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Amy Reed
Amy Reed is an author of young adult novels in the United States. Her book ''Nowhere Girls'' has been challenged in some school districts. It is a fictionalized account of a group of girls facing sexual pressures from boys. It is a response to events drawn from media reports of a point scoring system a group of boys adopted for having penetrative sex and the ramifications of the competition. It was removed from public school libraries in Martin County, Florida. Also in Florida, the group Moms for Liberty included the book on a list of those it sought to have removed from public schools in Florida. Kirkus Reviews described the book as "highly nuanced and self-reflective narrative that captures rape culture’s ubiquitous harm without swerving into didactic, one-size-fits-all solutions or relying on false notions of homogenous young womanhood." Flagler County's public school system voted to keep the book on school bookshelves. The book was also challenged in Escambia County, Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin County, Florida
Martin County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state, state of Florida, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 158,431. Its county seat is Stuart, Florida, Stuart. Martin County is in the Port St. Lucie metropolitan area, Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Martin County was created in 1925 with the northern portion coming from St. Lucie County, Florida, St. Lucie County and southern portion coming from Palm Beach County, Florida, Palm Beach County. It was named for John W. Martin, Governor of Florida from 1925 to 1929. When the county was created, the western contour followed the shore of Lake Okeechobee, as did the borders of Glades County, Florida, Glades, Okeechobee County, Florida, Okeechobee, and Hendry County, Florida, Hendry counties. Palm Beach County had historically claimed all of the surface of the lake as part of its area, to its benefit for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus. The magazine's publisher, Kirkus Media, is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month, previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. In 1932, the department was eliminated as an economic measure. However, within a year, Louise Raymond, the secretary Kirkus hired, had the department running again. Kirkus, however, had left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escambia County, Florida
Escambia County is the westernmost and oldest County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 321,905. The county seat and largest city is Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola. Escambia County is included within the Pensacola metropolitan area, Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county population has steadily increased as the City of Pensacola and its surrounding bedroom communities continue to grow with residential and commercial development. The county is part of the Florida panhandle, Northwest Florida region of the state. History The area had been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples of varying cultures. Historic Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indian tribes at the time of European-American settlement were the Pensacola people, Pensacola and Muscogee (Creek), Muscogee, known among the English as the Creek. Escambia County had been part of Spanish colonial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northview High School (Century, Florida)
Northview High School is a high school located in Century, Florida, USA. It is listed as a 1A school and has been serving North Escambia County, Florida since 1996. Student enrollment averages between 500 and 600 students. Northview High School has had only two principals, Ms. Gayl Weaver and Mr. Michael Sherril. History During the 1990s, the Escambia County School District merged two existing 1A high schools (Century High School and Ernest Ward High School) in northern Escambia County into one school. Construction was started on Northview in 1994 and finished in 1994. In 1993, incoming high school and middle school students from Carver Middle School and Ernest Ward Middle School were asked to cast a ballot for their new school's mascot. The mascot selected was a Chief and the colors were garnet and gold. The colors were chosen as a homage to the Florida State Seminoles, as the school's football helmets are embellished with a spear, as well as the color scheme selected by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Stories, Our Voices
''Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America'' is a 2018 short story, non-fiction anthology edited by American author Amy Reed. The essays, which used the election of former president Donald Trump as a prompt, discuss topics such as abuse, coming-of-age, feminism, racism, sexual assault, social justice, and violence, often through "the lens of race, gender bias, and Islamophobia". Contents * "My Immigrant American Dream" by Sandhya Menon * "Her Hair Was Not of Gold" by Anna-Marie McLemore * "Finding My Feminism" by Amy Reed * "Unexpected Pursuits: Embracing My Indigeneity & Creativity" by Christine Day * "Chilled Monkey Brains" by Sona Charaipotra * "Roar" by Jay Robin Brown * "Easter Offering" by Brandy Colbert * 'Trumps and Trunchbulls" by Alexandra Duncan * "Tiny Battles" by Maurene Goo * "These Words Are Mine" by Stephanie Kuehnert * "Fat and Loud" by Julie Murphy * 'Myth Making: In the Wake of Hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
