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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner ALL THE BROKEN PIECES.Serafina hasa secret dream. She wants to go to schooland become a doctorwith her best friend, Julie Marie. But in their rural villageoutside Port-au-Prince, Haiti,many obstaclesstand in Serafina's way—little money,never-ending chores,and Manman's worries. More powerful eventhan all of theseare the heavy rainsand the shaking earththat test...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An award-winning debut novel from a stellar new voice in middle grade fiction.Matt Pin would like to forget: war torn Vietnam, bombs that fell like dead crows, and the terrible secret he left behind. But now that he is living with a caring adoptive family in the United States, he finds himself forced to confront his past. And that means choosing between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Ann E. Burg explores the deep class divides and social injustice behind one of America's greatest tragedies.
* "Stunning, significant and sorrowful, Ann E. Burg's requiem melts history into prose... Highly recommended." — School Library Journal, starred review
"Chillingly effective." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 was a lively, working-class
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
FORMAT: UnabridgedGrace has grown up in slavery. As difficult as life on the Virginia plantation is, at least she has her family: Momma, her younger brothers, Thomas and Willy, Aunt Sara, and Uncle Jim. When she overhears Master and Mistress plotting to sell her brothers, she and her family decide to run away that same night. But without time to plan their escape and go north along the Underground Railroad, their only choice is to head deep into
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of her family and friends we see the young Rachel as she explores nature and overcomes obstacles to write about harmful chemical practices and launch the global environmental movement. Written in blank verse.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.