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1) Gold dust
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napolean, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napolean will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Go-getter Brianna Justice is back and on assignment with her local newspaper in this third book in the popular President series!
When budding middle school journalist Brianna Justice learns that Yavonka Steele, rising star of the nightly news broadcast, is looking to mentor a student as part of a program at her school, she's thrilled! That is until she's paired instead with a "boring" reporter from the community news desk.
But when she's asked to...
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Series
Rose Lee Carter volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Rose Lee Carter, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl, dreams of life beyond the Mississippi cotton fields during the summer of 1955, but when Emmett Till is murdered and his killers are unjustly acquitted, Rose is torn between seeking her destiny outside of Mississippi or staying and being a part of an important movement.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
From debut author Tamika Burgess comes the captivating and empowering story of Sicily Jordan-a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride-who learns to use her voice and take pride in who she is while confronting prejudice in the most unexpected of places.
Sicily Jordan's worst nightmare has come true! She's been enrolled in a new school, with zero of her friends and stuck wearing a fashion catastrophe of a uniform. But however...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Brigitte tries not to ask questions. They don't seem very welcome at her League of German Girls meetings, where she and her friends learn about their duties to Hitler's war effort.
But she can't help asking questions when a mysterious pamphlet appears in her mailbox: a pamphlet full of words like resistance and freedom, from a group that calls itself the White Rose. Brigitte's father and older sister, Angelika, seem to agree with the forbidden papers...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Meet six heroic social activists.
The next book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Peace Warriors. Featuring men and women who have worked passionately to pioneer peaceful solutions to violent conflicts throughout history. Our peace warriors will include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Dorothy Day, and Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. Find out about their childhoods, where they went to school, what their families...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What can you do when you know something is wrong? We're not always sure of the right thing to do. In this book, you'll learn about ways to speak up and step in when you recognize injustice in your community. With kid-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young kids be changemakers in their community.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's not always easy to understand the experiences of people who are different from us. But we have to work at it to build better communities. In this book, you'll learn about practicing empathy, communicating respectfully, and building meaningful community with other people. With kid-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young kids be engaged, respectful members of their community.
11) Choose Justice
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How do you know when something is unfair? What questions should you ask? Discover ways to recognize injustice and how people have responded to injustice in the past. With kid-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young kids understand injustice and how they can address it.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Who are you? How do the identities you hold-like your racial or gender identity-impact you every day? How do they impact others? These big and important questions are key to understanding ourselves. Part of being your true self means learning about group identities and how they affect our experience of the world. With kid-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young kids explore their identities and how it shapes...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
14) Protests
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores how people use boycotts, strikes, and other forms of collective action to call for change, highlighting examples from historic protests and the movements they helped fuel, as well as the systems and policies people continue to challenge today.
Grades 5-9.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered a unanimous ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, because separate could never be equal. Now readers can step back in time to learn about what led up to this major milestone in the Civil Rights movement, how the landmark case unfolded, and the ways in which one critical day changed America forever.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Chloe Cho is a Korean American seventh-grader who would like to get in touch with many of the aspects of her heritage, but her parents are unwilling to talk about it--then when a class assignment forces Chloe to confront them directly, they finally tell her the truth about her family, which may just be too much for one girl to handle.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people marched on the United States capital to demand equal economic opportunities and civil rights for Black Americans. And at the end of the event, Martin Luther King Jr. took to the podium and delivered his unforgettable "I Have a Dream" speech. Now readers can step back in time to learn what led up to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, how this historic demonstration unfolded, and the ways in which...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
A powerful and engaging exploration of contemporary Asian American identity through interwoven stories set in a teeming Chicago airport, written by award-winning and bestselling East and Southeast Asian American authors including Linda Sue Park, Grace Lin, Erin Entrada Kelly, Traci Chee, and Ellen Oh. Flying Lessons meets Black Boy Joy.
"The individual narratives are consistently engaging and rewarding, and together they form a unique collection...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The inspiring and critically acclaimed all-American story of faith, family, hard work, and perseverance by Olympic fencer, activist, and Time "100 Most Influential People" honoree Ibtihaj Muhammad
At the 2016 Olympic Games, Ibtihaj Muhammad smashed barriers as the first American to compete wearing hijab, and she made history as the first Muslim American woman to win a medal. But before she was an Olympian, activist, and entrepreneur, Ibtihaj was...
20) Vaccines
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores how vaccines work and are developed, highlighting examples of historic vaccines and the diseases they help prevent as well as the debates and challenges related to vaccination that remain today. The book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, two Case Study special features, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Voyager level, aligned...
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