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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village 13-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know that they need to bring their mother back in order to save their sister's life. Bravely, secretly, they set off on the long journey to the big city to find Mma.It isn't until they finally reach Jo'burg that they see up close what life is like for black citizens...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Mmutla the hare is a mischievous trickster, but when Tswhene the baboon is vowing to throw him off a cliff, he needs all of the tricks he can think of. These tales of Mmutla, the clever hare, are the African origins of America's stories of Brer Rabbit.
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