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Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Melody can't wait to sing her first solo at church! What song will she choose? She gets inspiration from the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [She's] also inspired by her older sister, who's home from college with new ideas about making things fair. Melody learns that [some people are] not welcome in certain neighborhoods because they're black. Just as Melody's ready to sing, an unimaginable tragedy leaves her silent. Can she find her voice when...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.