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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father's death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired by Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'"--
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.
3) Iron cast
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
4) Darby
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1926, nine-year-old Darby Carmichael stirs up trouble in Marlboro County, South Carolina, when she writes a story for the local newspaper promoting racial equality.
5) Hand in hand
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two young girls find themselves caught in the divide between black and white in 1945 South Carolina" --
"In the summer of 1945, 11-year-old Lily Wagner's daddy takes the "Whites Only" sign off the front door of the family grocery store in quiet Mayfield, South Carolina. Lily's world is turned upside-down: the store is vandalized and she loses her best friend, whose father forbids him from hanging around a - well, the word he uses turns Lily's stomach....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max Owens is Brooklyn's biggest baseball fan. On his birthday, September 28, 1955, Max's grandpa gives him the greatest gift of all: World Series tickets. During the game, Max watches his favorite Dodger player, Jackie Robinson, play against the New York Yankees. Although the Dodgers lose, Max gets to meet Jackie and learn the lesson of a lifetime.
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