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1) Anthem
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1970, after their older brother is shipped off to Vietnam, sixteen-year-old Jonah and his younger brother Simon leave home to find their father, who is being released from an Arizona prison, but soon find themselves hitching a ride with a violent killer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A California girl born and raised, Mai can't wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, she has to travel to Vietnam with her grandmother, who is going back to find out what really happened to her husband during the Vietnam War. Mai's parents think this trip will be a great opportunity for their out-of-touch daughter to learn more about her culture. But to Mai, those aretheir roots, not her own. Vietnam is hot, smelly, and the last place she...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pitching a tent on the roof of her home during a summer when she gets fed up with her dysfunctional relatives, Joyce bonds with a boy who is grieving the loss of his brother before concocting a plan to build and sell tickets to a UFO display.
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Language
English
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Description
"What if your country is involved in an unjust war, and you've lost trust in your own government? Billie Taylor is no stranger to risky situations, but when she attends a student protest at Columbia University with her college boyfriend, and the US is caught up in violent political upheaval, her mother decides to move the two of them to Canada. Furious at being dragged away from her beloved New York City to live in a backwater called Toronto, Billie...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In small-town Florida in 1968, four teens who bond over music and their objection to the Vietnam War decide to take a stand against the U.S. government and violent racism.
1968, just south of Jacksonville. Ronnie Bingham is grieving his brother's death in Vietnam. Milo is Ronnie's bookish best friend. "Ramrod" is a star athlete who is secretly avoiding the draft. Hana, the new girl, is a half-Japanese badass rock-n-roller whose presence doesn't sit...
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