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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While his mother and father help a family of African refugees, Jared learns that the people he counts on for doing good deeds are not always praiseworthy and is faced with a decision which may have implications for all.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"In the sequel to Ways of Dying, Toloki, the professional mourner, comes to America and settles down in Athens, Ohio, where he meets an angry young man, falls in love with the man's sister, and becomes involved with a local quilting group, which provides a gateway to the past and the story of two escaped slaves seeking freedom in Ohio."--NoveList website viewed October 11, 2007.
Author
Series
Sadiq volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sadiq's third grade class decides that they want a classroom pet, and their teacher, Ms. Battersby, is OK with the idea, so the students form a club to decide what kind of pet to get, and to research how to take care of it"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Sadiq volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Even though it is summer Sadiq goes to religious school four days a week to study the Quran; he and his friends find their teacher, Mr. Kassim, strict and intimidating, but when Sadiq finds out that Mr. Kassim has a injured shoulder he decides to volunteer to help with the gardening--and he convinces his friends to volunteer as well"--Title verso page.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Anais, who has recently emigrated from Africa to Maine with her mother and young brother, copes with acclimating herself to a new country, understanding American culture, learning English, figuring out how to fit in at school, and moving from motel to shelter and finally to a permanent apartment"--
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