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College freshman Victoria Parker is moving on with her life after surviving her father’s sexual abuse and six months of foster care. She’s navigating the adult sphere for the first time and balancing old friendships with new adventures. But when Victoria’s long-lost aunt shows up, asking Victoria to lie about her father’s assault so he’ll get a lighter sentence, Victoria’s fractured past collides with campus politics as she figures out whether and how to share her truth as a survivor.
When seventeen-year-old Victoria Parker is suddenly placed into foster care, she struggles to find words for the abuse that upended her life. So she determines to keep her head down, follow her oppressive foster mother's rules, and focus on finishing high school. But when she discovers that her stepsister may be suffering the same abuse, Victoria realizes that no matter how hard she tries to move forward, the past isn't going to leave her alone.
Racial bias, particularly implicit racial bias, is an insidious harm affecting people of color in virtually every area of life. This book examines the factors that give rise to implicit racial bias, the damage it causes, whether we can change, and what we can do.
The United States has a long history of racial violence, and many minority groups have been impacted. This book discusses the racial violence inflicted upon Black people, Native women, and Asians in the United States, and how these groups are fighting back against racism.
Blaming herself for the accident leading to her mother's opioid addiction, thirteen-year-old Sage hopes to fix what's gone wrong by visiting her estranged grandparents, where she learns about the complexity of family relationships, the value of forgiveness, and how to find her way forward with resilience and hope.
People experience mental health crises for a multitude of reasons. This book explores what people can do to help others get through such a crisisÑincluding coming up with a crisis plan, offering resources to get professional help, and simply reaching out to those in need.
In 2022 the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope revealed stunning images of galaxies forming not long after the universe formed. That fabulous instrument is only the latest in a long list of manned and unmanned spacecraft that have unveiled knowledge of our Solar System, planets orbiting other stars, giant black holes devouring all in their path, and other celestial wonders.
Most of us spend a good deal of our lives reading for information. Your students will too. Fifty two-page lessons in each workbook (a one-page article and a one-page follow-up worksheet). No instructor prep time; includes answer keys. Topics Include: Warrior Bees, Female Pirates; Ancient Inventions; Life in the Olden Days, Annie Oakley, and more...
Two teenagers. Two very bumpy roads taken that lead to Heartland Academy. Justin's summer took a quick turn for the worse. His parents' divorce put Justin on rocky mental ground, and after a handful of Tylenol lands him in the hospital, he has really hit rock bottom. Emmy never felt like part of her family. She was adopted from China. After a scandalous photo of Emmy leads to vicious rumours around school, she threatens the boy who started it all on Facebook. Justin and Emmy arrive at Heartlan
Engineering challenges abound in the twenty-first century. Engineers, scientists, and others are searching for—and often finding—ways to improve life for people around the world. Some are working on providing global access to clean water while others are developing fusion energy or reverse-engineering the brain. These and other topics are examined in the Real-World STEM series. All books in the series discuss what exists now, some of the biggest challenges, and some of the most fascinating solut