Angela Johnson
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 830L
Language
English
Description
In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
4) Wind flyers
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe. Introduces young readers to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
5) Heaven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
6) Julius
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Description
Maya's grandfather brings her a pig from Alaska and the two of them learn about fun and sharing together.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
9) Bird
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.
13) Looking for Red
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod.
15) One of three
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
A series of candid reflections by the youngest of three Afro-American sisters on her daily relationships with her older sisters and family.
18) Songs of faith
Author
Publisher
Knopf Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Living in a small town in Ohio in 1975 and desperately missing her divorced father, thirteen-year-old Doreen comes to terms with disturbing changes in her family life.
19) A cool moonlight
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that make her sensitive to sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her ninth birthday.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the summertime Charlie goes fishing with her friends, investigates the mysterious disappearance of the entire Carter family, meets new neighbors, and finds that she and her older brother can be friends.