| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-322). |
| Summary |
Comprised of vignettes, essays, and poems, fifty contributors discuss why voting matters, why does your vote count, why you should get involed with politics at school and your community and encourages teens to think about what democracy means. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Norman Lear -- Introduction / America Ferrara -- Contributors: Maya Angelou -- Tyra Banks -- Bonnie Bernstein -- Ryan J. Bingham -- Meg Cabot -- Nick Cannon -- Sasha Cohen -- Lauren Conrad -- Chris Crutcher -- Rosario Dawson -- Chris DeWolfe & Tom Anderson -- Kat DeLuna -- Robert Ben Garant -- Anastasia Goodstein -- Adrian Grenier -- Hill Harper -- Rachel Harris -- Molly Ivins -- Mike James -- Martin Kaplan -- Sean Kingston -- James Kotecki -- Nicole Lapin -- Thomas Lennon -- Maroon 5 -- Courtney E. Martin -- Megan McCafferty -- Naomi Shihab Nye -- The editors of The Onion -- Hayden Panettiere -- Amy Richards -- Rob Riggle -- Mark Ritchie -- Henry Rollins -- Romeo -- Atoosa Rubenstein -- Stuart Scott -- Holly Shulman -- Peter Sis -- Amber Tamblyn -- Aaron Tang -- Aisha Tyler -- Gabrielle Union -- Sara Varon & Sheila O'Donnell -- Alice Walker -- Joan Walsh -- Marcellus Wiley -- Speak -- Connect -- Act -- Vote -- Inform yourself -- Timeline of voting rights in America -- Glossary of election-related terms -- An overview of the United States Government. |
| Subject |
Youth -- Political activity -- United States.
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Political participation -- United States.
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Political culture -- United States.
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Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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| ISBN |
9780061473326 trade bdg. |
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0061473324 trade bdg. |
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9780061473166 paperback : bdg. |
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0061473162 paperback : bdg. |
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