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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva's feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever's history...
63) Bear and Bee
Author
Series
Bear and Bee volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A hungry bear discovers that bees are not terrible monsters who never share their honey.
Author
Publisher
Dottir Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
54 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The brainchild of three women-of-color sociologists, Intersection Allies is a smooth, gleeful entry into intersectional feminism. The nine interconnected characters proudly describe themselves and their backgrounds, involving topics that range from a physical disability to language brokering, offering an opportunity to take pride in a personal story and connect to collective struggle for justice.
The group bond grounds the message of allyship and...
67) Time out
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In his small Georgia town, Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters, and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the town's history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly.
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Marty and his best friend, Shiloh are on another adventure. Marty learns when a secret is too dangerous to keep, and that hate can spread like fire"--
69) Perfect
Author
Series
Flawed (Cecelia Ahern) volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Since Celestine, eighteen, was declared a public menace, she has been on the run with Carrick, the one person she can trust, but she has a secret that may save all of those branded Flawed.
70) Saving Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 9
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated...
72) Flawed
Author
Series
Flawed (Cecelia Ahern) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"In a future society where 'flawed' people who have committed crimes are branded with an F, a young girl takes a stand"--
Celestine North lives a perfect life, in a society in which perfection is paramount and flaws are punished. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan. When she breaks a rule, she faces life-changing repercussions. She could be branded....
73) Four-Four-Two
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Forced into an internment camp at the start of World War II, eighteen-year-old Yuki enlists in the Army to fight for the Allies as a member of the "Four-Four-Two," a segregated Japanese American regiment.
74) The jacket
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A girl from Ireland and a boy from Poland overcome the prejudices held by the residents of the small American town to which they have emigrated.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions that build until one fires a fatal gunshot.
A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse. It is bought by a teenager for needed protection. Several people have the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Why? distills the conversations many children and adults are having about race, injustice, and anger in communities throughout our country, and gives them context that young readers can connect with. Heartfelt and deeply piercing illustrations from Shane W. Evans will leave a lasting impact on readers of any age. One that will hopefully lead to more conversations, change, and peace within our own communities and the world." --
78) Point guard
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When Maria Singh's family is on the brink of losing their farm due to prejudice and discriminatory laws of the land, Maria must decide if she has what it takes to find her voice in an unfair world.
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