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I Witness Mall of America volume 1
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 5
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 2
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 3
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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I Witness Mall of America volume 4
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In the middle of the ultimate consumer country, what's it like to live in a virtual city, the giant behemoth known as the Mall of America? What happens when you take 120 young, impressionable high school students and drop them right into the heart of this?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Determined to find his nineteen-year-old uncle and best friend, Jesse, who left for Colorado to find enough gold to pay the mortgage and save the family's Iowa farm, twelve-year-old Early Whittcomb joins up with a barber, his wife, and his daughter on a wagon train heading for the gold fields near Pike's Peak in 1858.
8) Cyber Wars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Information and disinformation can be powerful weapons. In the internet age, nations and nonstate actors seek to accomplish foreign policy goals using cyberspace. Cyber Wars traces the outcomes of these efforts through eyewitness accounts, background information about conflicts, and question prompts that encourage critical thinking about the ways that technology affects world events.
9) Drug Wars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
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The violence that surrounds drug dealing and drug trafficking has decimated whole communities, and, in some cases, reshaped daily life in entire countries. This volume takes a closer look at the people affected by the drug trade and the efforts being made to combat it. The book includes firsthand stories, critical thinking questions, and a summative activity, all with the aim of showing the human toll of the drug economy.
10) The Iraq War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Over the course of nearly eight years, the Iraq War claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. This volume traces the entire conflict from Saddam Hussein's rise to power, decades before the war started, to the war's lingering effects today. The book includes primary source accounts describing what it's like to live through unimaginable violence and encourages readers to consider the information presented to form opinions of their own.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
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The Syrian Civil War has led to one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in the world today. For young people living thousands of miles away, it can be difficult to understand the situation and the toll the violence has taken. Through firsthand accounts, thought-provoking questions, and a concluding activity, this volume provides a relatable and engaging look at a conflict that is poised to shape our world for years to come.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Today, war is often waged not against other countries, but against terrorist groups that change, reorganize, and fight using guerilla tactics. ISIS is no exception, and the terrorist organization's evolution is often unpredictable and always unsettling. This volume paints a detailed picture of the forces combatting ISIS and explains the history of the fight while emphasizing the people who have experienced the senseless violence ISIS has wrought.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Understanding the war in Afghanistan is a critical component of understanding today's geopolitical climate. Yet facts and figures alone aren't able to capture the experiences of the men, women, and children who lived through the war. Through firsthand accounts, historical context, and critical thinking questions, this volume presents a human perspective on a war that continues to influence foreign policy today.
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Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested her and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, she spent weeks in a detention...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so...
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As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends were murdered and shot. Her journey through poverty, terrorism, and other forms of injustice has enabled her to be a voice for those unable to share their...
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, he became the founding president of his high school's Black Student Union, where he advocated for more Black male teachers and for bringing social justice into the school curriculum. He now fights to ensure that all students, no matter their background, have access to equitable schools where...
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