A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America (For Young People Series)
By: Ronald Takaki
4.30
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki w…
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1. A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror (For Young People Series)
By: Howard Zinn , Rebecca Stefoff
3.82
Format: None pages,
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2. Ghost Boys
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.34
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a… read more
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"Bear witness. My tale is told Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don’t let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again"-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
"Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again."-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys
3. Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
By: Steve Sheinkin , Tim Robinson
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do t… read more
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4. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
By: Sue Macy
3.80
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of m… read more
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5. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March
By: Susan Buckley , Elspeth Leacock , None , None
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes As the youngest marcher in th… read more
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6. We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History
By: Phillip Hoose
3.92
Format: None pages,
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7. This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
By: Linda Barrett Osborne
3.68
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
A 2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist! American attitudes toward immigrants are paradoxica… read more
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8. Take the Cannoli
By: Sarah Vowell
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
Take the Cannoliis a moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the… read more
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9. Through My Eyes
By: Ruby Bridges , Margo Lundell
4.07
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal m… read more
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10. Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
By: None
2.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday li… read more
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11. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By: Kadir Nelson
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soulis the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott Kin… read more
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12. Big
By: Vashti Harrison
4.66
Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more
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13. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
14. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Jason Reynolds
4.48
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning for ages 12 and up. A time… read more
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- race
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"Science says the races are biologically equal so if they're not in society, the only reason why can be racism."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"...leads back to the question of whether you, reader, want to be a segregationist (a hater), an assimilationist (a coward), or an antiracist (someone who truly loves)."-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"The first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past. By acknowledging America's racist past, we can acknowledge America's racist present. In acknowledging America'…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
"Brown v. Board of Education, 1954: I’m sure you’ve heard of this one. If you live in the South and go to a diverse school, this is why. This was the case that said racial segregation in public school…"-Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
15. Harbor Me
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.21
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming … read more
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16. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
By: Sonja Cherry-Paul
4.39
Format: None pages, Audiobook
This chapter book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jaso… read more
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- race
- history
- childrens
- historical
- nonfiction
- social justice
"Look out, also, for the many powerful stories that depict us all as we truly are- human."-Sonja Cherry-Paul, Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
17. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People)
By: Debbie Reese
4.36
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peop… read more
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18. What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
By: Eldon Yellowhorn
4.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” —Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief … read more
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19. A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America (For Young People Series)
By: Ronald Takaki
4.30
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki w… read more
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- childrens
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- historical
- teaching
- nonfiction
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20. American History: A Visual Encyclopedia (DK Children's Visual Encyclopedias)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.40
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Uncover the key moments that shaped American history in this extensive history encyclopedia for chi… read more
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21. Words That Built a Nation: Voices of Democracy That Have Shaped America’s History
By: Marilyn Miller
4.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When originally published in 1999, Words That Built a Nation was hailed for bringing together the U… read more
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