Books on social change & civic engagement - Brush, Book, Bed (American Academy of Pediatrics)

 

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1. A chair for my mother

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Author:
Williams, Vera B.
Series:
Rosa books (Vera B. Williams) volume 1.
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E WILLIAMS
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 3
E WILLIAMS
Middlecreek Community - Picture Books
E WILLIAMS
Description:
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

2. The great Greene heist

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Author:
Johnson, Varian
Series:
Jackson Greene novels volume 1.
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Fiction
J JOHNSON
Description:
Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.

3. Mama's nightingale: a story of immigration and separation

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Author:
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-
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Cary Regional - Picture Books has 5
E DANTICAT
East Regional - Picture Books has 2
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E DANTICAT
Description:
When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.