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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.
6) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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"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"--
7) I'm new here
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Series
Language
English
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Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leaves him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...
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English
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Sethe, an escaped slave who now lives in post-Civil War Ohio, has borne the unthinkable and works hard at "beating back the past." She struggles to keep Beloved, an intruder, from gaining possession of her present while throwing off the legacy of her past.
10) Amina's voice
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.
13) On the come up
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.
15) Out of darkness
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
16) Esperanza rising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
17) Finally seen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
18) The undefeated
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree.
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