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History: Hidden Figures and Events: Contemporary World Issues

Contemprary World Issues

Middle Grade Nonfiction

When stars are scattered
The waiting place : when home is lost and a new one not yet found
Out of the ice : how climate change is revealing the past
Machines that think!
Treaty words : for as long as the rivers flow

Middle Grade Fiction

Other words for home
Nowhere boy
Mexikid : a graphic memoir
Refugee

Young Adult Nonfiction

The 21 : the true story of the youth who sued the U.S. government over climate change
Braiding sweetgrass for young adults : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants
Duet : our journey in song with the northern mockingbird
Walk toward the rising sun : from child soldier to ambassador of peace : a memoir
Drowned city : Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Picking up the pieces : residential school memories and the making of the Witness Blanket
The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here : adapted for young adults
We are here to stay : voices of undocumented young adults
Jane against the world : Roe v. Wade and the fight for reproductive rights
How to change everything : the young human's guide to protecting the planet and each other

Young Adult Fiction

Every Line of You
Let's go swimming on doomsday
Punching the air
The ones we're meant to find