Peggy J Parks
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English
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Author Peggy J. Parks tackles a crucial reality of being a teenager, depression. She offers young readers and researchers a means of understanding depression and its ramifications. Readers will be given essential insight into what causes depression, how people live with it, and the latest information about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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English
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As Earth's population has continued to grow, reaching 7 billion people in 2011, much of the planet's available fresh water has become polluted, making it unfit for drinking, cooking, or bathing, and contributing to deadly maladies known as waterborne illnesses. This book will provide an overview of waterborne illnesses and explain the magnitude of the problem. Individual chapters focus on defining and explaining waterborne illnesses, such as Cholera,...
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[2019]
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English
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"People of color must endure racial discrimination even as others may be blind to it. There is a lot of statistical data showing American institutions treat citizens very differently based on race. Many individuals believe this widespread racial discrimination occurs in numerous ways, from racial profiling and police brutality against black citizens to public examples of racism against people of color. Yet the prevalence of racial discrimination is...
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ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Black Lives Matter was born in July 2013 after a jury exonerated the killer of an unarmed black youth named Trayvon Martin. Since that time it has become known as a formidable, often controversial, civil rights movement that seeks equality and fair treatment of black citizens by law enforcement and by society as a whole.
This book explores the Black Lives Matter movement that was launched in 2013 to address civil rights issues against African American...
8) Aliens
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KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
10) Monsoons
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KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
11) Bipolar disorder
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ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Provides information about bipolar disorder, including its causes, its effects, and how it can be overcome.
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ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Sex discrimination (also known as gender discrimination) involves treating employees unequally and/or unfavorably because of their gender. Although men as well as women may encounter sex discrimination, it affects women far more often than men. Sex Discrimination examines what this discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination." --
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ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"When someone disapproves of individuals or groups solely because of their religion, the person is said to be prejudiced or bigoted. Although not everyone acts on such feelings, bigotry is at the root of religious discrimination. Choosing not to live in the same neighborhood as Jewish families, refusing to rent an apartment or sell a home to Muslims, or telling a young man of the Sikhism religion that he cannot wear his turban in school or at work,...
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ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"Although sexual harassment has been a known problem for a very long time, the prevalence was mostly based on educated guesses, rather than actual research. But #MeToo helped change that, serving as a catalyst for more groups to start collecting information. Along with the fear of losing their jobs, the likelihood of co-worker retaliation often stops people from reporting sexual harassment"--
19) Hurricanes
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KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English