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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Azaleah Lane volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Azaleah loved her class field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C, and is looking forward to earning extra credit by building a diorama of a tiger in his natural habitat for extra credit--but before she can even begin her task she has to solve the mystery of her younger sister's favorite missing stuffed animal because her parents and older sister are too busy and Tiana is ready to throw a tantrum.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This first book in the Brown Baby Parade series celebrates Black and brown babies and delivers a universal message of love, letting all babies know that they are cherished from head to toe. Love is in the bathroom when Daddy combs my hair. He picks out my Afro and clips in bows with care. Love is in the kitchen. We all sit down to eat waffles, milk, and sausage, and yummy syrup sweet. A little girl observes the ways that love is shown and shared throughout...
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