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1) Shine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
"When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture"--WorldCat.
5) Hollow fires
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.
6) Rain rising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Rain, who struggles with low self-esteem, must overcome sadness after her older brother Xander is severely beaten up at a frat party, but through the help of an after-school circle group, Rain finds the courage to help herself and her family heal"--WorldCat.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
An HIV-positive high school student hospitalized after being attacked, the bigot accused of the crime, and the only witness, a classmate with Down Syndrome, reveal how the assault has changed their lives as they tell of its aftermath.
8) The 57 bus
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
While serving in Afghanistan, Ben writes about incidents from his senior year in a small-town Wisconsin high school, when a neighbor he was trying to help out becomes the victim of an apparent hate crime and Ben falls under suspicion.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Noura Alwan's family is granted asylum in the United States, after spending two years in a Turkish refugee camp, having fled war-torn Aleppo. They land in Tampa, Florida, on January 30, 2017, just days after the president restricted entry into the US from nations with a Muslim majority population. Twelve-year-old Jordyn Johnson is a record-breaking swimmer, but hasn't swam well since her mom had a miscarriage during one of her meets....
12) Ripped away
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ignored yet again by his crush, Abe Pearlman wanders into Fortunes and Futures for a little diversion. The fortune teller reveals that Abe may be able to save someone's life. But before he can ask any questions, he's swept to the slums of Victorian London, where he finds that his crush, Mitzy Singer, has also been banished. Abe and Mitzy soon discover that they've been plunked down in the middle of the Jack the Ripper spree. To get back home, they'll...
13) Draw the line
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A teen boy survives a hate crime against another gay student through his art"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.
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