Kimberly Willis Holt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class an assignment--learning the art of letter writing. Luckily, Tate has the perfect pen pal in mind: Hank Williams, a country music singer whose star has just begun to rise. Tate and her great aunt and uncle listen to him on the radio every Saturday night, and Tate just knows that she and Hank are kindred spirits.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Decades after Toby's life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby's daughter Rylee is at a crossroads--her best friend, Twig, has started pushing her away just as Joe, a kid from New York, settles into their small town. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee's father almost thirty years later. But while they are on their sleuthing adventure, Rylee learns the real reason why...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.