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Petra Luna volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution."--
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Petra Luna volume 2
Language
English
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"Petra Luna is in America, having escaped the Mexican Revolution and the terror of the Federales. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again, in this country that promises so much. Still, twelve-year-old Petra knows that her abuelita, little sister, and baby brother depend on her to survive. She leads her family from a smallpox-stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work--but this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When fire breaks out at the factory . . . two friends must escape. New York, New York, 1911. Best friends Minnie and Tessa work together at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Suddenly, a fire breaks out, and the workroom fills with smoke. But the doors are locked, the elevator is full, and fire blocks the stairway. Will Minnie and Tessa find their way to safety?
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