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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
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"Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
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The year is 195. Fourteen-year-old Alex is rebellious by nature and scarred by childhood tragedy in the southern community of Evening Shade. An outcast in his own family, mute at an early age, Alex expresses himself by writing imaginative stories and by concieving daredevil stunts. In the aftermath of one of his stunts he being cared for by a nurse who is murdered and Alex seeks revenge on the man responsible for her murder.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Una novela que desafía a los lectores a reflexionar sobre sus propias creencias y prejuicios racistas. Según la crítica, esta es la novela más importante de una de las autoras best seller más comprometida del momento. Jodi Picoult es única moviendo conciencias y haciendo reflexionar al lector sobre temas polémicos, como el racismo en Estados Unidos. Ruth Jefferson es enfermera en la sala de partos de un hospital de Connecticut, una profesional...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
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Description
When her reluctance to treat the newborn of a white supremacist couple results in the child's death, a black nurse is placed on trial and is aided by a white public defender who urges her not to bring up race in the courtroom.
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