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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
3) Camo girl
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
A poignant novel about a biracial girl living in the suburbs of Las Vegas examines the friendships that grow out of, and despite, her race.
4) Today the world is watching you ; the Little Rock Nine and the fight for school integration, 1957
Author
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
On September 4, 1957, nine African American teenagers made their way toward Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They didn't make it very far. Armed soldiers of the Arkansas National Guard blocked most of them at the edge of campus. The three students who did make it onto campus faced an angry mob. White citizens spit at them and shouted ugly racial slurs. No black students entered Central that day. And if the angry mob had its way, black...
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