When a book is banned from a district, "that just means it's not accessible in the media center or the classrooms on that campus. But that doesn't mean you couldn't go across the street to the community library or find it online. It's just that we do not provide the access to it...
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They include Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer,” Jonathan Evison’s “Lawn Boy,” Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” and a book-length edition of the “1619 Project,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning report from The New York Times on the legacy of slavery in the U.S. Bills facilitating t...
Standing in his way are the hate notes left in his locker and his struggle to find his place in a new community. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero, by Saadia Faruqi, will appeal to readers who like stories about everyday kids overcoming challenges and finding inner strength.Black Boy JoyThe ...
–The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas* Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson–Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin–Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between by Jennifer E. Smith–High Dive by Tammar Stein–Hold Still by Nina LaCour–Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt–Hooked by Liz Fichera–The Host by ...
“Your mother and I don’t yet have the words to describe the ___you give us for the future,” the letter started. “Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world that is ___than ours today.”Not ___, the social media CEO believes that technology will play a big role...
After all, the words you write on paper and send to another person, are precious, offering comfort, shared sorrow, cathartic rage, hard-earned insight, refreshing strangeness, absurd silliness, understanding, delight, commiseration, and beauty--and often all of those things all mixed up at the...
The Notebook: Directed by Nick Cassavetes. With Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, Starletta DuPois, James Garner. An elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social
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But why did I so much hate the Greek, which I studied as a boy? I do not yet fully know. For the Latin I loved; not what my first masters, but what the so-called grammarians taught me. For those first lessons, reading, writing and arithmetic, I thought as great a burden and pe...