We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
By: Susan Kuklin
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
With refreshing candor, photos and interviews usher us into the lives of eleven undocumented young …
Want to Read $ 17.56"In my family we do an exceptional job pretending that everything is OK."-Susan Kuklin, We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
"In my family we do an exceptional job pretending that everything is OK."-Susan Kuklin, We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
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1. Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
By: Tod Bolsinger
4.25
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific O… read more
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2. Piecing Me Together
By: Renée Watson
4.08
Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely and powerful story about a teen girl from a poor neighborhood striving for success, from a… read more
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"Those girls are not the opposite of me. We are perpendicular. We may be on different paths, yes. But there's a place where we touch, where we connect and are just the same."-Renée Watson, Piecing Me Together
"I write my resolution in black Sharpie marker on top of a background made out of cut-up scriptures, words from newspaper headlines, and numbers from last year's calendar. Be bold. Be brave. Be beauti…"-Renée Watson, Piecing Me Together
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"My grandmother called it bearing witness. She'd sit on the porch with her sister and talk the night away. Sometimes gossiping, sometimes praying. I'd hear them confide in each other, telling each oth…"-Renée Watson, Piecing Me Together
3. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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4. Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal
By: Aviva Chomsky
2.00
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic and historical context In th… read more
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5. America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
By: Jim Wallis , Bryan Stevenson
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermin… read more
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6. All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more
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7. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
By: Asha Bandele , Patrisse Khan-Cullors
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The emotional and powerful story of one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter and how the moveme… read more
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8. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
By: Susan David
4.22
Format: None pages,
The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Re… read more
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9. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.57
Format: 504 pages, Hardcover
An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Sou… read more
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"Black people will always find each other in the passage between death and America"-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
"And again we confront the problem of history: it's usually the powerful who get to write it."-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
"Z is for zealotry: national pride like an infinite zipline, hyperdrive, the fastest way down."-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
"There's dust, a scratch in a groove, and here we are repeating the same two seconds of "Strange Fruit."-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
10. Stay Gold
By: Tobly McSmith
3.84
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more
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"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold
11. The Book of Essie
By: Meghan MacLean Weir
3.91
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
A debut novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating… read more
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"It's men who trust they will suffer no consequences for their actions, while women suffer no matter what they do."-Meghan MacLean Weir, The Book of Essie
"No one said this out loud, though. Instead his girlfriend stood between the dead guy's parents and cried as if she really was heartbroken. And maybe she was. Who knows? People are funny that way. The…"-Meghan MacLean Weir, The Book of Essie
"Our family rejected materialism and popular culture and yet we also produced it. The show, which by then had been called many things but was currently airing with the title Six for Hicks, paid for th…"-Meghan MacLean Weir, The Book of Essie
"I doubt very much that the lengths of wood we nail together into a frame could be considered up to code, but we do the best we can. I suspect they will take it all apart and start over as soon as we …"-Meghan MacLean Weir, The Book of Essie
12. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
By: Clint Smith
4.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Poet and contributor to The Atlantic Clint Smith’s revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a… read more
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"How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Just as he did during the Slavery at Monticello tour, David did not mince words. "There’s a chapter in Notes on the State of Virginia ,"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"Jefferson believed himself to be a benevolent slave owner, but his moral ideals came second to, and were always entangled with, his own economic interests and the interests of his family."-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
"But not enough people spoke about the reasons so many black children grow up communities saturated with poverty and violence. Not enough people spoke about how these realities were the result of deci…"-Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
13. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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14. The Undocumented Americans
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her f… read more
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"I am a one-trick pony, unable to comfort with anything other than grades."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I respect the role of God in the lives of people who suffer, but basically only in the lives of people who suffer."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"I think every immigrant in this country knows that you can eat English and digest it so well that you shit it out, and to some people, you will still not speak English."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
"There are white moms who threw stones at the little girls in Little Rock and there are white moms who wish Andres and Omar and Elias and Greta's mom will be deported too."-Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans
15. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
By: Daniel James Brown
4.49
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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16. I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
By: Malaka Gharib
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a t… read more
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17. Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
By: Jonathan M. Metzl
4.10
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences—even for the white vo… read more
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"It's a narrative about how "whiteness" becomes a formation worth living and dying for, and how, in myriad ways and on multiple levels, white Americans bet their lives on particular sets of meanings a…"-Jonathan M. Metzl, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
18. On Juneteenth
By: Annette Gordon-Reed
4.18
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annet… read more
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"History is always being revised, as new information, comes to light and when different people see known documents and have their own responses to them, shaped by their individual experiences."-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Origin stories matter, for individuals, groups of people, and for nations. They inform our sense of self; telling us what kind of people we believe we are, what kind of nation we believe in. They usu…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
"Why would White Texans be more obstreperous than other White southerners? It has been suggested that this was because, unlike other Southern states, Texas had not been defeated militarily. They had w…"-Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth
19. The Awakening Storm (City of Dragons, #1)
By: Jaimal Yogis
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace … read more
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20. Social Creature
By: Tara Isabella Burton
3.36
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, spla… read more
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21. Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
By: Robin DiAngelo
3.96
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
In Nice Racism, her follow-up work to White Fragility, the author draws on her background as a soci… read more
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"…every moment that I spend in white space reinforces in me a particular (and limited) worldview and experience. But the deeper message being reinforced is that we lose nothing of value by living in s…"-Robin DiAngelo, Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
22. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
By: Frank Abe
4.19
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Three voices. Three acts of defiance. One mass injustice. The story of camp as you’ve never seen… read more
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23. Come On In
By: Adi Alsaid
3.94
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration,… read more
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24. The Weight of the Stars
By: K. Ancrum
3.95
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl w… read more
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"Fighting for yourself is another way of loving yourself."-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars
"She knew what she lookd like, and she looked like trouble."-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars
"Diversity is a flower that blooms with greater beauty and greater strength each time it is cross-pollinated."-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars
"All that I am is a terribly brave small thing, with a terribly brave small life, and a terribly brave love that spans eons."-K. Ancrum, The Weight of the Stars
25. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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26. This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto
By: Suketu Mehta
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City. Drawing … read more
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"Before you ask other people to respect the borders of the West, ask yourself if the West has ever respected anybody else's border."-Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto
"The first thing that a new migrant sends to his family back home isn’t money; it’s a story. Of the arduous journey here, the snow on the streets, the rude immigration agent or the kindly social worke…"-Suketu Mehta, This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto
27. Together, Apart
By: Erin A. Craig
3.61
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's m… read more
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28. True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
By: Cindy L. Otis
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"If I could pick one book to hand to every teen—and adult—on earth, this is the one. True or False … read more
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29. Watch Us Rise
By: Renée Watson
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school… read more
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"I wonder why girls with bodies like mine can't even model the clothes that are made for us."-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"You know, ‘ladies’ is old fashioned, Mr. Smith. I like to use ‘womyn’, spelled ‘W-O-M-Y-N’, so I don’t have to include the word ‘man’"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
"I walk over to the plus size section, wondering why my sizes have to be in a special section of the store and not mixed in with the other sizes. There is a definite divide, as if a shirt with a 3X ta…"-Renée Watson, Watch Us Rise
30. We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
By: Susan Kuklin
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
With refreshing candor, photos and interviews usher us into the lives of eleven undocumented young … read more
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"In my family we do an exceptional job pretending that everything is OK."-Susan Kuklin, We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
31. Kill the Beast (Villains, #11)
By: Serena Valentino
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The eleventh book in the New York Times best-selling Villains series follows the downfall of Disney… read more
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