Sharon M Draper
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
3) Blended
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Isabellas parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week shes Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week shes Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves.Because of this, Isabella has always felt pulled between two worlds. And now that...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sassy Simone Sanford plans a fabulous dinner party for her fourth grade class, but it turns into a recipe for disaster when her dog eats the food, her friends make a mess, and the new girl in school is missing.
Author
Series
Hazelwood High trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
Author
Series
Jericho trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Author
Series
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After the neighborhood basketball court is vandalized, Ziggy and his friends decide to form a club called the Black Dinosaurs and build their clubhouse in Ziggy's backyard.