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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"In 1890s West Africa, when a brutal raid leaves their home in ruins, twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are kidnapped, sold into slavery, and separated, remaining connected through shared dreams of water, but will their fates ever draw them back together?"--Title verso page.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Henry "Monty" Montague was bred to be a gentleman. His passions for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men, have earned the disapproval of his father. His quest for pleasures and vices have led to one last hedonistic hurrah as Monty, his best friend and crush Percy, and Monty's sister Felicity begin a Grand Tour of Europe. When a reckless decision turns their trip abroad into a harrowing...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed, but frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children--and over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship.
9) Forbidden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In early 19th century England, Josie, 16, finds herself in a sinister place with mysterious, hostile people, including her own relatives. Persistence and determination drive her to uncover the town's horrifying secret--a conspiracy to wreck and plunder ships--despite obstacles natural and supernatural"--
10) A night divided
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Siblings Helen and Henry know how powerful silence can be. In a desperate act to escape the Nazis in their native Germany, their mother brings them to a convent in France. She promises to return for them but until she does, they must reveal nothing about their past and assume strange new identities. Henry, traumatized by the experience, falls silent. It's only visits from a local mime, the children's one source of joy, that help bring Henry out of...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Dina, her mother, and two sisters must contend with the invasion of the Nazis of their small Ukrainian town during World War II. With the help of a new housekeeper, Nina, they struggle to stay safe from imminent danger to the Jewish community. Based on a true story."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of war-torn London, the fiction of his unpublished sci-fi novel, and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Driven by visions of Ellis still alive and a...
14) After the train
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten years after the end of the Second World War, the town of Rolfen, West Germany, looks just as peaceful and beautiful as ever, until young Peter Liebig discovers a secret about his past that leads him to question everything, including the town's calm facade and his own sense of comfort and belonging.
15) Lucky strikes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Emily would rather spend her days dreaming of adventures and wandering the moors, but when her father falls sick, and her sister Charlotte is sent away to school, reality comes crashing in.
18) Button down
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tugs Button's cousin Ned wants to be a football player, and although his size and a bully who keeps him and his friends out of their games stand in the way, Ned's eccentric Grandpa Ike and his own ability may give him his chance.
19) Seeing red
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Frederick "Red" Porter's father dies in 1972, his mother wants to sell their automobile repair shop and move her two sons back to Ohio, but Red is desperate to stop the sale even if it means unearthing some dark family secrets in a Virginia rife with racial tensions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
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