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1) Parched
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Told from three perspectives, Sarel, who just witnessed the brutal murder of her parents, Nandi, the leader of a pack of dogs who looks out for her pups and Sarel, and Musa, an escaped prisoner with the water song inside him, struggle to survive in a land without water.
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B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! One morning after breakfast, Baby's big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. He'll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. But what he doesn't realize is that his very cute, very curious baby sibling has stowed away on his bicycle. Little ones learning...
5) Sounder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder
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Series
Gaither sisters volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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Series
Too Small Tola volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Too Small Tola lives in an apartment with her clever sister, Moji; her big brother, Dapo; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. In the first of three endearing new adventures, Tola is sized just right to wriggle under the bed and rescue Grandmommy's prized possession when it goes missing. Her savvy and math skills save the day when Grandmommy gets sick, and when the family can't afford new clothes, industrious Tola finds a way--with a little help from...
10) Concrete rose
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
Maverick feels strongly about family ties, making choices he feels necessary to help support his mom while his King father serves time, and leave him literally holding his son in a doctor's waiting room after he gets paternity test results back and his babymomma ghosts. Now the child he's raising is impacting the lives of his family and his girlfriend, and the gang life he led to support them all financially could leave them all bearing his responsibilities...
11) The hate u give
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
12) The Lion King
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simba is the lion cub who will one day become king, but his Uncle Scar has other plans.
13) Harbor Me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
Six kids discover the power of sharing their secrets and their stories ... It all starts when six kids are sent to a room for a weekly chat - by themselves, with no adults to listen in. At first they fear this new unfamiliar and wonder...
14) The wooden camel
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Etabo dreams of being a camel racer. One day he might even beat his older brother when they race. But with the price of water rising, Etabo's father must sell the camels, and his siblings must find work. What will Etabo do now?
15) Booked
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
20) Not your nest!
Author
Pub. Date
(c)2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Bird builds the perfect nest, the only problem is everyone else wants to sleep in it!"--