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Prejudices

A Perfect Snow

Nora Martin

Seventeen-year-old Ben must deal with a violent white-supremacy hate group in his small Montana town because his father and his friends are involved with it.

What Happened to Lani Garver

Carol Plum-Ucci

Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism un

The Return

Sonia Levitin

Desta and the other members of her Falasha family, Jews suffering from discrimination in Ethiopia, finally flee the country and attempt the dangerous journey to Israel.

The Land

Mildred D. Taylor

After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.

Skinhead

Jay Bennett

A plea from a dying man he has never seen before involves nineteen-year-old Jonathan in a life-and-death struggle with white-supremacist skinheads.

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The Cay

Theodore Taylor

A young white boy recently blinded acquires new vision and courage when stranded with an old black man.

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Working Together Against Hate Groups

Rose Blue

Documented facts and statistics about hate groups, how to keep from joining them, and how to put a stop to them.

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Hate Crimes

Laura D'Angelo

Discusses the increasing incidence of crimes that are motivated by bias against another person or group, examining the causes and occurrences of such hate crimes and the psychology of those who commit

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Prejudice

Daphne Muse

An anthology of short stories featuring young people of different backgrounds who experience prejudice.

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Racial Prejudice

Elaine Pascoe

Discusses the causes and history of prejudice against minority groups in the United States, reviewing the damaging effects of prejudice and suggesting ways to eliminate it.

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