Deborah Ellis
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
For two years, Ellis traveled across the United States and Canada interviewing Native children. The result is a compelling collection of interviews with children aged nine to eighteen. They come from all over the continent, from Iqaluit to Texas, Haida Gwaai to North Carolina, and their stories run the gamut; some heartbreaking; many others full of pride and hope.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since its publication in 2000, hundreds of thousands of children all over the world have read and loved The Breadwinner. By reading the story of eleven-year-old Parvana and her struggles living under the terror of the Taliban, young readers came to know the plight of children in Afghanistan. But what has happened to Afghanistan's children since the fall of the Taliban in 2001? In 2011, Deborah Ellis went to Kabul to find out. She interviewed children...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides interviews with twenty-three young Iraqi children who have moved away from their homeland and tells of their fears, challenges, and struggles to rebuild their lives in foreign lands as refugees of war.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted the children of soldiers--men and women who have been called away from their families to fight in a faraway war. In their own words, some of these children describe how their experience has marked and shaped their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Presents interviews with students who have been bullied, as they describe their experiences with peers, parents, teachers, and school administrators, along with advice on the best methods that can be used to stop bullying behavior.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Henri has been living within abbey walls all his life, first in th ecare of nuns, then a schoirboy and scribe. When Micah arrives, his voice and presence bring a fresh breeze in to dead places. Together, both must learn to live through difficult times.
Pub. Date
+2019.
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Leon found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home. Kate, charged with petty theft and assault, finally found a counselor who treated her like a person for the first time. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen and now wears a Native Rights hat to remind him of his strong Métis heritage. The kids in this book-- all involved in the criminal justice system-- represent a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations and...