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(0)Irene Latham
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Whit's zookeeper parents have rarely allowed him to go outside of the Alabama zoo they run, but he stops seeing it as such a cage when he meets "Bird Girl, " for whom the place is a refuge from problems at home.
2) African Town
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.
1859. The transatlantic slave trade has been banned for more than fifty years, and the South is facing the threat of a civil war. Timothy Maeher resents the government interference in his right to make a living. Making a bet that he can smuggle enslaved Africans into the United States without being caught, he commissions the Clotilda, and brings...
Author
Publisher
Moonshower, an imprint of Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Part history, part poetry, heartwarming and haunting, and illustrated with breathtaking graphite drawings, The Museum on the Moon is a moving exhibit of humankind's most famous quest for knowledge and our place in the universe"--
5) Be a bridge
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
"Upbeat rhyming verse and colorful illustrations of a diverse group of students invite readers to "be a bridge" by taking actions that foster inclusivity, respect, and connection"--
6) African Town
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse.
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands...
In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands...
