Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.

Offers an in-depth examination of gender as presented in Lorraine Hansberry's A raisin in the sun, as well as contemporary perspectives on this issue.

Introduces the physical characteristics of the sun, describes its importance to life on Earth, and discusses how humans study the star.

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson: “We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”-- Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino :From award-winning author Alex Gino comes a groundbreaking novel for children about how important the past can be those trying to create a different future.-- We Are Okay Nina LaCour: You go through life thinking there’s so much...

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Works included represent a wide range of circumstances in which individuals experience prejudice in American, British and world literature. The discussion goes well beyond race, religion, and gender into ethnicity, social status, mental and physical health, and personal beliefs and behaviors.