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Set against the back drop of one of the worst school tragedies in American history, Out of Darkness is a brutal and gripping novel about race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.

How do living things reproduce? How do twins, triplets, and other multiple births happen? How does fertilization occur? Find out in this frank and accessible look at reproduction. Set up in a straightforward question and answer format, this informative title asks and answers questions about the basic scientific and social aspects of reproduction. Written in a conversational tone that draws readers in, 101 Questions about Reproduction is the perfect resource for biology and health classes, reference libraries, and more.

As in previous books in this critically acclaimed series, Brynie polled hundreds of high school students across the country to find out what they wanted to know most about sex and sexuality. Using an accessible question-and-answer format, Brynie helps readers discover and learn facts about the sex and sexuality. Brynie appealing and clear writing style makes learning about sex and sexuality for students easy and understandable.

When Ada Lovelace meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer, she understands the machine better than anyone else and writes the world’s first computer program in order to demonstrate its capabilities.

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As a defender for the Fraser High girls soccer team, Addie used to be ready for anything. But now the biggest threat on the field is one of her teammates . . . who is also Addie’s former best friend.

Starting as a hashtag on social media, Black Lives Matter has become one of the most significant protest movements of our time. See how its activists and demonstrators have changed the course of history.

Lewis’s dad said he had an itch he needed to scratch—a book itch. How to scratch it? He started the National Memorial African Bookstore. It became a center of black culture and a home to activists like Malcolm X.

Irene and Charles don’t know each other . . . and they’re not sure they want to. But when they’re assigned a poetry project together, they begin exploring their different experiences of race, from hair to family dinners.

Makayla’s family is about to change with her baby brother’s arrival. She goes on a mission to see how families are each unique. Readers discover how families are different and that different is great!