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3) Show way
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mother passes on the tradition of making quilts, or "Show ways", that serve as secret maps for freedom seeking slaves.
4) Uh-oh!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
As an African-American toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say "uh-oh."
5) Alfie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from the perspective of both the girl, Nia, and her pet turtle, Alfie, and describes what happens when he disappears on the eve of her seventh birthday to find her a special present.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mama and Papa Love have a child, the Invisible Princess, who saves them and the other plantation slaves from their cruel master so that they can all find happiness in the Invisible Village of Peace, Freedom, and Love.
10) Monster
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
13) The kid
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Abdul, having been left on his own after his mother died when he was nine, struggles to form an identity he can stand behind as he reaches adulthood and faces challenges along the way.
14) The other side
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two girls, one white and one African-American, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
17) Our Gracie Aunt
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children/Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a brother and sister are taken to stay with their mother's sister because their mother neglects them, they wonder if they will see their mother again.
18) Home
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
20) Sounder
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1969
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
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