YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION

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A Cave in the Clouds

Captured by ISIS, her bravery and faith became her pathway to freedom.  

Badeeah Hassan was just 18 when she witnessed firsthand the horrors of the 2014 genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS forces. Captured ...

#NotYourPrincess

Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. #Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection ...

Fired Up about Reproductive Rights

Par (auteur) Jane Kirby
Catégories: Filles et femmes (Jeunesse)

Decades after abortion was legalized and decriminalized in places like Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, why are we still fighting for reproductive rights? Shattering the myth that the ...

Fired Up about Capitalism

There is no alternative to free-market capitalism. At least, that’s what we’ve been told since the 1980s, when Margaret Thatcher first declared the debate over. Politicians daily declare it, journalists ...

Dreaming in Indian

A collection truly universal in its themes, Dreaming in Indian shatters commonly held stereotypes and offers insight into a community often misrepresented by the mainstream media. Contemporary Native artists, ...

When Elephants Fight

Par (auteur) Eric Walters
Autre créateur principal Adrian Bradbury
Catégories: Intimidation et violence (Jeunesse)

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words were first spoken, perhaps thousands ...

Genocide

Par (auteur) Jane Springer
Catégories: Romans (Jeunesse)
Séries: Groundwork Guides

"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have ...