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I Witness Mall of America volume 5
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 1
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 2
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 4
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 3
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested her and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, she spent weeks in a detention...
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"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do...
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As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends were murdered and shot. Her journey through poverty, terrorism, and other forms of injustice has enabled her to be a voice for those unable to share their...
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, he became the founding president of his high school's Black Student Union, where he advocated for more Black male teachers and for bringing social justice into the school curriculum. He now fights to ensure that all students, no matter their background, have access to equitable schools where...
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2023.
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118 pages ; 21 cm
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Un joven activista comparte cómo combatió una emergencia de salud pública después del Huracán María.
"Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so much. With unstoppable energy and...
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