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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest congresswoman in America. How did this young Puertoriquena become an unstoppable force in politics? Find out in this accessible and engaging picture book aimed at young readers. AOC's remarkable story begins in her childhood Bronx home and comes full circle the moment AOC became America's youngest Congresswoman. Ocasio-Cortez's journey reminds us that everyone, regardless of their age, race, creed,...
9) Deb Haaland
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English
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Deb Haaland, the first confirmed Native American Cabinet secretary, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities."--
10) March: Book one
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March volume 1
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English
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Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. Now, his own comics...
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xviii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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"Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a celebration of AOC, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress and its newest superstar"--
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204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Español
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"Una celebración de AOC, la mujer más joven en servir en el Congreso y su nueva superestrella. No hace mucho, nadie podía imaginarse que una latina de veintiocho años se postulase para el Congreso en representación de Queens y el Bronx: era necesario enfrentarse a la maquinaria política de la ciudad, casi exclusivamente blanca y exclusivamente masculina. Pero desde que Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apareció en la escena con toda su gloria, tweets...
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132 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 21 cm
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English
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A celebratory biography of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (aka "AOC"), the youngest congresswoman in United States history, detailing not only her life but the movement she has energized.
Born in the Bronx and raised in the suburbs of Westchester County, New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez witnessed firsthand how a person's zip code can shape their destiny. That early exposure to income inequality fueled a passion for change that, in turn, led her to take...
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xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers' son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.
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499 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Español
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"En No he dejado de soñar, la biografía franca, inspiradora y graciosísima de uno de los más intrépido líderes políticos del los Estados Unidos, Luis Gutiérrez hace recuento de una vida transcurrida entre dos mundos: norteamericano para Puerto Rico. Adorado pos los inmigrantes y trabajadores por cuyos derechos tanto ha luchado, Luis Gutiérrez es un testamento vivo de lo que una person puede lograr cuando se propone una meta, por muy alta...
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xv, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life - and his family's - as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation's Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. A moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding...
20) March: Book two
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English
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"After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before."--page 3 of cover.
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