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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Shopkeepers, gardeners, families, and police officers: these are just a few of the people who live and work in an urban community. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community through this engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a look at all aspects of the urban community, including what it's like to grow up in a city, who makes sure the city is safe, and places...
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Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 1998 Anthony Leeds Prize, Society for Urban Anthropology" Steven Gregory is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies at New York University.
In Black Corona, Steven Gregory examines political culture and activism in an African-American neighborhood in New York City. Using historical and ethnographic research, he challenges the view that black urban communities are "socially disorganized." Gregory demonstrates instead...
Author
Series
Geological Survey water-supply paper volume no. 2000
Publisher
United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A city is an exciting place to live. It has tall buildings, many people, and a variety of ways to get from place to place. Readers learn what life is like in an urban community, and, in doing so, they explore important early social studies curriculum topics. Accessible, relatable text closely corresponds to vibrant photographs to help readers develop comprehension skills. A picture glossary is also included to aid in vocabulary building. Readers will...
10) Living in a city
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Series
Publisher
/Capstone Press/Pebble Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Compton, California, ten black riders on horseback cut an unusual profile, their cowboy hats tilted against the hot Los Angeles sun. They are the Compton Cowboys, their small ranch one of the very last in a formerly semirural area of the city that has been home to African-American horse riders for decades. To most people, Compton is known only as the home of rap greats NWA and Kendrick Lamar, hyped in the media for its seemingly intractable gang...
14) Cash money
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Language
English
Description
When it comes to Cash Money, it’s not always about the moolah. In this realistic street novel, it’s about two brothers, Cashmere aka Cash, and Armani aka Money, and their quest on how they get to the moolah. Growing up in the gang infested PJs in Macon, Georgia, has never been an easy task for two young black males trying to survive. These two, however, find a way to rise above it all after taking advantage of an opportunity that presents itself...
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Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Women are leading the new farming revolution in America. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and connect with our agricultural past is being driven by women. They raise sheep for wool, harvest honey from their beehives, grow food for their families and sell their goods at farmers' markets. What does a woman who wants to work the land need to do to follow her dream? First, she needs this book. It may seem strange to suggest...