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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.
43) The well
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Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 7
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
In Mississippi, in the early 1900's, ten year old David Logan's family generously share their well water with both white and black neighbors in an atmosphere of potential racial violence.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
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Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
46) The jacket
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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.
48) Dog lost
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
After living happily in a warm home with an eleven-year-old boy, a pit bull terrier is forced to survive on the streets, where its brave deeds surprise many residents who dislike or fear pit bulls.
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Westly is as ready as his caterpillar friends to keep their beautiful territory free of lesser creatures as they await the day they turn into delicate butterflies, but when he finally emerges from his crysalis, he discovers he is vastly different from his friends.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
While his father is missing in action in the Pacific during World War II, twelve-year-old Jay moves with his mother to small-town Utah, where he sees prejudice from both sides, as a part-Navajo himself and through an unlikely friendship with Japanese American Ken from the nearby internment camp.
53) Annie on my mind
Author
Pub. Date
[1982]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Liza tries to put aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at Foster Academy, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of others.
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"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." --
56) Stumptown kid
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meanings of both racism and heroism when he befriends a black man who had played baseball in the Negro Leagues.
57) A jar of dreams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression, experiencing a great deal of prejudice towards her.
58) Best of all
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Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In a village where everyone has been carved from wood, an uppity Miss Bess Stovall claims her maple "ancestree" is superior until the day a shunned willow fellow saves her life.
59) Slam!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
60) Juba!: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England. Based on the life of Master Juba; includes historical note.