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Author | : Marc Aronson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2017-04-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781536406962 |
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Traces the panoramic story of the sweet substance and its important role in shaping world history.
Author | : Marc Aronson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780618574926 |
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Traces the panoramic story of the sweet substance and its important role in shaping world history.
Author | : Marc Aronson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Liberty |
ISBN | : 9781451748864 |
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Sugar has left a bloody trail through human history. Cane--not cotton or tobacco--drove the bloody Atlantic slave trade and took the lives of countless Africans who toiled on vast sugar plantations under cruel overseers. And yet the very popularity of sugar gave abolitionists in England the one tool that could finally end the slave trade. This book traces the history of sugar from its origins in New Guinea around 7000 B.C. to its use in the 21st century to produce ethanol.
Author | : Sidney W. Mintz |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1986-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101666641 |
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A fascinating persuasive history of how sugar has shaped the world, from European colonies to our modern diets In this eye-opening study, Sidney Mintz shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and industry. He discusses the production and consumption of sugar, and reveals how closely interwoven are sugar's origins as a "slave" crop grown in Europe's tropical colonies with is use first as an extravagant luxury for the aristocracy, then as a staple of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. Finally, he considers how sugar has altered work patterns, eating habits, and our diet in modern times. "Like sugar, Mintz is persuasive, and his detailed history is a real treat." -San Francisco Chronicle
Author | : Marina Budhos |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2010-05-04 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1442406100 |
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Jaya is from Trinidad, Maria is from Mexico, and Lola is from Slovakia. The girls couldn’t be more different, except for two things: They’re all the daughters of maids and nannies in their prosperous suburban town of Meadowbrook, and they all long to fit in and succeed among their more privileged peers. But when Jaya’s mother is accused of stealing some valuable jewelry from her employer, the seemingly liberal town of Meadowbrook becomes a place of ugly tensions and racism, and the girls’ friendship threatens to buckle under the strain. Once again, Marina Budhos has written a thoughtful and ambitious novel about class and the cultural differences that can both divide and unite.
Author | : Marc Aronson |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780395848272 |
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Recounts the adventurous life of Ralegh the English explorer who led many expeditions to the new world.
Author | : Amber Lough |
Publisher | : Millbrook Press |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2020-03-03 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1541590627 |
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A dramatic page-turner that captures the devastating toll of war and the impact of women's struggles and solidarity, through the lens of a little-known slice of history. In 1917, Russia is losing the war with Germany, soldiers are deserting in droves, and food shortages on the home front are pushing people to the brink of revolution. Seventeen-year-old Katya is politically conflicted, but she wants Russia to win the war. Working at a munitions factory seems like the most she can do to serve her country—until the government begins recruiting an all-female army battalion. Inspired, Katya enlists. Training with other brave women, she finds camaraderie and a deep sense of purpose. But when the women's battalion heads to the front, Katya has to confront the horrifying realities of war. Faced with heartbreak and disillusionment, she must reevaluate her commitment and decide where she stands.
Author | : Marina Budhos |
Publisher | : Wendy Lamb Books |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0553534203 |
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An extraordinary and timely novel, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, examines what it’s like to grow up under surveillance in America. Be careful what you say and who you say it to. Anyone might be a watcher. Naeem is a Bangledeshi teenager living in Queens who thinks he can charm his way through anything. But then mistakes catch up with him. So do the cops, who offer him an impossible choice: spy on his Muslim neighbors and report back to them on shady goings-on, or face a police record. Naeem wants to be a hero—a protector. He wants his parents to be proud of him. But as time goes on, the line between informing and entrapping blurs. Is he saving or betraying his community? Inspired by actual surveillance practices in New York City and elsewhere, Marina Budhos’s extraordinary and timely novel examines what it’s like to grow up with Big Brother always watching. Naeem’s riveting story is as vivid and involving as today’s headlines. Walter Dean Myers Award Honor Book, We Need Diverse Books Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book YALSA Best YA Fiction for Young Adults “A fast-moving, gripping tale.” —SLJ, Starred
Author | : Rudolfo Anaya |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-06-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780826341150 |
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Professor Rosa Medina, a folklorist researching the ChupaCabra, goes to Mexico to track down recent sightings of the creature which kills its victims, particularly goats, by sucking their brains out.
Author | : Rick Bowers |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2010-01-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1426307365 |
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The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of the most momentous periods in American history. Author Rick Bowers has combed through primary-source materials and interviewed surviving activists named in once-secret files, as well as the writings and oral histories of Mississippi civil rights leaders. Readers get first-hand accounts of how neighbors spied on neighbors, teachers spied on students, ministers spied on church-goers, and spies even spied on spies. The Spies of Mississippi will inspire readers with the stories of the brave citizens who overcame the forces of white supremacy to usher in a new era of hope and freedom—an age that has recently culminated in the election of Barack Obama