Jason Reynolds

Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

Adaptado del galardonado y exitoso Stamped: El racismo, el antirracismo y t͠, este libro lleva a sus lectores en un viaje ida y vuelta del presente al pasado. Los nįos descubrir̀n de d̤nde surgieron las ideas sobre racismo, identificar̀n c̤mo afectan a Estados Unidos hoy en d̕a y conocer̀n a quienes han combatido el racismo con antirracismo. A lo largo del camino aprender̀n a identificar y erradicar de su vida los pensamientos racistas.

"Patina Jones es la niña más rápida en el equipo de los Defensores. Y eso tiene lógica. Ella tiene muchos motivos para correr: por las niñas de la nueva escuela lujosa a la que asiste ahora, para mostrarles quienes la provocan que ella un día será alguien. Por sus compañeros novatos en los Defensores -Fantasma, Sunny y Lu-, para que se sientan orgullosos de ella. Corre por su hermanita, Maddy, que cuenta con que Patty le enseñe...

Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons, all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems,...

"Paul Robeson was destined for greatness. The son of an ex-slave who upon his college graduation ranked first in his class, Robeson was proclaimed the future "leader of the colored race in America." Although a graduate of Columbia Law School, he abandoned his law career (and the racism he encountered there) and began a hugely successful career as an internationally celebrated actor and singer. The predictions seemed to have been correct--Paul Robeson's...

A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....

"An anthology featuring award-winning diverse authors about diverse characters. Short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play explore such topics as gentrification, acceptance, untimely death, coming out, and poverty, and range in genre from contemporary realistic fiction to adventure and romance"--

A collection of essays and original stories by some of today's most influential young adult authors that speaks directly to teens on how to find hope and comfort in today's turbulent society.