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Ihr Herz stößt an seine Grenzen, wenn fremde Hände ungefragt in ihre Haare greifen. Die 7-jährige Akoma ist ein Mädchen mit wunderschönen Haaren und lebt mit ihren Eltern in einem kleinen Ort bei Hamburg. Auf Twi – einer Sprache, die in Ghana gesprochen wird – bedeutet Akoma "Herz". Ihr Vater sagt oft zu ihr: "Mit deinem Akoma steht dir die Welt offen." Doch bei einem Klassenausflug auf einen Bauernhof passiert es: Die Besitzerin, Frau Schröder, fasst ungefragt Akomas Haare an. Und Akoma mag das überhaupt nicht. Ihre Freunde merken sofort, dass sie sich unwohl fühlt.

Charlie and Ralph’s mom has waited a long time to vote because countless obstacles have been put in Black people’s way to stop them from having a say in elections—obstacles that it took a lot of hard work to tear down. But now, in 1969, Madear is going to vote for the very first time, and the boys are coming along on this exciting day. A day that puts a new bounce in their mom’s step, and enables them all to begin to dream of a better future.

Celina y su familia son bilingües y siguen las tradiciones mexicanas y estadounidenses. Celina se maravilla con su herencia mexicana, pero una vez que comienza la escuela, siente que el mundo quiere que borre esa parte de su identidad. Afortunadamente, tiene un ejército de familiares y tres nuevos amigos fabulosos que la ayudarán a luchar contra la ignorancia. Pero su abuela, quien es su mayor inspiración, la anima a construir una barrera de alegría a su alrededor.

Kamal is better than anyone else in his school at fading into the background. When you're a refugee and you've started a new school three times in as many years, you learn to keep your head down. But, after a major puke incident in front of the whole school, being invisible is no longer an option. And when Kamal finds a mysterious CHEAT BOOK in the library that promises to help him gain popularity, he sees a chance to finally make his mark.

A young Sikh footballer reaches out across the generational divide to help a lonely old man in an uplifting story from acclaimed author Bali Rai. When he spots a lonely old man watching his football games in the park, and then sees him again eating at the local gurdwara kitchen, Bobby wants to help. At first the man doesn’t seem very friendly and he doesn’t want to take part in the local walking football league for older people that Bobby tells him about.

Since being orphaned at a young age, wingless sprite Asher Songfeather has been sure of one thing: Bat sprites aren't to be trusted. The fact that his own mother was one is something Asher does his best to forget. But when his adoptive sister Carinen falls deathly ill, he'll risk anything to save her-even if it means striking a bargain with a mysterious Bat sprite newcomer. The deal sends Asher on a perilous quest into the heart of the Bat Colony itself, where nothing is as it first appears. Saving his sister will require more than just courage and wits. It will take trust, too.

Jessica a 10 ans, son père est gardien de prison. Mais pas de n'importe laquelle... tout près de chez elle est enfermé Nelson Mandela. Quand son ami, David, est victime de l'apartheid, elle comprend que ce vieux monsieur représente l'espoir d'un monde plus juste. Une adaptation immersive, tout en musique et en sons, de la collection Romans Doc histoire à destination des petits mais aussi des grands.

The Main Line Mutt is a Heartwarming Tale of a Mixed Breed Dog Named Maggie.

Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.

Danilo vai um pouco além do estereótipo do garoto-problema na escola, mas a questão é que ele não faz nada por querer; ele só é hiperdistraído. Já Ariadne é uma boa aluna e adora as aulas de português, tanto que decide fazer vídeos para postar sobre suas leituras na internet. Porém, logo começam a aparecer comentários violentos e racistas de algum anônimo. Enquanto Danilo e Ariadne enfrentam seus conflitos, a vida escolar não para, exigindo desses estudantes protagonistas muito foco quando tudo o que eles querem é desistir.

Layla veio de Alepo, no norte da Síria. Ela e sua família tiveram que deixar o país por causa da guerra, assim como quase todos os seus amigos e familiares, obrigados a procurar um lugar seguro para viver. Neste emocionante livro, Layla conta histórias do período tão conturbado que viveu antes de finalmente chegar ao Brasil. Através de sua sensível narração, o leitor entrará em contato com um mundo completamente diferente, com outros cheiros, sabores, cores e dores. Como será ficar longe de tudo e todos que conhecemos, viver com tantas lembranças tristes, ter que recomeçar do zero.

Lamar can’t wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn’t think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff’s parents never let him go to Lamar’s Black neighborhood. But there’s been progress in town. Right?

Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best friends. They do everything together—riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at recess. But one day Kiara misses school and Mai goes looking for answers. When she learns that her best friend is protesting an act of police violence against the Black community, Mai decides to join the protest too. Her parents at first want to protect her by keeping her at home, but she shows them that standing together makes all of us stronger.

Winnie's best friend, Iggie, has just moved away – and Winnie's bored out of her mind without her. So she's determined to be friends with the new family, the Garbers, who've moved into Iggie's old house – especially Glenn, who's kind of cute. But certain people don't want the Garbers to be there, and have started a petition to get rid of them. You see, Glenn and his family are black. And Grove Street is stuck in the past. And the toughest thing of all is that Winnie is terrified her parents might sign the petition – and there's nothing she can do to stop them.

Sally J. Freedman loves making up stories – stories in which she is always the star of her own lavish film spectaculars. But when her close-knit family is separated because of her brother's illness, even Sally's daydreams are not enough to comfort her. With her beloved father left behind in New Jersey, a winter in the Florida sunshine seems gloomy. The cramped and dingy flat can't compare with her comfortable home, and her new classmates are nothing like her old friends. Worst of all, it is 1947 – and Sally is convinced that Adolf Hitler is alive and living in Miami Beach.

Some days, ten-year-old Margarita Sandoval feels as if the wind might blow her away. The country has been gripped by the Great Depression, so times are hard everywhere. Then she has to leave her familia in New Mexico—especially her beloved Abuelita—to move to Fort Steele, Wyoming, where her father has taken a job on the railroad. When Margarita meets Caroline, she's excited to have a friend her own age in Wyoming. But it often seems like Caroline, like many other people in town, doesn't understand or appreciate the Sandovals' Hispanic heritage.

As a young teacher on Martha’s Vineyard, Mary Lambert feels restless and adrift. So when a league of missionaries invite her to travel abroad, she knows it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Paris is home to a pioneering deaf school where she could meet its visionary instructors Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc—and even bring back their methods to help advance formal deaf education in America!

A professora de Geografia tem um desafio: fazer a turma do quinto ano integrar os quatro novos alunos estrangeiros, que vieram de Angola, Peru, Bolívia e Síria. Eles são tão diferentes que a galera acha graça de suas roupas, nomes e sotaques, fazendo-os se sentirem mal. Ainda bem que a professora é atenta e sensível, e coloca em ação um projeto para transformar a curiosidade das crianças em aprendizado e respeito. Neste livro, não há lugar para o preconceito, e o leitor vai viajar para outros países e culturas através das ricas ilustrações.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made is a children's book that teaches children to be open-minded to learning from different backgrounds and cultures, encouraging them not to judge others.

The start of the school year is bringing a lot of changes for Rain: New school. No Circle Group. No Dr. McCalla. No Miss Walia. No step team. And Xander, her older brother and superhero, is away at college. Although everyone else seems okay with change, Rain struggles to open up to her new counselor, her mom, Umi, Alyssa, and even Xander, who seems to have forgotten all about her while away at college. But when an older boy starts giving Rain more attention than she asked for—will she be able to open up again before things go too far?