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21) Saving Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
Author
Series
Under the never sky trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Aria and Perry, two teens from radically different societies--one highly advanced, the other primitive--hate being dependent on one another until they overcome their prejudices and fall in love, knowing they can't stay together"--
23) The jacket
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.
25) Love from A to Z
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths.
26) Slam!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior...
28) A jar of dreams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit Japanese American family in California during the Depression, experiencing a great deal of prejudice towards her.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O'Leary - who happens to be the daughter of the obstinate mayor trying to keep...
33) Color me in
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.
35) Trouble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog. But fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.
37) The power of one
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Formats
Description
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Asika draws on often shocking personal stories of prejudice along with opinions of experts, influencers, and fellow parents to give prescriptive advice in this ... guide. [It] explores when children start noticing ethnic differences (hint: much earlier than you think); what to do if your child says something racist (try not to freak out); how to have open, honest, age-appropriate conversations about race; how children and parents can handle racial...
Author
Series
Blossom family volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Junior Blossom has set out to test his brand-new invention, a coyote trap. How on earth does he end up lost in a cave with Mad Mary, a.k.a. "the Vulture Lady" while his family attempts to find him in this suspenseful and sidesplitting Blossom Family sequel.
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