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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 22
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Examines the fast-food industry and the changes it has made in American eating patterns while presenting a look at the modern meat-packing industry.
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here [the author] makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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"Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be "normal," to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind--like survival....
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