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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The summer after his absentee father is killed in a random shooting, Paul volunteers at a Harlem soup kitchen where he listens to lessons about "the social contract" from an elderly African American man, and mentors a seventeen-year-old unwed mother who wants to make it to college on a basketball scholarship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bo's grandfather asks him to mail an important letter. But when Bo forgets to mail it, he lies to his grandfather. Follow along as Bo learns the importance of telling the truth.
Bo’s life is always buzzing. And not just because he lives upstairs from The Buzz, a barbershop. Young readers will love following Bo’s daily life and adventures in these early chapter books.
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5) Recruited
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing, but then NCAA officials accuse Teller's staff of illegally recruiting top talent. Will Kadeem decide to help their investigation, even though it means the end of the good times? What will it do to his chances of playing college football?
7) Candy shop
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a boy and his aunt find that a bigot has written hurtful words on the sidewalk just outside the candy shop owned by "Miz Chu", a new immigrant from Taiwan, they set out to comfort her.
8) Shoebox Sam
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On Saturdays, Delia and Jesse help Shoebox Sam, who teaches them about charity and love by not only repairing shoes for paying customers, but also giving poor and homeless people the dignity--and footwear--they need.
10) Red shoes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
11) End zone
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Co-captains Tiki and Ronde Barber lead their junior high teammates to the Virginia state football championship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In late 1862, young James of Murfreesboro is a proud Southerner who takes on the responsibility of providing for his newly widowed mother and younger sister by working for his neighbor alongside the field slave Eli--an experience that calls into question many of his cherished beliefs about slavery and the War.
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