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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
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Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
22) Hi, cat!
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Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Archie's day would have been great if he had not started it by greeting the new cat on the block.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun"--
25) Time for Kenny
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Pub. Date
©2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"During his busy day, Kenny gets dressed, fights his fear of the vacuum cleaner, gets a soccer lesson from his sister, and prepares for bed, with his loving family always near." --
26) Carbon copy
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
When an uptight executive discovers he has a long-lost black son, his tidy world goes hopelessly and hilariously awry in this wickedly funny comedy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake ... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water--it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is a story full of hope, innocence, and courage"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Colin Kaepernick was five years old, he was given a simple school assignment: draw a picture of yourself and your family. What young Colin does next with his brown crayon changes his whole world and worldview, providing a valuable lesson on embracing and celebrating his Black identity through the power of radical self-love and knowing your inherent worth. It's a story of self- discovery, staying true to one's self, and advocating for change......
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Series
Bakari Katari Johnson volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a really bad day--class bullies Tariq and Keisha are mad at him, his best friend Wardell has nominated him for hall monitor, a pack of ice zombies from a frozen world are demanding he return the magic ring that Keisha has, and somehow he has to find a way to save the school.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action.
37) My week with him
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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"Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career . . . After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince...
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