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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In August 1939 Genevieve makes an impulsive decision not to get on the train that will take her to the boat back to New York.So she must spend the duration of World War II with her grandmother in a small village in Alsace, France, where she becomes involved with the French resistance"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive and haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses. While trying to get a hold on him, she must deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come with being a freshman in high school in 1970's Northern California"--Provided by publisher.
5) Twerp
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In 1970 Queens, New York, Julian Twerski, now in seventh grade, struggles to write an essay as punishment for an act he did not commit, worries about Beverly, the girl he likes, prepares for his bar mitzvah, and tries to cope with the serious illness of one of his closest friends, Quentin.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Middle school student Sam is comfortable with their nonbinary identity, and their family has accepted it too (as long as they do their homework and chores), so when their history teacher assigns as a project coming up with a proposal for the new statue honoring a historical Staten Islander (there is a contest involved) they and their friend TJ decide to focus on Alice Austen, a lesbian photographer, whose house on Staten Island is a museum--but they...
Author
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a 1930s Massachusetts town torn by the Depression and other hardships, as well as racial tension, Charlie Anne and Phoebe, the black girl who moves to the farm next door, form a friendship that begins to transform their community.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
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