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2) Whitewash
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A young African-American girl is traumatized when a gang attacks her and her brother on their way home from school and spray-paints her face white. Based on a true story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Publications
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After her brother joins the family in Philadelphia at the end of the Civil War, Addy wants to be with him as much as possible, so she is jealous when he starts spending time with her friend's cousin. Includes information about the life of African Americans in Philadelphia in the 1860s and a recipe for letter cookies.
Author
Series
Supernatural investigations volume V. 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Author
Series
Jake the fake volume V. 2
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Having discovered his natural talent for comedy at his school's end-of-semester talent show, Jake decides to pursue "his art," but can his comedian-mentor teach Jake humility as well as humor?
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life of slavery in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
11) Freewater
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
12) The crossover
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With the end of the Civil War in 1865, Addy desperately hopes that her family will be reunited in freedom in Philadelphia, but the future may hold both happiness and heartache. Addy Walker is a proud, courageous girl growing up in 1864, during the midst of the Civil War. Addy's stories tell of her daring escape with her mother from slavery, and the challenges they face afterward as they try to reunite their family. But Addy's stories are about much...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the year 1864, young Addy & her mother try to escape slavery by fleeing to the North after her father is sold again & they are separated. After their escape from North Carolina to Philadelphia in the summer of 1864, Addy and her mother begin their new life as free people as her mother gets a paying job and Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship. Addy Walker is a proud, courageous girl growing up in 1864, during the midst of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Addy and Harriet feud over everything, including fund-raising plans to help the families of freed slaves, but tragedy finally forces them to stop fighting and work together.
