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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, which asked both black and white volunteers to travel throughout Mississippi, registering black Mississippians to vote, establishing "Freedom Schools" for black children, and organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, a woman's place was seen as being in the home. She even found it hard to make a big purchase if a man wasn't with her. African-American women faced racism daily and were given low-paid, exhausting jobs. It was time for women to stand up for equal rights and equal pay. These are the stories of four trailblazers who achieved amazing things in difficult circumstances: Betty Freidan protested at the Miss America pageant against judging women...
4) The Cruisers
Author
Series
Cruisers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Young Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Because Parvana's father has a foreign education, he is arrested by the Taliban. Women cannot appear in public unless covered head to toe, go to school, or work outside the home, so the family becomes increasingly desperate until Parvana conceives a plan.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After Charlie finally gets the hang of communicating with a magical wishing fish, a family crisis with her older sister brings reality into sharp focus, and Charlie quickly learns that life's toughest challenges cannot be fixed by a simple wish.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Pete Seeger was an internationally honored folk musician and political radical who devoted his life to furthering humanitarian causes and getting people to sing. This biography traces his musical career, including the period when he was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the growth of his conviction that freedom and justice had to be defended and that the power of song could be used to fight back when these ideals were...
11) Veterans Day
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On Veterans Day, Americans honor all who have served in the US armed forces. The holiday began in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I and continues to be celebrated every year on November 11. Readers will learn the ways this holiday is celebrated across the country, and can reinforce their understanding by following a recipe for the all-American Apple Brown Betty and instructions to make a thank-you card they can give...
12) Pawcasso
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Remy Lai, the award-winning creator of Pie in the Sky makes her middle-grade graphic novel debut, Pawcasso, about the unexpected friendship between the loneliest girl in class and the coolest canine in town.
A Booklist Editors' Choice Winner for 2021, Amazon Best Book of the Month, New York Public Library Best Book of the Year, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
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13) Decolonization
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"For years, colonial rule shaped and reshaped many countries across the Americas, Asia, and Africa. The huge rush of decolonization after the second world war was equally impactful. Dive into this important history with easy-to-understand content tied to the curriculum of upper-elementary and middle school students and text written at a 2nd to 3rd grade reading level. Dyslexia-friendly font and design make learning accessible, and a recap at the end...
14) All Is Nat Lost
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Series
Nat enough volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series that began with Nat Enough!
Nat's class trip is a bigger adventure than she imagined!
Nat is on an overnight class trip to Philadelphia, which is her first time in a big city without her parents. And it's a big deal because Nat's mom and dad are finally giving her the independence she's been longing for. But the trip is off to a
...15) Little women
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
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Description
"Written by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women is a coming of age classic novel that follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they grow from children living in Massachusetts while their father is away serving as a chaplain during the American Civil War, into women. This Dyslexic Friendly Edition uses a special 12pt font typeface called OpenDyslexic, which has been developed to address some of the common issues that dyslexics...