Clash!

Clash!By: Hazel Rose Markus, Alana Conner If you fear that cultural, political, and class differences are tearing America apart, read this important book. Jonathan Haidt, Ph. D., author of The Righteous Mind Who will rule in the twenty first century: allegedly more disciplined Asians, or allegedly more creative Westerners? Can women rocket up the corporate ladder without knocking off the men? How can poor kids get ahead when schools favor the rich? As our

the subjects of these powerful short stories — written by ten outstanding young adult authors — meet every day with wit

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and the devastating truths of Ethan Ford's history shatter the small-town peace of Monroe

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But the competition takes a dark turn when racers begin to drop out in a series of violent accidents: a mugging that ends in an ankle being crushed

celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback

narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year—the year 1290

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