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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1961 East Berlin, thirteen-year-old Heidi copes with the stress of a crisis with her best friend, government pressure on her father to leave his West Berlin job, her mother's pregnancy, and the ever-present threat of the closing of the border with West Berlin.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent determined to find communists at a nearby university or on the movie set.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
In present-day England, thirteen-year-old Ben and his twelve-year-old sister Rachel find two children who have been cryogenically frozen in a bomb shelter since 1956, and must prevent them from being discovered while helping them adjust to modern life.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-nearly-eleven-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his parents and five siblings, faces his own personal challenges as he discovers new friends and a new understanding of the world around him.
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