1606844385
- Language: English
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Ghost Boys
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller!
A heartbreaking and powerful novel about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Onl- Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 17, 2018
- ISBN10: 0316262285
- Language: English
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The Outsiders
$19.99 Add to cartWhen it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thir
- Author: Hinton, S. E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 24, 1967
- ISBN10: 0670532576
- Language: English
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Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
$16.99 Add to cartA Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company Original World Premiere Production
A NEW YORK TIMES and #1 INDIEBOUND BEST SELLER
American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom’s Top 10 Most … [more below]- Series: Something Happened
- Author: Celano, Marianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1433828545
- Language: English
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Hands Are Not for Hitting: Revised & Updated (Ages 4-7, Paperback)
$12.99 Add to cartChildren learn that violence is never okay, that they can manage their anger and other strong feelings, and that they’re capable of positive, loving actions–like playing, making music, learning, coun… [more below]
- Series: Best Behavior(r) Paperback
- Author: Agassi, Martine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 15 2009
- ISBN10: 1575423081
- Language: English
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Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices
$19.95 Read moreThree women, from three different continents and separated by generations, share stories of coming to the United States. Sarah’s great-great grandmother Manya fled the Cossacks in the Ukraine at the t… [more below]
- Author: Paz, Raquel Ertiga
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1478875895
- Language: English
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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
$15.99 Add to cartA searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American history: the Tulsa
- Author: Colbert, Brandy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0063056674
- Language: English
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They’re Watching You
$11.99 Add to cartA dark boarding school thriller from the author of Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets and They’re Watching You!
When a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege… or death.
It’
- Author: Ichaso, Chelsea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1728251060
- Language: English
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Cowardly Clyde
$9.99 Add to cartFor a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn’t brave, he can at least act bravely.
- Author: Peet, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: March 26 1984
- ISBN10: 0395361710
- Language: English
