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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
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English
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A boy grows up to make positive change in his community.
After suffering much heartache, Sundar decides change must come to his small Indian village. He believes girls should be valued as much as boys and that land should not be needlessly destroyed. Sundar's plan? To celebrate the birth of every girl with the planting of 111 trees. Though many villagers resist at first, Sundar slowly gains their support, and today, over a quarter of a million trees...
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Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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A young boy finds a way to help his sister go to school.
Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, are close. Only, now that they are eight years old, she is no longer able to go to school with him. Linesi, like the other older girls in their community, must walk to the river to get water five times a day to help their mother farm. But, Victor is learning about equality in school. He's beginning to realize how boys and girls are not treated equally. And,...
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