True Teen Stories From Mexico

Author : Derek Miller
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635569
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Mexico written by Derek Miller and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though many Mexican states are peaceful and feature lifestyles not unlike those enjoyed by other North Americans, regions of Mexico are plagued by violence and terror. In 2016, more than twenty thousand people were killed in the country as a direct consequence of the drug wars. This volume highlights the experiences of teens who have lived through the violence. Background information sheds light on how crime, gangs, and drugs became such a pressing problem in Mexico. This book also looks forward, discussing potential solutions for achieving peace.

Author : Helen Thorpe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416538984
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Like Us written by Helen Thorpe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream.

Author : Anna Maria Johnson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635488
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Somalia written by Anna Maria Johnson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical and economic circumstances of Somalia have left its population vulnerable to the terrorist group al-Shabaab, sometimes as victims, sometimes as perpetrators, and sometimes as both. Using primary sources, this book shares stories of teens affected by Somalia's violence. Featuring stories of resilience, hope, and activism by Somalis seeking peace and stability for their nation, your readers will become inspired and informed.

Author : Kristin Thiel
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635437
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Syria written by Kristin Thiel and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2011, Syria has been embroiled in a civil war that has killed more than a quarter of a million people, and it all started with teenagers. That year, fifteen teenagers were arrested for writing antigovernment graffiti. The teens were reportedly subjected to horrific treatment. Peaceful protests calling for the young people's release turned violent when the government sent the army to break up the crowd. This compelling volume introduces readers to the country and region. It includes teens' firsthand accounts of the conflict, both displaced teens and those who have become soldiers, to paint a holistic, engaging portrait of one of today's worst human rights crises.

Author : Ashley M. Ehman
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635453
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Iraq written by Ashley M. Ehman and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educate your readers about the ongoing consequences of ISIS's presence in Iraq, by providing accounts of the situations that teenagers face there on a daily basis. This book includes background information about ISIS and the country of Iraq and its citizens, in addition to discussing the heart-wrenching effects of terrorism. This volume considers potential solutions to the problems of terrorism, empowering teens to help work toward a more peaceful and just world.

Author : Patrice Sherman
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635542
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Nigeria written by Patrice Sherman and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 2014, the Muslim extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, Nigeria. Over the next three years, some of the girls began to emerge from captivity and told their stories. They faced harrowing experiences, yet they survived. This resources includes teens' accounts of their time as prisoners and offers insight into Nigeria's problems, and the efforts of human rights activists to build a more peaceful nation.

Author : Cassandra Schumacher
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 150263550X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Afghanistan and Pakistan written by Cassandra Schumacher and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Taliban rose to power in the 1990s in Afghanistan and then in Pakistan. Taliban insurgents implement strict Islamic law, and any perceived transgressions are punished swiftly and brutally. Armed insurgents have attacked civilians and are notorious for limiting the rights of women and girls, including restricting access to education. This book tells the stories of teens who lived through the horrors of the Taliban occupation, surviving in the face of fear and resisting injustice.

Author : Derek Miller
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502635577
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Teen Stories from Mexico written by Derek Miller and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though many Mexican states are peaceful and feature lifestyles not unlike those enjoyed by other North Americans, regions of Mexico are plagued by violence and terror. In 2016, more than twenty thousand people were killed in the country as a direct consequence of the drug wars. This volume highlights the experiences of teens who have lived through the violence. Background information sheds light on how crime, gangs, and drugs became such a pressing problem in Mexico. This book also looks forward, discussing potential solutions for achieving peace.

Author : Reyna Grande
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451661789
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Distance Between Us written by Reyna Grande and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.

Author : Dan Slater
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1952534232
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wolf Boys written by Dan Slater and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, Gabriel Cardona was the poster boy American teenager: athletic, bright, handsome and charismatic. But the streets of his border town of Laredo, Texas, were poor and dangerous, and it wasn't long before Gabriel, along with some childhood friends, abandoned his promising future for the allure of the Zetas, a drug cartel with roots in the Mexican military, boosting cars and smuggling drugs. Within a few months they were to become some of the cartel's most-feared killers: Los Lobos, The Wolf Boys. Mexican-born detective Robert Garcia had worked hard all his life, struggling to raise his family in America. As violence spilled over the border into his adopted country, Detective Garcia's pursuit of the boys and their cartel leaders would place him face to face with the terrible consequences of a war he came to see as unwinnable. Through the eyes of these young boys, whose actions and lives blended teenage normalcy with monstrous barbarity, Dan Slater takes us from the Sierra Madre mountaintops to the dusty, dark alleys of small-town Texas on a harrowing, often brutal journey into the heart of the Mexican drug trade. An astonishing, immersive, non-fiction thriller informed by extraordinary research and vivid detail, Wolf Boys uncovers the dark truth about Mexico's cartels and the tragic failure of the 'war on drugs'.