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1) Akata witch
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 590L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Description
Matured a little by the experience with Ekwensu, Sunny and her friends continue their studies in the Leopard Society, which feels anticlimactic. But the lord of the lakes isn't done with Sunny, and she has to team up with both Leopards and Lambs to travel to the mythical town of Osisi for a final showdown which could destroy humanity.
3) Golden boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"A Tanzanian albino boy finds himself the ultimate outsider, hunted because of the color of his skin"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Albinism is a condition in which there's a lack of pigment in an animal's eyes, skin, scales, or feathers. This condition is genetically transmitted from parent to offspring. Albinism is found in nearly all animal species, including humans, snakes, and beetles. In this book, readers learn what causes albinism, the challenges albino animals face, and why these animals are so special. Fact boxes provide readers with supplementary information to the...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student who had a clandestine relationship with the wrong girl, and his own ill-fated romance with Daisy.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
In England in 1346 Adrian has three problems: he is small for his twelve years, he is an albino, so people are suspicious of him, and his father wants him to be a scribe, while he wants to be an archer--but when he runs away to join his friend in the fight against the invading Scots, he learns that war can be a lot more complicated then he imagined.
7) Akata woman
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the help of her friends, fifteen-year-old Sunny embarks on a mission to find a precious object and return it to the spider deity Udide, but defeating the guardians of Udide's ghazal will put all of Sunny's hard lessons and abilities to the test.
Language
English
Description
Snowflake is special; he's the only white gorilla in the world. Captured in 1966 in Equatorial Guinea and brought to live in the zoo in Barcelona, Spain where he became an instant celebrity. He is the zoo's main attraction, children love him, but the other gorillas don't see what's so charming about this weirdo being the center of attention and they give Snowflake a hard time. With the help of Ailur, a Buddhist black panther reincarnated into the...
10) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
11) Ghost Boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Unhappy in a home seemingly devoid of love, a fourteen-year-old albino boy who thinks of himself as Harold the Ghost runs away to join the circus, where he works with the elephants and searches for a sense of who he is.
12) Albino Animals
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Profiles albino animals of several species, including gorilla, alligator, bat, and penguin, describing their unique features and the special challenges to survival they face, and includes information on human albinism. Also provides a glossary and a list of related Web sites.
13) Foul play
Series
Language
English
Description
A shy San Francisco librarian and a clumsy detective fall in love as they attempt to solve a crime that involves dwarfs, albinos, and the church.
Author
Series
Sangreal trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first book in a brand new trilogy from the author of Prospero's Children.
Bartlemy Goodman, is one of the Gifted. An albino of Greek parentage, he was born in Byzantium amidst the decline of the Roman Empire. He now resides at Thornyhill house, England, with his dog, Hoover.
One warm evening, a young homeless woman holding a baby turns up on Bartlemy's doorstep, and sensing destiny at work, he lets them stay. Annie and her son Nathan thrive...
Author
Series
Elric Saga volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone. With Melnibone's years of grandeur and decadence long since passed, Elric's amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric, realizing he is his country's best hope, must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Elric of Melnibone is the first in Michael Moorcock's...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called Devil Boy or Sam Hell by his classmates; "God's will" is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam persevered, buoyed by his mother's devout faith, his father's practical wisdom, and his two other misfit friends. Sam believed it was God who sent Ernie Cantwell, the only African American kid in his class, to be the...
18) Nobody's magic
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this glittering triptych novel, Suzette, Maple and Agnes, three Black women with albinism, call Shreveport, Louisiana, home. At the bustling intersection of the American South and Southwest, these three women find themselves at the crossroads of their own lives. Suzette, a pampered twenty-year-old, has been sheltered from the outside world since a dangerous childhood encounter. Now, a budding romance with a sweet mechanic allows Suzette to seek...
Author
Language
English
Description
Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their...
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