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Explore Societal Forces

Get students looking at the world around them and thinking about the impact economic and societal forces have on the well-being of individuals and communities.
By: National Education Association
Published: July 15, 2022

Books of the month:

Books of the month:

Elementary

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Blue

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Travel the world to explore the complex history and cultural significance of the color blue.
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Middle Grade

The Last Mapmaker

The Last Mapmaker

The Last Mapmaker

by Christina Soontornvat

Twelve-year-old Sai gets the chance to chart her own destiny when Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker takes her along on an expedition to find the fabled Sunderlands.
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Young Adult

All My Rage

All My Rage

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir

Pakistani American high school seniors and best friends Salahudin and Noor struggle to see a way out of their small desert town, as Sal tries to manage his family’s motel and his alcoholic father and Noor attempts to escape her controlling uncle and a miserable job at his liquor store.
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