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The "magnificent, funny, and terrifying" debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of God Don't Like Ugly (The San Francisco Chronicle).
Mama Ruby's known for taking things that aren't rightfully hers, like her best friend's stillborn infant, who she brought back to life and christened Maureen. She's also rumored to have done away with her husband. Some fear her, others try their best to avoid...
Mama Ruby's known for taking things that aren't rightfully hers, like her best friend's stillborn infant, who she brought back to life and christened Maureen. She's also rumored to have done away with her husband. Some fear her, others try their best to avoid...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
690L
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English
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When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Salma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.
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Plain patterns volume 2
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English
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Few are pleased Sophie Deiner has returned to her Amish community, but a sudden illness leaves her no choice. She befriends a group of migrant workers but is appalled by their living conditions. When one is detained and threatened with deportation, Sophie begins advocating of their behalf. She soon finds her advocacy for change opposed by her ex, the farm foreman. She's convinced that she needs to fight for the powerless, but her efforts only makes...
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"One child preacher traveling across the plains. One young woman with a mysterious touch. Two old friends, their baby, and their bloodhound. And all the stars that shine above them. When fifteen-year-old Marigold becomes pregnant amid the Great Depression, she is rejected by her family and forced to fend for herself. And when she loses her baby in the forest, her whole world turns upside down. She's even more distraught upon discovering she has an...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
680L
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English
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The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
890L
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English
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After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
9) Fay: a novel
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English
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Fay Jones abandons her Mississippi home and her abusive father, leaving a clutch of corrupt policemen, truck drivers, strip joint bouncers, and a pile of dead bodies in her wake.
10) Blue willow
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
920L
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English
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A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.
11) Chinaberry
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English
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Chinaberry follows the adventures of a young boy as he travels to Texas from Alabama in search of work on a cotton farm. Upon arriving, he discovers the ranch of Anson and Lurie Winters, a young couple whose lives are defined by hard work, family, and a tragedy that haunts their past. Still's entrancing narrative centers on the boy's experience at the ranch under Anson's watchful eye and Lurie's doting care, highlighting the importance of home, whether...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Papa Rabbit does not return home as expected from many seasons of working in the great carrot and lettuce fields of El Norte, his son Pancho sets out on a dangerous trek to find him, guided by a coyote. Includes author's note.
14) The velvet room
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English
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Robin and her family have spent several years moving from place to place trying to find work and a home. When Robin's father finally finds a job, all are happy except Robin. She explores the countryside, finds new friends, and discovers a secret.
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"A high school senior, Jack Duncan dreams of playing college baseball and leaving the political turmoil of the agricultural town Delano behind. Ever since his father, a grape grower, died ten years earlier, he's suspected that his mother has been hiding the truth from him about the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death. With his family's property on the verge of a tax sale, Jack drives an old combine into town to sell it. On the road, an...
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Eleven-year-old Ira befriends Oscar, a young Mexican she meets when her father hires migrant workers to help in his beet fields. Their friendship is tested by local prejudice and hostility against the migrants, teaching Ira to be a true friend and to stand up for her beliefs. Includes four questions for family discussion.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
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English
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Emma, the daughter of poor migrant workers, longs to own a real book, and when she turns eight and must attend school for the first time, she is amazed to discover a whole library in her classroom.
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2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
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English
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Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
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