Finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.

New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau show how racial inequality permeates every facet of American society, through the lens of those pushing for meaningful change

The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—is the prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we work, in our laws, and in our leadership. Unequal presents a gripping account of the struggles that shaped America and the insidiousness of racism, and demonstrates how inequality persists. As readers meet some of the many African American people who dared to fight for a more equal future, they will also discover a framework for addressing racial injustice in their own lives.

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

Award-winning picture-book author Tony Johnston presents the poignant story of a loving Mexican-American family in East L.A. in her first novel for young readers.
Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor. An area of freeway chases and drive-bys and death. But there's another L.A., one where warmth and humor and humanity pervade. Where a tacqueria sign declares: "One cause, one people, one taco."
This L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and warmth.

Get bushwise -- A desert Safari takes young readers on a journey of discovery through the deserts of southern Africa. Our San guide is Xau, who has lived in the desert all his life, and tells readers about the need to live in harmony with nature, and about some of the more extraordinary features of his arid land. He tells of how the San survive and thrive in the desert; how they find basic supplies in nature and get water from plants; how San children play, and how they can find direction using the stars. Readers learn about the different types of desert, about moving dunes and the amazing plants and trees that manage to survive in the sand and amongst the rocks; also about a host of creatures, big and small, that have made their home in the desert: dancing lizards and rolling spiders, the world's fastest beetle, the timid aardwolf - and that the sand beneath our feet is alive with life. This title offers a fascinating look at one of the Earth's most interesting habitats and the plants and creatures that make it their home.

Explores how the history, climate, and geography of Sweden have shaped the customs and practices of its people, looking at daily life in both the city and the country.

Describes the geography, climate, history, cities, agriculture, transportation, business and trade, and wildlife of Sweden.