Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present
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Widely praised as an outstanding contribution to social welfare and feminist scholarship, Regulating...
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
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In this sweeping history of popular music in the United States, NPR's acclaimed music critic...
The Lion Guard
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ROAR! Inspired by the all-new Disney Junior series, join Kion and the Lion Guard on an action packed...
Wreck-It Ralph Storybook Deluxe
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• Relive the incredible story of the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph! • Create and Race your...
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment
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In recent years, America’s criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly...
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The Place Between Breaths
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From master storyteller and Printz Award-winning author An Na comes a dark, intensely moving story...
The Betrayer (Crossing Realms Series #3)
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With the Second Rebellion raging in the city, Curtis Geary, the Keepers’ tech guru, receives a...
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Wither (The Chemical Garden #1)
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By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this...
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May 10, 2018
Jessilyn and Gemma are best friends. The only problem with that is that Jessilyn is white and Gemma is black. Today not too many people would see a problem with that, but in the 1930's tha was a big problem. After Gemma parents are killed in a tragic accident, Jessilyn's parents decide to take in Gemma as their own. The are faced with lots of ridicule and hatred for their choice. The story is told through Jessilyn's eyes, and it will open everyone's eyes to why we should all see each other as people not as a race.