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English
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This fabulous, far-reaching book breathtakingly captures the tumult, ambition, hardship and serenity that mark modern India. Theroux's characters risk venturing far beyond its well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace.
A holidaying middle-aged couple veer heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds relief in Mumbai's reeking slums. A young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. We also meet Indian characters as distinctive...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 56
Publisher
Distributed by Viking Press
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
This two-volume set presents Wright's major works including notes on significant changes in his texts and a detailed chronology of his life.
13) Writings
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
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14) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
15) I'm new here
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Series
Language
English
Description
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
Publisher
Macmillan Library Reference USA
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A collection of biographies, historical essays, and thematic articles that provide information about the people, places, thoughts, ideas, and statistics of African-American history from 1619 through the 1990s; arranged alphabetically by name or topic.
17) Yo! Yes?
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
18) Typical American
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Language
English
Description
Chronicles the rise and sway of fortune in the life of a Chinese immigrant family.
19) John Henry
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Language
English
Description
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
20) Nappy hair
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Various people at a backyard picnic offer their comments on a young girl's tightly curled, "nappy" hair.
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