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"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best...

"Two girls-one Hmong American and one Black-stand together in solidarity with their communities to protest systemic racism and injustice"--

"En 2014, tras liderar las mayores manifestaciones de protesta en la historia de Venezuela contra el régimen de Nicolas Maduro, el joven político Leopoldo López se vio enfrentado a la decisión más difícil de su vida: o abandonaba su país y seguía la lucha desde el extranjero, o permanecía en Caracas hasta que lo detuvieran. Debía elegir entre la libertad, o la cárcel. Decidió sacrificar su vida familiar y confortable --y entregarse. Al...

"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out"--

"Being a new mom is murder. Alice didn't think her maternity leave would involve so much, well, murder. Before becoming proud new moms, she and her friends bonded more than members of a prenatal group usually would, as they became accidental amateur sleuths and solved a crime together. Now, with all this behind them and Alice's son Jack somehow already a year old, Alice is keen to finally catch up on some sleep. So when an opportunity presents itself...

"After her home burns down, Julianna moves to a new town to start over, but learns that the boy who started the fire goes to her new school"--

"Twelve-year old Essie believes that Black people should be allowed to vote, and she's willing to march for that right. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, Essie puts on her best dress to join protesters as they plan to visit the governor in Montgomery, Alabama. But as the 600 marchers approach the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, they are stopped by angry state troopers who will do whatever it takes to stop the peaceful protesters."

"En este nuevo libro de la serie popular Confetti Kids, Lily y sus amigos organizan una protesta para evitar que el huerto comunitario sea demolido. Lily y sus amigos reciben la noticia de que su querido huerto comunitario se va a convertir en un estacionamiento. Organizan una protesta, avisando a amigos, vecinos y reporteros para que los ayuden a salvar el huerto. ¿Dará resultado su protesta?" -- Adapted from back cover. "Lily and her friends...

"Lily and her friends organize a protest in order to save their neighborhood public garden from being demolished"--

"Two teenagers come of age against the backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests"--