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Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn’t
by Sarah Albee (Author) and Chris Hsu (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: How did math work before zero existed? This nonfiction book unpacks a fascinating history of a number we can’t imagine our current world without.
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We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
by Mia Wenjen (Author) and Victor Bizar Gómez (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Music is a way to transcend cultures and divides. Simon Tam used his band’s name, The Slants®, to make a powerful statement that racist insults could no longer be hurtful to Asian Americans. But then the U.S. Trade and Patent Office tries to stop him. In his eight-year battle to win trademark protection, Simon would go all the way to the Supreme Court in a landmark case to rout out structural racism in our government systems.
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