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Prejudice
A prejudice is a preconceived belief, opinion, or judgment toward a group of people or a single person because of race, social class, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, disability, political beliefs , religion, line of work or other personal characteristics. It also means a priori beliefs ...
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Filter this CollectionThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The book was made into an award-winning television movie, broadcast on CBS in 1974. The film holds importance as one of the first films to deal with African-American...
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- 1971
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Number the Stars
Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction about the Holocaust of the Second World War by award-winning author Lois Lowry. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is the central character, who lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1943 and was caught up in...
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- Jan 1, 1998
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- 1989
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- 168525
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee is a Newbery medal-winning young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the...
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- 1990
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No Shame, No Fear
No Shame, No Fear is a 2003 novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull. Set in Shropshire in the 1660s, the novel depicts the love between a Quaker girl, Susanna, and Will, the son of a rich merchant. Their story takes place during the persecution of...
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Witness
Witness is a 2001 novel of historical fiction, written by Karen Hesse. It is in first-person narration, though with each new page, a different narrator is used. The books is split into five acts, each with the same setting.
Witness is unique in that...
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- Sep 1, 2001
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The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974) is a young adult novel written by Paula Danziger.
The story follows Marcy Lewis, a smart girl but an overweight thirteen-year-old freshman who dreads her future acne problems. She has a verbally abusive father and it...
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- 1974
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Monster
Monster is a young adult drama novel by American author Walter Dean Myers and was published by Harpercollins in 1999. It was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000, and was...
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- 1999
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- Apr 21, 1999
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- 158233
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing (2003) is a novel by American writer Richard Powers. It tells the story of two brothers involved in music, dealing heavily with issues of prejudice. Their parents met at Marian Anderson's legendary concert on the steps of the...
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- 2003