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UNTIL TOMORROW, MR. MARSWORTH | Kirkus Reviews

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In the summer of 1968, Reenie Kelly learns about the costs of war and peaceful opposition.

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Every kid faces challenges every day. And the brave persevere.

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Young Grace gives and then receives letters of love and gratitude.

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The NBA star offers a poem that encourages curiosity, integrity, compassion, courage, and self-forgiveness.

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I'M GONNA PUSH THROUGH! | Kirkus Reviews

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A picture-book encapsulation of the author's Push Through education movement.

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King, who writes as A.S. King for teens, offers a mystical, fablelike tale for a younger audience.

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In allegorical tribute to teen eco-activist Greta Thunberg, a child saves a forest from heedless pillagers.

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

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More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom.

In her third book, Doyle ( Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. "Four years ago," she writes, "married to the father of my three children, I fell in love with a woman." That woman, Abby Wambach, would become her wife. Emblematically arranged into three sections-"Caged," "Keys," "Freedom"-the narrative offers, among other elements, vignettes about the soulful author's girlhood, when she was bulimic and felt like a zoo animal, a "caged girl made for wide-open skies." She followed the path that seemed right and appropriate based on her Catholic upbringing and adolescent conditioning. After a downward spiral into "drinking, drugging, and purging," Doyle found sobriety and the authentic self she'd been suppressing. Still, there was trouble: Straining an already troubled marriage was her husband's infidelity, which eventually led to life-altering choices and the discovery of a love she'd never experienced before. Throughout the book, Doyle remains open and candid, whether she's admitting to rigging a high school homecoming court election or denouncing the doting perfectionism of "cream cheese parenting," which is about "giving your children the best of everything." The author's fears and concerns are often mirrored by real-world issues: gender roles and bias, white privilege, racism, and religion-fueled homophobia and hypocrisy. Some stories merely skim the surface of larger issues, but Doyle revisits them in later sections and digs deeper, using friends and familial references to personify their impact on her life, both past and present. Shorter pieces, some only a page in length, manage to effectively translate an emotional gut punch, as when Doyle's therapist called her blooming extramarital lesbian love a "dangerous distraction." Ultimately, the narrative is an in-depth look at a courageous woman eager to share the wealth of her experiences by embracing vulnerability and reclaiming her inner strength and resiliency.

Doyle offers another lucid, inspiring chronicle of female empowerment and the rewards of self-awareness and renewal.

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NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE | Kirkus Reviews

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More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom. In her third book, Doyle ( Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. "Four years ago," she writes, "married to the father of my three children, I fell in love with a woman."

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What Is Climate Change?

In the Canadian Arctic, winter used to come early. By early November, temperatures dipped below zero. Snow covered the ground. Hudson Bay became covered in solid ice.

Hundreds of polar bears lumbered onto the frozen water, making their way out to open ocean. All winter long, they swam from ice floe to ice floe. They mated. They hunted and fished. There were plenty of ringed seals to eat.

When summer finally came in August, the ice melted. The polar bears swam back to land. The males play-fought. The females watched over their young cubs. Months passed. Polar bears lounged on tundra-still-frozen ground-using little energy. They waited for cold weather. They waited to go out to sea again.

Polar bears are strong, majestic creatures, standing up to nine feet tall and weighing up to one thousand pounds. They are built for the cold. Their snow-white coat is thick, with a double layer of fur. Also, a layer of fat lies just under their skin, keeping them extra warm. For months, polar bears have to live off this fat, gained from winter feedings on the ice. When they're on land, they barely eat.

In early November 2016, the polar bears were still on land. There was no sea ice on Hudson Bay. Weeks passed. By December, there was still barely any ice at all. So the polar bears had to wait longer to return to the sea. Some paced back and forth along the shoreline. Others lay on the ground, not doing much at all.

The warmer climate affected the polar bears in important ways. In the 1980s, Hudson Bay bears were bigger and rounder, well fed. Recently they've been losing weight and becoming weaker. That's because with fewer weeks on ice, their hunting season has become shorter. They have less food. In Hudson Bay, polar bear numbers have dropped. The bears have fewer cubs. And not all cubs survive.

In 2016, the water in Hudson Bay didn't freeze until December 12. That was very late. "Sea ice is finally forming," one scientist reported. "The polar bears are moving quickly offshore."

Even on ice, however, the polar bears had a tougher time. There was more water between floes. The polar bears were already weakened by long months on land. And yet they had to swim longer distances to get from place to place to hunt.

Observers followed one female who had to swim nine days straight to reach an ice floe.

The Arctic-the polar bears' habitat-is changing. Temperatures have gone up about 3 degrees Celsius (°C), or 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (°F), since 1900.

The ice cover is shrinking, too. In 2017, it was 30 percent smaller than it was twenty-five years earlier. And each year, the remaining ice cover is melting faster and faster.

The fact is that our entire planet is getting warmer, not just the Arctic. Certain gases in the atmosphere-"greenhouse gases"-hold in heat, keeping it from escaping into space. Higher temperatures bring changes in plant and animal life. In sources of food and water. In rainfall and snowfall, floods and droughts. Habitats around the world are at risk.

It's all part of climate change.

Chapter 1: Things Are Heating Up

First of all, what is climate?

Before you dress each day, do you check the climate to figure out what to wear? No, you check the weather.

Weather changes often, sometimes in the space of a couple of hours. Climate doesn't. Climate is the weather over long periods of time.

Scientists who study climate look at weather patterns. They need to measure temperature and precipitation (rainfall and snowfall). They'll look to see if there are changes over thirty years, fifty years, or even one hundred years. By studying these long periods, they see whether conditions on Earth are changing.

Scientists have taken measurements from weather stations around the world, in hot places and cold ones. And the average temperatures in all these places have gone up almost 2°F since the 1880s. That may not sound like a big difference, but it is.

Earth has been having fewer cold days and more warm days. There have been fewer record low temperatures and more record highs. Even freezing-cold places are getting warmer, and not just in the Arctic. It's also happening in Antarctica, by the South Pole. Ice caps, glaciers, and ice sheets-all forms of land ice-are melting.

When land ice melts, it runs into the sea. The additional water from the Arctic Ocean ends up flowing into all the oceans. This causes sea levels to rise around the world. On average, levels have risen eight inches since the early 1900s and about two inches since 2000.

Again, that doesn't seem like much. But these changes in the Arctic have an impact on weather patterns for the entire planet. It's like a teeny, tiny spark that sets off a fire.

In Alaska, coastal villages have already seen dramatic change. Homes are threatened by flooding and erosion-that's water wearing away the shoreline. Sea ice is melting. So is permafrost, the permanently frozen soil just under the ground. The permafrost even feels different. It's springy, which causes houses to collapse into the water.

The people of an island town called Shishmaref have voted to move their village. It will take years and much money to do it. But the people are ready. "The land is going away," one man explained.

What about places that are already hot? Higher temperatures are bringing changes in these areas, too. Land is drying out. Water sources are dwindling.

In Africa, Lake Chad sits on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Millions of people in Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger relied on the lake-once one of the largest in Africa-for drinking water, fishing, and farming. But there is hardly any lake left. Since 1963, Lake Chad has lost nearly 90 percent of its water. It has shrunk because higher temperatures made the water evaporate at a faster pace. (Overuse is another reason. After all, the lake provided food and water for so many.)

So how do climate scientists explain this global warming? It all starts with greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.

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What Is Climate Change? (What Was?) [Herman, Gail, Who HQ, Hinderliter, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What Is Climate Change? (What Was?)

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The origin story of the teenage climate change superhero.

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A sixth grader who's struggling to find a path forward that doesn't disappoint his adoptive father befriends a bullied boy who's delightfully comfortable in his own skin.

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Large color photographs (occasionally composed of montages) and accessible, simple text highlight global similarities and differences, always focusing on our universal connections.

While child readers may not recognize Manzano, the Puerto Rican actress who played Maria on Sesame Street, adults will recognize her as a trusted diverse voice. In her endnote, she explains her desire to "encourage lively conversations about shared experiences." Starting out with the familiar, home and community, the text begins with "How many WONDERFUL PEOPLE do you know?" Then it moves out to the world: "Did you know there are about 8 BILLION PEOPLE on the planet?" The photo essay features the usual concrete similarities and differences found in many books of this type, such as housing (a Mongolian yurt opposite a Hong Kong apartment building overlooking a basketball court), food (dumplings, pizza, cotton candy, a churro, etc.), and school. Manzano also makes sure to point out likenesses in emotions, as shown in a montage of photos from countries including China, Spain, Kashmir (Pakistan/India), and the United States. At the end, a world map and thumbnail images show the locations of all photos, revealing a preponderance of examples from the U.S. and a slight underrepresentation for Africa and South America.

Engaging, well-chosen images and a clear, coherent text illuminate the importance of empathy for the world's inhabitants. (Informational picture book. 5-8)

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SUPERHEROES ARE EVERYWHERE | Kirkus Reviews

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Large color photographs (occasionally composed of montages) and accessible, simple text highlight global similarities and differences, always focusing on our universal connections. While child readers may not recognize Manzano, the Puerto Rican actress who played Maria on Sesame Street, adults will recognize her as a trusted diverse voice.

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Who Is Greta Thunberg? by Jill Leonard, Who HQ: 9780593225677 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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The inspiring story of a young Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide revolution, told in a new Who HQ NOW format for trending topics. When she was just fifteen years old, Greta Thunberg knew she...

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THE PLAYBOOK by Kwame Alexander , Thai Neave | Kirkus Reviews

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Building on the great success of his Newbery-winning The Crossover (2014), Alexander provides advice and life lessons to young readers, drawn mostly from the world of sports and organized by a schema of "rules."

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Both a poignant contemplation on 9/11 and a necessary intervention in this current political climate.

This election cycle, with its exacerbated Islamophobia, makes author Mills' ( Positively Beautiful, 2015) fictive meditation on 9/11 and the 15 years after especially timely.

The book opens with Travis McLaurin, a 19-year-old white man trying to protect Alia Susanto, a 16-year-old hijab-wearing Indonesian-American Muslim, from the debris caused by the South Tower's destruction. The next chapter takes place 15 years later, with Travis' younger sister, Jesse, defacing a building with an Islamophobic slogan before the police catch her. The building, readers learn later, is the Islam Peace Center, where Jesse must do her community service for her crime. Between these plot points, the author elegantly transitions between the gripping descriptions of Alia and Travis trying to survive and Jesse almost falling into the abyss of generational hatred of Islam. In doing so, she artfully educates readers on both the aspects of Islam used as hateful stereotypes and the ruinous effects of Islamophobia. With almost poetic language, the author compassionately renders both the realistic lives, loves, passions, and struggles of Alia ("There's a galaxy between us, hung thick with stars of hurt and disappointment) and Jesse ("I'm caught in a tornado filled with the jagged pieces of my life") as both deal with the fallout of that tragic day.

Both a poignant contemplation on 9/11 and a necessary intervention in this current political climate. (timeline, author's note) (Fiction. 13-18)

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The inspirational story of a modern-day hero who escorted dozens to safety during the 9/11 attacks.

Longtime ESPN correspondent Rinaldi reconstructs the life of Welles Crowther, a fearless man responsible for saving the lives of dozens on 9/11. Already determined and passionate as a youth, Crowther grew up in a family of faith in Nyack, New York, raised by loving parents whose first date ironically occurred on Sept. 11, 1968. A competitive boy, he excelled in sports and joined his father in volunteering at the local firehouse. A lasting boyhood keepsake was a red bandanna given to him by his father; this "unexpected gift" became a prized possession and a "superhero" lucky charm to Crowther. He attended Boston College, excelled at lacrosse, and, after graduating, realized his dream of living in New York City and began working as an equities trader on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower, though he had future aspirations to formally become a firefighter. In the frantic minutes following the first plane's impact on 9/11, Crowther took to the stairwells searching for survivors and encountered a crowd of injured people whom he managed to rescue, even carrying one on his back as he descended a stairway. Rinaldi incorporates many survivor accounts of those who later told the media of a mysterious man with his face covered with a red handkerchief who saved them only to ascend back into the building looking for others. Crowther perished as the tower collapsed after aiding the fire department as a civilian usher, yet his heroic legacy, lauded by President Barack Obama, is eternally memorialized at the 9/11 tribute site. With dramatic, only occasionally maudlin prose, Rinaldi captures the compelling urgency of the indelible event and fondly tips his hat to Crowther, an exemplary embodiment of human compassion and selflessness.

A moving, deeply felt tribute to a courageous individual who sacrificed his life to save others.

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The inspirational story of a modern-day hero who escorted dozens to safety during the 9/11 attacks. Longtime ESPN correspondent Rinaldi reconstructs the life of Welles Crowther, a fearless man responsible for saving the lives of dozens on 9/11.

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When a calamitous drought overtakes southern California, a group of teens must struggle to keep their lives and their humanity in this father-son collaboration.

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I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books) [Verde, Susan, Reynolds, Peter H.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books)

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Everyone knows what the Statue of Liberty stands for-but, as Eggers notes, she's not actually "standing" at all.

Taking his time, as usual, at getting to the point, Eggers opens with the often told tale of the monument's origins, preliminary construction, deconstruction, and shipping to "a city called New York, which is in a state also called New York." He describes the statue's main features, from crown to gown ("a very heavy kind of garment," likely to cause "serious lower back issues")-and points out that her right heel is not planted but lifted. What does this signify? That "...she is walking! This 150 foot woman is on the go!" She's stepping out into the harbor, he suggests, to give new arrivals from Italy and Norway, Cambodia and Estonia, Syrians, Liberians, and all who have or will come an eager welcome. After all, he writes, she's an immigrant too, and: "She is not content to wait." In Harris' ink-and-construction-paper collages, Parisian street scenes give way to close-up views of the brown (later green) ambulatory statue, alternating with galleries of those arrivals and their descendants, who are all united in their very diversity of age, sex, dress, and skin color. Photos, including one of the Emma Lazarus poem, cap this urgent defense of our "Golden Door."

Occasionally mannered but heartfelt throughout and indisputably timely. (bibliography, source list) (Picture book. 9-13, adult)

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Everyone knows what the Statue of Liberty stands for-but, as Eggers notes, she's not actually "standing" at all. Taking his time, as usual, at getting to the point, Eggers opens with the often told tale of the monument's origins, preliminary construction, deconstruction, and shipping to "a city called New York, which is in a state also called New York."

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Simple, direct statements are paired with watercolor illustrations to highlight some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout the history of the United States.

The text and art begin with two marches that will reemerge as metaphor later in the book: a long line of ants marching to and from a piece of watermelon, and members of a blue-and-gold-clad marching band following their leader's baton. As the band recedes on the verso, across the gutter an extremely diverse group of people similar to the crowds marching across the book's cover advances toward readers on recto. Here the text repeats the book's title. Next, negative space surrounds a small group of women and children-obviously from an earlier time-holding a protest sign. The text explains that sometimes people march "to resist injustice." The facing page shows a contemporary family gazing with chagrin at a polluted beach; they will march because they "notice a need for change." The text continues to offer simple explanations of why people march, eventually moving to other peaceful means of resistance, including signs, boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, and "taking a knee." Hardship in the form of physical and psychic exhaustion is mentioned, but police and other legally sanctioned violence against protest is not-the general mood is uplifting encouragement to young, potential activists. This timely book combines rudimentary facts about peaceful resistance with art that depicts organized actions from the 19th century through today, and endnotes reveal more specifics about each illustration, including historic figures represented.

Effectively argues that "People are more powerful together." (Informational picture book. 4-8)

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Simple, direct statements are paired with watercolor illustrations to highlight some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout the history of the United States. The text and art begin with two marches that will reemerge as metaphor later in the book: a long line of ants marching to and from a piece of watermelon, and members of a blue-and-gold-clad marching band following their leader's baton.

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Putting Peace First: 7 Commitments to Change the World

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A handbook encouraging young people to make a difference right now, no matter their ages.

Dawson, co-founder of the global nonprofit Peace First, which invests in young peacemakers' ideas, knows about putting peace into action. He details the steps to be taken and emotional support needed on a peacemaker's journey. The majority of the book describes the seven commitments that Dawson believes are essential to becoming a peacemaker. These lean heavily into one another, and they're made distinct by individual examples of young peacemakers' own stories of change. Issues of cyberbullying, gun violence, and attacks on immigrant students are ones that are faced in these pages and also every day in schools around the world. By internalizing the seven commitments, standing up, and taking action-choosing to put peace first-Dawson argues, the world could change, one student at a time. These anecdotes are inspirational, but Dawson also includes a practical starting guide for any readers who need concrete steps on how to begin to think and plan for change. Dawson is careful to point out (the seventh commitment is "Keep Trying," and the epilogue is aptly named "Pending Disasters") that nothing is perfect.

Change is difficult, especially if you are trying to right an injustice, but this manual helps readers past excuses. (index) (Nonfiction. 10-16)

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A handbook encouraging young people to make a difference right now, no matter their ages. Dawson, co-founder of the global nonprofit Peace First, which invests in young peacemakers' ideas, knows about putting peace into action. He details the steps to be taken and emotional support needed on a peacemaker's journey.

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Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States

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Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States

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A visual primer covering some key U.S. protests from 1492 to 2018.

An introduction offers readers definitions of what protest is and the many ways it can manifest. The protests covered center people of different races, classes, sexual orientations, and genders as well as including non-identity related protests, making this a thoroughly representative book. Important players, like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, activists for transgender rights in the Stonewall uprising, are highlighted, and continued injustice is acknowledged, including the modern-day prison industrial complex. Bieschke ends by offering suggestions for readers interested in starting their own protests. Despite these strengths, some of the language used to describe nonviolent protest (such as calling sit-in protesters "polite") harkens to respectability politics. Applying the word "violent" to early Native American resistance while positioning European settler-colonists as having "used force"-not violence-to "evict" Native Americans feeds into common biases. Later, the same chapter claims slave owners were "often abusive," although the institution of slavery was itself inherently abusive. As the book progresses, these problematic missteps appear less frequently. Overall, Bieschke does an admirable job of connecting protests to their historical moments. Ample use of photos, historical illustrations, and informative sidebars adds visual engagement.

Despite occasional stumbles, this is an engaging overview to inspire socially minded readers. (source notes, recommended reading, index, photo credits) (Nonfiction. 12-18)

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A visual primer covering some key U.S. protests from 1492 to 2018. An introduction offers readers definitions of what protest is and the many ways it can manifest. The protests covered center people of different races, classes, sexual orientations, and genders as well as including non-identity related protests, making this a thoroughly representative book.

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Never Too Young: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference

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Never Too Young: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference

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People from different countries and eras who have achieved significant accomplishments by the age of 18 are the subjects of this contemporary collective biography, which opposes jaunty, intensely colored portraits against breezy, one-page descriptions.

Under each illustration, there is often a personal quotation. For example, Katie Stagliano, who started a foundation called Katie's Krops that encourages young people to grow vegetables to feed the hungry, said: "I believe that youth have the power to do incredible things." Indeed. Pablo Picasso, Louis Armstrong, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Clara Schumann are well-known for having developed their talents early. Perhaps the more interesting figures are the kids who are still teenagers or in their early 20s now. Young women, including trans woman activist Jazz Jennings, and young men from countries including the U.S., Canada, Zambia, India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Syria are among the currently living biographees. Joining Malala Yousafzai are Mongolian Aisholpan Nurgaiv, a champion eagle hunter (unusual both for her age and gender), and Rhode Islander Nicholas Lowinger, a young Jew who founded Gotta Have Sole, an organization that provides new shoes to kids in homeless shelters. Unfortunately, there are no source notes or bibliography, and while the selections are gender-balanced and laudably diverse, there are few Latinx people, and the only Native Americans are Sacagawea and Pocahontas.

Will give some readers inspiration and ideas for ways that they can help their own communities right now (Collective biography. 9-12)

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People from different countries and eras who have achieved significant accomplishments by the age of 18 are the subjects of this contemporary collective biography, which opposes jaunty, intensely colored portraits against breezy, one-page descriptions. Under each illustration, there is often a personal quotation.

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Resist: 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice

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Resist: 40 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice

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Why should grown-ups get all the historical, scientific, athletic, cinematic, and artistic glory?

Choosing exemplars from both past and present, Mitchell includes but goes well beyond Alexander the Great, Anne Frank, and like usual suspects to introduce a host of lesser-known luminaries. These include Shapur II, who was formally crowned king of Persia before he was born, Indian dancer/professional architect Sheila Sri Prakash, transgender spokesperson Jazz Jennings, inventor Param Jaggi, and an international host of other teen or preteen activists and prodigies. The individual portraits range from one paragraph to several pages in length, and they are interspersed with group tributes to, for instance, the Nazi-resisting "Swingkinder," the striking New York City newsboys, and the marchers of the Birmingham Children's Crusade. Mitchell even offers would-be villains a role model in Elagabalus, "boy emperor of Rome," though she notes that he, at least, came to an awful end: "Then, then! They dumped his remains in the Tiber River, to be nommed by fish for all eternity." The entries are arranged in no evident order, and though the backmatter includes multiple booklists, a personality quiz, a glossary, and even a quick Braille primer (with Braille jokes to decode), there is no index. Still, for readers whose fires need lighting, there's motivational kindling on nearly every page.

A breezy, bustling bucketful of courageous acts and eye-popping feats. (finished illustrations not seen) (Collective biography. 10-13)

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Styron ( Reading My Father, 2011, etc.) encourages teens to take change-making into their own hands in this engaging, approachable, and informative handbook.

The book is broken down into four sections: The Why, The Who, The What, and The How. The second section highlights "a few great moments in US protest history" and "teenage rebels with a cause!" The book goes on to cover climate change, immigration, LGBTQIA rights, race, religion, women's rights, intersectionality, and (briefly) disabilities. Most of these topics in turn feature a short comic, an introduction to the subject matter (including brief background history and contemporary issues and actions), interviews with contemporary figures from the various movements, and a few spotlights on contemporary activists and organizations. The final section includes everything from how to be an ally and using social media for activism to how to stage a walkout or sit-in. Overall, the content is impressively intersectional, but the uncritical highlighting of some creators (e.g. an interview with Lena Dunham) and protests (e.g. the Boston Tea Party, which utilized cultural appropriation on occupied land) and scant attention paid to the history of disability rights and current concerns in an age of threatened health care as well as other content-related choices make it impossible to recommend this volume wholeheartedly.

The best social justice guidebook we've seen in some time-but still disappointingly imperfect. (table of contents, glossary, resources) (Nonfiction. 12-18)

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Styron ( Reading My Father, 2011, etc.) encourages teens to take change-making into their own hands in this engaging, approachable, and informative handbook. The book is broken down into four sections: The Why, The Who, The What, and The How. The second section highlights "a few great moments in US protest history" and "teenage rebels with a cause!"

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Indigenous youth climate change activist and musician Martinez (Mexica) reimagines environmentalism for a new generation.

The many facts presented in this slim volume are enhanced with details of his personal story, including growing up in Boulder, Colorado, and being involved with environmental activism from early childhood. Martinez argues that climate change is an urgent issue that disproportionately impacts communities of color like his own. He also traces the political history of climate change rhetoric, pointing out that it was once a bipartisan issue before fossil fuel and fracking companies and wealthy lobbyists stymied conversations by exerting pressure on Republican politicians. He points out that all too often members of both major political parties keep silent, a move calculated to increase short-term profit while courting long-term financial ruin. Using his own experience as an intersectional, socially aware hip-hop artist, Martinez concludes the book with a call to action, encouraging his generation to use nontraditional, artistic approaches to creating change. This beautifully argued book is packed with facts, seamlessly weaving together the author's personal experiences with well-researched observations of politics, economics, and history. Martinez's language is clear and decisive, and his voice is intimate, bold, and inspiring, all of which make the book impossible to put down.

A hopeful, well-argued book on climate change written in a refreshing new voice. (Nonfiction. 14-18)

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Indigenous youth climate change activist and musician Martinez (Mexica) reimagines environmentalism for a new generation. The many facts presented in this slim volume are enhanced with details of his personal story, including growing up in Boulder, Colorado, and being involved with environmental activism from early childhood.

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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World

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Hasak-Lowy introduces a polemic: Over the last war-ridden century, nonviolent activism has proven to be a powerful way to effect social change.

He chronologically presents five significant movements, focusing on leaders who fostered the resources of aggrieved people-their bodies, courage, and persistence-to oppose injustice nonviolently. Mohandas K. Gandhi, initially among Indian workers in South Africa, then in India, adopted techniques of nonviolent resistance to gain independence from British colonial rule. The American suffragist Alice Paul, drawing on her Quaker upbringing, led the "Silent Sentinels": banner-wielding women who demonstrated at the White House. These activists endured beatings, arrests, incarceration, forced feedings during hunger strikes, and more in their determined quest for their full rights as citizens. The chapter on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. credits his many mentors and collaborators, presenting their arduous work in planning and executing civil action in Birmingham. In early May 1963, thousands of demonstrating Birmingham youth endured water cannons, police dogs, and widespread arrests, stunning the nation. Chapters on Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers movement and Vaclav Havel and Czechoslovakia's astounding Velvet Revolution round out the volume. The author deftly connects these movements: Far from avoiding conflict, each leader actively engaged in it, helping people reassume the power previously ceded to their oppressors. A concluding section cogently illuminates Greta Thunberg's urgent work on the climate crisis.

This excellent, timely overview will open eyes and deserves a wide readership. (other notable movements, source notes, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)

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Hasak-Lowy introduces a polemic: Over the last war-ridden century, nonviolent activism has proven to be a powerful way to effect social change. He chronologically presents five significant movements, focusing on leaders who fostered the resources of aggrieved people-their bodies, courage, and persistence-to oppose injustice nonviolently. Mohandas K.

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In this follow-up to Fantastic Failures (2018), Reynolds shares stories of more people who found their way to success after failure.

The names are famous-Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, Greta Thunberg-and not so famous-like social worker and philanthropist Alan Naiman, and inventor of Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek. They are diverse in age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, and the areas of their passions, but they all have one thing in common: They achieved and excelled only after intense, often prolonged, rejection, pain, confusion, difficulty, and/or discouragement. Reynolds uses the engaging technique of hooking readers by opening each profile with a paragraph that describes an easy, predictable climb to the top, written in the familiar tone of many puff pieces. He then follows this fictional, idealistic story with the real one. This pattern helps readers see that stories of easy success are much less interesting and impressive than tales of hard-won glory. Toward the end of each story, Reynolds addresses readers with thoughtful advice based on the life in question, encouraging them to see difficulties and detours as steppingstones on their paths to their purposes. The chapters are adorned with black-and-white portraits of each individual, tiny sidebars highlighting additional personalities, and separate, pagelong sections called "The Flop Files" with still more examples. A list of questions at the end encourages readers to think deeply about intrinsic motivation, core values, and big dreams.

Directly and humorously written, this volume will cultivate a growth mindset. (Nonfiction. 8-14)

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EVEN MORE FANTASTIC FAILURES | Kirkus Reviews

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In this follow-up to Fantastic Failures (2018), Reynolds shares stories of more people who found their way to success after failure. The names are famous-Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, Greta Thunberg-and not so famous-like social worker and philanthropist Alan Naiman, and inventor of Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek.

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Published in collaboration with Amnesty International, this book combines protest art spanning two centuries with a strong message of encouragement to young activists all over the world.

In her foreword, Mari Copeny, who drew President Barack Obama's attention to the Flint water crisis in 2014, exhorts young people to "speak up for ourselves because it's our present, and our future, that are at stake." Each chapter deals with a specific issue, including women's rights, racial justice, peace, youth rights, LGBTQ rights, and environmental issues. A short essay introduces each topic, prefaced by inspirational statements from key activists and politicians, including Gloria Steinem, Nelson Mandela, Ban Ki-moon, and Jane Goodall. The accompanying posters are the main event, most selections covering several decades. Each artwork is accompanied by a detailed caption explaining its significance and the historical situation that inspired it. The statement from David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, sums up the core message of the book. "If you don't make your voices heard in the real world, nothing will change." From the fight for women's suffrage to Black Lives Matter, this book will be a useful tool for students exploring the story of activism.

An effective survey of art that speaks truth to power. (Nonfiction. 10-14)

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Published in collaboration with Amnesty International, this book combines protest art spanning two centuries with a strong message of encouragement to young activists all over the world. In her foreword, Mari Copeny, who drew President Barack Obama's attention to the Flint water crisis in 2014, exhorts young people to "speak up for ourselves because it's our present, and our future, that are at stake."