Behind the Book: Nigeria Jones
Ibi Zoboi is a powerhouse author, well known for her best-selling and award winning books, including American Street, Punching the Air, and The People Remember. In Nigeria Jones, Zoboi explores the challenges of growing up caught between the life your...
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Thanhhà Lại on Inside Out and Back Again and When Clouds Touch Us
Inside Out and Back Again was a National Book Award Medalist and a Newbery Honor title. Over the past twelve years it's been taught in classrooms across the country. Thanhhà Lại's latest book, When Clouds Touch Us, is a sequel...
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Behind the Book: The Monkey Trial by Anita Sanchez
Almost 100 years ago, on July 21, 1925, The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes trial also known as The Scopes Monkey Trial came to an end. The trial, as well as the accompanying media circus, challenged Americans' view...
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