In this work, the author, a social psychologist, addresses one of the most perplexing social issues of our time: the trend of minority underperformance in higher education. With strong evidence showing that the problem involves more than weaker skills, he explores other explanations. Here he presents an insider's look at his research and details his groundbreaking findings on stereotypes and identity, findings that will deeply alter the way we think about ourselves, our abilities, and our relationships with each other. Through dramatic personal stories, he shares the researcher's experience of peering beneath the surface of our ordinary social lives to reveal what it is like to be stereotyped based on our gender, age, race, class, or any of the ways by which we culturally classify one another. What he discovers is that this experience of "stereotype threat" can profoundly affect our functioning: undermining our performance, causing emotional and physiological reactions, and affecting our career and relationship choices.
Insulted because her character has been left out of a movie of The Odyssey, Circe turns the entire movie crew into pigs, and when Wonder Woman intervenes the sorceress conjures up a portal that takes the hero into a realm of magical movie genres--and it is up to the reader to decide which genre Wonder Woman ends up in, and what dangers she must face there.
You Choose series
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What do you do when Pete's in a bad mood? When it is raining and he cannot go out and play? Turn him into a pizza, of course!
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- Alvie Fitz is determined to keep pretending to be normal until she is eighteen and can be legally emancipated, but everything changes when she meets Stanley, the only person she has met who is stranger than she is.
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In this humorous picture book, Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but she interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
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Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
Follows a group of children as they experience their second grade school year, including chapter books, auditioning for the school play, and a visit to the principal's office.
Child fiction book. At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief. Grade: 4+
Child board book. Baby and big brother figure out how to get along. Age: 5-8.
Child picture book, and e-audiobook. Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife. Age: 3-8.
In this picture book reminiscient of Cinderella, Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, and one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
2017, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
Billie McCaffrey likes making epitaphs for herself. Though she's not always sure what her gravestone will say, she's certain that it will be in Otters Holt, KY, and she's proud of that. Another thing she's proud of? Her group of friends. Lovingly dubbed the Hexagon, they are all joined at the hip. After a prank gone wrong, Billie has to examine her identity as her friends begin to look closer at the oddities that they had previously dismissed. Navigating gender expression and sexuality, this is a book about love—the kind you find in friendships and romantic relationships—and how confusing it can be to understand the difference between the two. The book has a large cast, and two of the six friends unfortunately fall to the wayside, not getting quite the depth that Billie, Woods, Davey, and Janie Lee receive. However, these less developed characters never become tropes, and the narrator's fondness for them is evident. Billie provides a refreshing look at the ways faith and the church as an organization can clash. This story also celebrates experimentation with identity: Billie tries out quite a few throughout. As she finds herself, readers will be rooting for her until the very end. --Kathryn Kania (Reviewed 06/01/2017) (School Library Journal, vol 63, issue 6, p113)
Adult nonfiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit. Age: Adult.
Adult nonfiction book. Adapted for young adults. Details the author's personal experience, challenges, and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate to find justice for America's most marginalized people. Age: 13+
Adult Nonfiction:
Details the author's personal experience, challenges, and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate to find justice for America's most marginalized people.
Adult Nonfiction: Young Adult:
Details the author's personal experience, challenges, and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate to find justice for America's most marginalized people.
Five best friends spending the summer at Lumberjane scout camp--defeating yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons--what's not to love?! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together, and they're not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!
Lord Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, and his sidekick, Nimona, an impulsive young shapeshifter, must prove to the kingdom that Sir Goldenloin and the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are.
The profound mesage of this delightful book board book is you are free to be whoever you choode to be; you'll always be loved.
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people and wanted to create a safe and magical wonderland for families. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.
Also available in Spanish language ebook.
The discovery of an old map at a flee market by his sister Thea leads Geronimo and his family to search for buried treasure on a faraway island. Geronimo Stilton series
"Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. (Marie later won another Nobel for chemistry in 1911.) She died in Savoy, France, on July 4, 1934, a victim of many years of exposure to toxic radiation."-- publisher
Target Audience: Ages 8 - 12
Looks at the life and career of the physician and NASA astronaut who became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Who Was series
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Maguire is bad luck. No matter how many charms she buys or good luck rituals she performs, horrible things happen. She spends a lot of time in her room to avoid causing damage. But then she meets Jordy, a talented, lucky, aspiring tennis star. He's convinced he can help Maguire break her unlucky streak; she is convinced the best thing she can do for Jordy is stay away. But it turns out that staying away is harder than she thought.
When soccer star Lainey Mitchell gets dumped by her boyfriend Jason, she employs an ancient Chinese warlord's tactics to get him back.
Child fiction book. The Thrifty Guide to the American Revolution is the greatest travel guide in all of history, and we know because we checked all of history! Where else can you find answers to common tourist questions like: Should I pack my powdered wig? How can I snag an invitation to the Boston Tea Party? How can I score a lunch with Alexander Hamilton? Book 2 in The Thrifty Guide series. Grade: 4-6.
Child fiction book, and e-book. An 11-year-old boy confronts the realities of race relations, past and present, and the mysterious agenda of his unconventional grandmother during an unplanned spring break road trip through the once-segregated American South. Age: 8-12.
YA fiction book, e-book, and e-audiobook. Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him. Age: 14+
- Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
The bestselling author of Wild and Dear Sugar is back with a collection of inspirational quotes drawn from her writing.
Child fiction book, and e-audiobook. During World War II in England, three motherless children, whose father is reported missing in action, go to live with their grandmother in London and join the members of their talented theatrical family in a school for stage training. Grade: 4+
Experience the magic of Kamishibai-inspired Japanese paper theater--with a book in which you play a crucial role: the storyteller!
Child picture book and e-audiobook. Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe.
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
"Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn't know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything but a disappointment. His quiet, workaholic father is a staunch believer in avoiding any kind of conflict. And his best friend, Henry, has somehow become distractingly attractive over the summer. Tired, isolated, scared--Evan finds that his only escape is to draw in an abandoned monastery that feels as lonely as he is. And yes, he kissed one guy over the summer. But it's Henry who's now proving to be irresistible. Henry, who suddenly seems interested in being more than friends. And it's Henry who makes him believe that he deserves more than his mother's harsh words and terrifying abuse. But as things with Henry heat up, and his mother's abuse escalates, Evan has to decide how to find his voice in a world where he has survived so long by being silent. This is a powerful and revelatory coming-of-age novel based on the author's own childhood, about a boy who learns to step into his light."
Seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy. Five dragonets are enlisted, against their will, to end the terrible war. But when they escape their prison, the result may be more than intended . . .
Book 1, Wings of Fire series
"Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside - a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious prophecy they have been taught. The five "chosen" dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs - and hidden away for years - all to fulfill the prophecy. But not every dragonet wants a destiny. And when danger threatens one of their own, Clay and his friends may choose freedom over fate ... leave the mountain ... and set the dragon world on a course that no one could have predicted." -- publisher.
Book 1, Wings of Fire series
Determined to end a generations-long war among the seven dragon tribes, a secret movement called the Talons of Peace draws on a prophecy that calls for a great sacrifice, compelling five appointed dragonets to fulfill a painful destiny against their will.
Book 2 of Wings of Fire: Graphic Novel
Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn crash a charity fundraiser and make off with the cash, and it is up to the reader to choose which of the supervillains Batman will pursue, and how he will capture them.
You Choose series
"When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes, and doesn't like everything she sees."
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In this picture book based upon an old Yiddish folk song, a very old overcoat is repurposed numerous times into a variety of garments.
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In this 2019 Geisel Award Winner, Fox decides to become a tiger because they are fast and sneaky, and soon, his other animal friends are joining in.
Child picture book. A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures. Age: 3-6.
Adult nonfiction book, and audiobook on cd. The best-selling author of The Divide presents an exploration into the roots and aftermath of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the police in 2014, sharing insights into the ensuing nationwide series of protests that reinforced the "Black Lives Matter" movement and transformed American politics. Age: Adult.
Adult Nonfiction:
"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?" --publisher.
Adult nonfiction graphic novel. A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. Age: 11+
Adult nonfiction book. and e-book in Spanish and English. A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.
"It's easy not to fall in love, right? Melody McIntyre, stage manager extraordinaire, has a plan for everything. What she doesn't have? Success with love. Every time she falls for someone during a school performance, both the romance and the show end in catastrophe. So, Mel swears off love until their upcoming production of Les Mis is over. Of course, Mel didn't count on Odile Rose, rising star in the acting world, auditioning for the spring performance. And she definitely didn't expect Odile to be sweet, and funny and care as much about the play's success as Mel. Which means that Melody McIntyre's only plan now is trying desperately not to fall in love. A hilarious, heartwarming and empowering read, perfect for fans of Pitch Perfect, Love Simon and To All the Boys I've Loved Before."