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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Marcel loves riding his bicycle, and dreams of competing in the Tour de France, but it is 1942 and German soldiers are everywhere, stopping him as he delivers bread from his parents' bakery around Aucoin--then one day he discovers that it is not just bread he is delivering, and suddenly he finds himself in a position of dangerous secrets about his parents and his new friend from Paris, Delphine.
Author
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a pogrom forces Batya's Russian Jewish family to leave their home and make the journey to America, Batya hopes her new life will offer her a chance to become a woodcarver like her beloved father. But while many things in America are different from the world of her shtetl, one thing seems to be the same: only boys can be woodcarvers. Still, Batya is determined to learn. With the same perseverance that helped her family survive and start over...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When World War I breaks out, nine-year-old Anna thinks of a way to save her family's beloved New York City doll repair shop. Includes brief author's note about the history of the Madame Alexander doll, a glossary, and timeline.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
With World War I raging in Europe, eleven-year-old Anna is thrilled to learn that her cousin Tania is coming from Russia to stay with Anna's family on the lower East Side of New York, and although Tania is shy and withdrawn when she arrives, her love of cats helps her adjust to her new family.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
When France falls to Germany at the start of World War II, nine-year-old Claudine must leave her beloved parents and friends to stay with relatives in America, accompanied by her doll, Violette.
6) Anne Frank
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.
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