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1) Flygirl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly.Ida's daddy was a pilot, and when he took her flying she never wanted to come down again. But after his death, the sky is off-limits to a young black woman such as Ida. When America enters WW II, the Army forms the WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots-an Ida has a chance to join, if she's willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. She wants to fly more than anything, but Ida soon learns that denying one's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
3) Chains
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.
4) Solo
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Language
English
Description
Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his...
5) The bully
Author
Series
Bluford series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A new life. A new school. A new bully. That's what Darrell Mercer faces when he and his mother move from Philadelphia to California. After spending months living in fear, Darrell is faced with a big decision. He can either keep on running from this bully or find some way to fight back." --Amazon.
Author
Series
Promises volume 1
Language
English
Description
After losing her mother and the abandonment of her father, Promise has two goals: graduate from high school and be loved. Her pursuit of these goals will lead to life-altering events.
7) Muted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale inspired by true events traces the experiences of a talented singer who wants to escape her all-white community before catching the attention of an R&B star who gives her access to fame and luxury in exchange for unscrupulous sacrifices.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
Description
"Two hundred years after Cinderella found her prince, the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl's display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. Sophia tries to flee the ball, and finds herself hiding...
10) On the come up
Author
Series
Hate u give volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
Description
"As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral -- for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as a menace, Bri makes a choice-- and becomes the...
11) X: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies -- after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking,...
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