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Author
Series
The skin I'm in novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char. Charlese Jones, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Stolen from her family as a young girl, Scarlett is now moving on from the past and starting her summer job at Adventure Time amusement park. When a girl goes missing from the park, it's clear that the past is not done with Scarlett"--
4) Sold
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid, only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
"Paheli was once betrayed by her mother and sold to a man in exchange for a favor. When Paheli escapes, she runs headlong into a boy with stars in his eyes. This boy, as battered as she is, tosses Paheli a box of stars before disappearing. With the stars she gains access to the Between, a place of pure magic and mystery. Paheli collects girls like herself, and these Wild Ones use their magic to travel the world, helping the hopeless and saving others...
Author
Series
India's street kids volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"Jasmina, a young girl in India, and her brother, Samir, are sold by their father to a man promising them a better life. They soon discover they are actually child slaves in a sweatshop"--
7) Buying Samir
Author
Series
India's street kids volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Jasmina searches for her brother Samir only to learn he is working for their former captors. Jasmina's attempt to rescue a group of girls puts all their lives in danger"--
8) Illegal
Author
Series
Disappeared (Stork) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juárez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.
9) Mèo and Bé
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1964, before the United States enters the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Bé and her three-footed kitten Mèo must rise above a broken home and the injustices of war to find the comfort, safety, and love of a found family.
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