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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally)...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
"The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"A richly illustrated portrait of the Founding Father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury describes his experiences as an illegitimate orphan, soldier, friend, philanderer, political firebrand and financial whiz whose groundbreaking policies continue to shape today's American government"--Publisher.
Born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager, Alexander Hamilton nonetheless rose to a position of power...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"High adventure and high ideals merge when a corps of intrepid female aviators battle to take part in the hugely popular air shows of the 1920s and 1930s. Ultimately, one of our heroines would win a race that earned her the right to be called America's best pilot"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Recounts the experiences of Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped into slavery and suffered through twelve years of bondage before being rescued from the Louisiana cotton plantation by friends from New York.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
12) No excuses: the true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
He was born a congenital amputee, his arms ending at his elbows and his legs at his knees. But that didn't stop Kyle Maynard from becoming a champion, on the wrestling mat and in his life.
No Excuses is the inspiring story of Kyle's battle against the odds. You'll learn about the family who supported him, the coach who trained him, and the faith that strengthened him to face the toughest fights.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
*A New York Times bestseller*
A compelling look at the important role that dogs have played in America's most recent military conflicts, replete with the touching stories of individual dogs and their handlers/soldiers
Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
16) Picture the dead
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A young woman communicates with her brother who died in 1864 in order to find out what happened to her fiance, Will, whom the army said died in battle; and with the help of a spiritualist photographer and the spirit of Will, she attempts to piece together the mystery of what happened.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Clara tries to help her mother raise enough money in 1896 to save their home from foreclosure and announce their plans to walk over four thousand miles from their hometown in Washington to New York City within seven months for a reward of ten thousand dollars.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The young Olympic gold-winning gymnast describes her life and career, covering her loving family, her rigorous training, her intense sacrifices, and her amazing triumphs.
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