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(0)Susan Hood
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In 1943, years after the Nazi occupation of Denmark began, word spread of the Gestapo's insidious plan to round up the Jewish population and deport them to concentration camps. Angry at this attack on their friends and fellow Danes, many in Denmark organized and fought back, including a young woman named Henny Sinding. At only twenty-two years old, she and the crew of Gerda III, a lighthouse supply boat, risked everything to smuggle their Jewish...
3) Lifeboat 12
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella by Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy's harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II.
With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he's one of the lucky ones-one of ninety boys and girls to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces readers to the Tooth Mouse, France's version of the tooth fairy, and to Sophie, a sweet young mouse who must prove she is brave, honest and wise enough to take over this important job.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers.
9) The new kid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The new boy in class is a disruptive pest until one child remembers how bad it feels to be new at school and makes friends with Sid.
10) I am mad!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl is upset when her sister purposely messes up her dress. Includes "Phonics Guidelines."
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Do you know opposites, yes or no? On. Off. Asleep. Awake. Opposites are a piece of cake . . . right? Not so fast! Time for a quick double take. Who knows what's BIG unless there is SMALL? Does SHORT mean a thing except next to TALL? What is ABOVE and what is BELOW? The answer depends on who wants to know! Writer Susan Hood and illustrator Jay Fleck lead us on a topsy-turvy fun-house journey into the concept of opposites and takes it to the next level...
12) Time for bed?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
270L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl tries various excuses to postpone bedtime, only to have difficulty getting up in the morning.
13) Show and tell
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rhyming tale about a girl who forgets to bring something to school for show-and-tell day.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One can be one thing all on its own-one star, one stream, one stick, one stone. But those on their toes, those using their smarts, know one can be more than the sum of its parts. Consider the two slices of bread that make up one sandwich, or the three lines of poetry that form one haiku, or even the ten years that form one decade. From one to ten, from sandwiches to centuries, every part is necessary to the whole. In this fascinating concept book,...
Author
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of how twenty-two-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood.
It wouldn't be easy, but they had to try.
It was their only chance to survive.
In 1943, Henny Sinding, only twenty-two years old, and the crew of Gerda lll, a lighthouse supply boat,...
