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Data de naixement: 1927-05-18
Data de defunció: 2015-01-20
Gènere: female
Nacionalitat: USA
Lloc de naixement: New York, New York, USA
Lloc de defunció: Pasadena, California, USA
Educació: University of Michigan
Professions: novelist
young adult writer
Relacions: Miklowitz, Julius (husband)
Biografia breu: From the Scholastic web site: Gloria D. Miklowitz is the author of over 60 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books have won national and international awards and deal with important issues such as racial injustice, steroid abuse, date violence and militia involvement. Three of her novels were made into award-winning television specials, including one which won the Emmy for "Best Children's Special" in 1985 (The War Between the Classes). A frequent speaker at schools, Ms. Miklowitz has also taken part in conferences in the USA, South Africa and Sweden.

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YA Story about a color war game a Name that Book (gener 2013)

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The War Between the Classes (Laurel-Leaf Con… de Gloria Miklowitz

Classic sensationalist well-intentioned '80s weirdness! For even more of this, check out Gloria D. Miklowitz's Secrets Not Meant to Be Kept.

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jollyavis | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Dec 14, 2021 |

Nadia Comaneci de Gloria D. Miklowitz

Read this one when I was a kid. I was obsessed with Nadia and gymnastics in general at the time so I really enjoyed it.

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LTSings | Jun 29, 2020 |

The War Between the Classes.

Emiko is an American teenager of Japanese heritage. She is torn between wanting to be like any other American teenager and living up to her parents' expectations and cultural standards. Often she reflects on cultural prejudice and discrimination. When she and her boyfriend take part in a project at school, these relfections gain a new dimension. In the "Colour Game," each student is assigned a colour, representing different classes in a made-up society. The strict culture of bowing and intimidation in this society soon makes the students realise how grouping processes in a society work, why people feel intimidated or superior just by being a member of a specific class and how predjudice influences people's behaviour.

The intention of the book may be noble, I however feel like it is far too obvious. Everything one could learn and deduce from the characters' experiences is stated somewhere in the novel so that there is barely any chance to read the novel actively, think about it. Everything is spelled out for you to just read. That makes the message far too obvious and takes away the fun of reading.… (més)

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Lilya05 | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Aug 12, 2017 |

The Enemy Has a Face de Gloria D. Miklowitz

Netta, an Israeli, is troubled when her brother doesn't come home. The family had moved to Los Angeles, and had brought their knowledge of the terror of Palestinian/Israeli conflict with them, and it affected how they saw things. A Palestinian boy, who reminds her of suicide bombers, sits down, and she suddenly suspects him in her brother's disappearance. In the end of the book, Netta and her parents find out that Adam was NOT killed because he was Jewish or from Israeal. The Palestinians had nothing to do with his death.… (més)

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JRlibrary | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jul 6, 2010 |

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