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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After discussing the police shooting of a local Black man with their families, Emma and Josh know how to treat a new student who looks and speaks differently than his classmates. Includes an extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers that provides general guidance about addressing racism with children, child-friendly vocabulary definitions, conversation guides, and a link to additional online resources for parents and teachers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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Women's Murder Club volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, the subject of a police brutality trial after a shoot-out involving two teens, retreats to Half Moon Bay to get away from the media circus and becomes embroiled in the investigation of a series of murders that puts her in mind of an unsolved case from her rookie years.
4) Alone
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Detective D. D. Warren novels volume 1
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English
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Bobby Dodge, sniper for the Massachusetts State Police, encounters a situation where he makes a split-second decision to kill the man holding a woman and her son hostage; however, things begin to unravel when the woman turns out not to be what she appeared and Dodge becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
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Legendary African American activist-comedian D. L. Hughley uses satire to draw attention to white privilege and racial injustice, sardonically offering an illustrated how-to guide for black people, full of insight from white people, about how to act, dress, speak, walk, and drive in the safest manner possible.
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English
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"A leading intellect in America presents a powerful, thought-provoking analysis of deeper meaning behind the string of deaths of unarmed citizens like Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray--providing important insights on the intersection of race and class in America today"--
"Unarmed citizens shot by police. Drinking water turned to poison. Mass incarcerations. We've heard the individual stories. Now a leading public intellectual and acclaimed...
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