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c2021.
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With a highly rated insurgency Alert Desk that surveils and harasses his neighborhood in the name of anti-terrorism, Copeland Cane V, entrapped in a reality that chews up his past and obscures his future, finds himself caught in the flood of history after a protest rally against police violence.
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Politicians have brought the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males. Working-class men dream of burying the elites. Professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. Into this dyspeptic time, a blue-black book is launched carrying such wisdom as: Imagine there's no God; there is no Heaven or Hell; there is only your son and his son and his son and the world...
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2021.
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When Farah Patel realizes that the butterflies have disappeared from her neighborhood, she discovers that it's likely because there aren't enough flowers to attract them. She can't help but think, "This isn't right." Luckily enough, Grove Hills is looking for ideas on what to do with the empty lot next door. And Farah has the perfect one -- make it into a community garden to bring back a little green to their block! But when Farah finds out that she...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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A little girl carries a big message - and finds it thrillingly amplified by the rallying crowd around her - in an empowering story for the youngest of activists. Mari raised her sign for everyone to see. Even though she was small, and the crowd was very big, and she didn't think anyone would hear, she yelled out. Mari is getting ready to make a sign with crayon as the streets below her fill up with people. What are we making, Mama?" she asks. A message...
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2023.
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"In this spiky and hilarious 21st century reboot of the iconic film Taxi Driver, a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity and a living wage . . . until she decides she's done waiting. Damani is tired. Her father just passed away and now she lives paycheck to paycheck in the basement of her parents' old house, caring for her mom, and driving for an app to (not even) pay the bills. Protests are all the rage--everybody's...
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