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Il profumo dei cedri libanesi, il colore ocra del tardo pomeriggio afghano, il sorriso di un uomo siriano che in silenzio studia un’ospite straniera per capire se raccontarle la propria storia. Sono solo alcune delle nitide immagini che vedremo attraverso lo sguardo oltre il confine di Francesca Mannocchi, giornalista di guerra sul campo che da molti anni porta nelle nostre case la cronaca di ciò che succede attorno a noi, nelle regioni di Iraq, Libano, Afghanistan, Libia, Siria, fino alle città dell’Ucraina.

Henny has grown up with her father’s boat, the Gerda III, as a home away from home. She loves sailing the waters between Denmark and Sweden, carried along by the salt breeze. But when Nazi rule tightens in Copenhagen, Henny joins the resistance. And when Hitler orders the Gestapo to round up all Jewish citizens, Henny realizes that the Gerda III isn’t just a boat—it’s a means of escape for her Jewish neighbors. Safety and freedom are just across the channel in Sweden—as long as Henny doesn’t get caught.

Kathy Kacer’s second book in her middle grade series about heroic rescues during WWII tells the tale of siblings Helen and Henry, and history’s most famous mime. Desperate to save them from the Nazis, Henry and Helen’s mother makes the harrowing decision to take her children from their home in 1940s Germany and leave them in the care of strangers in France. The brother and sister must hide their Jewish identity to pass for orphans being fostered at a convent in the foreign land.

Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke™ Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.

Read by the author. Through a simple conversation between a boy and a tree, country-music star Granger Smith shares an incredibly powerful and deeply moving story filled with life lessons on loss, grief, and the strength gained in finding the light and the will to move forward with joy and...

Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret space: the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street. But then the unthinkable happens.

Author L.M. Haynes has created a children's book with a deep moral fabric titled Legacies, which makes listeners ponder the topic of what will be left to others after one dies. Just what would be your legacy left to others? He brings out the values needed to prepare for death by living your life in truth, tradition, unconditional love, and most importantly, having an unyielding faith in God.

Until now, you've only heard one side of the story, but Chinese American history extends far beyond the railroads. Here's the true story of America, from the Chinese American perspective. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection If you've learned about the history of Chinese people in...

Follow the story of a young girl with a big heart and an even bigger sense of compassion as she shares valuable, life-affirming lessons about acceptance, understanding, and loving one another not despite of our differences, but because our differences make us unique and deserving of love, kindness, and respect.

Sending Balloons to Heaven follows the story of one young girl who has recently lost her grandmother and finds solace in a simple act that turns out to be the bridge to healing, expressing her emotions openly, and learning to celebrate the memories and honor her grandmother in the sweetest way.

Bea a scuola è brava, ma non è la numero uno e questo la infastidisce. Così scrive di chi, come lei, è un'eterna seconda. Come Claudette Colvin, che negli anni Cinquanta si rifiutò di lasciare il posto sull'autobus a una donna bianca. Nove mesi dopo, Rosa Parks compì lo stesso gesto e divenne l'emblema del movimento per i diritti civili. Conoscere la storia di Claudette è l'occasione per Bea di fare pace con le classifiche.

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus! From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a gorgeously crafted and deeply personal story about a young girl, her alcoholic mother, and the hope that ties them together. Krya has always felt like she’s a bit too much. Too tall. Too loud. Too...

Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book - adapted for audio. Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn't like when strangers stare at her...

With a body made of wax, seaweed for hair and polished abalone shells for eyes, Corpse is bound to haunt the Witches' sea shack forever. She has no memory of the kid she was before she was snatched and ended up on the rock that doesn't exist. But the delivery of an unexpected message sets Corpse off on a surprising quest, searching for answers to the old and familiar questions that have filled her not-brain since the day she first woke up a ghost. Questions about her name. Questions about her family.

Verden bliver hele tiden ramt af katastrofer. I en række lande er der krige og uroligheder. Mange steder lever folk i fattigdom. I denne bog kan man læse om mennesker, der har brug for nødhjælp, men også om folk, der hjælper, og om hvordan man hjælper.

A powerful contemporary novel about an aspiring 12 year-old filmmaker whose world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence. From the author of the award-winning memoir, Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South and co-editor of Recognize! An...

Ren's family lose their home in a fire. They're living with her grandmother now and things are a bit tense. Ren lost her collection of things, her clothes; her brother lost his little bear and is inconsolable. So Ren starts replacing things with other people's possessions. They've got loads of stuff, after all. But she gets caught and has to strike a terrifying deal to avoid detection...

Bestseller del New York Times. La fascinante historia de una niña heroica que pelea por su convicción de que el agua debería ser para todos. Minni vive en la zona más pobre de Bombay, donde el acceso al agua está limitado a unas cuantas horas al día y en las llaves comunales hay largas...

Although it is debated when and where capoeira—an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality—originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly practiced by people of African descent. In 1890, two years after Brazil officially abolished slavery, the game was outlawed. Wealthy, lighter-skinned society feared and looked down on capoeira, seeing it as a game for malandros—what people in power called the poor Black communities they disdained.

Told through "moments of despair, heartbreak, laughter, and triumph" (Kirkus), this "inspiring" (Booklist) and "hopeful" (School Library Journal) memoir tells the true story of how a modern teen girl and her Holocaust-survivor friend fought against hate to create change. In 2018...