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2) Freewater
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
We all know and love Ramona, Matilda, and Harriet the Spy. Now meet Ernestine. Ernestine Montgomery is the kind of kid who gets things done. She's smart, prepared, and always knows just what to do. But there's big trouble brewing inside the walls of the rambling old mansion where she lives... and only Ernestine can decipher the clues that point in one direction-murder! Can Ernestine solve the mystery before catastrophe strikes?
4) Ice
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
This wordless tale depicts a community of pigs that suffer from the heat and go in search of ice despite the odds against them.
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
A volume of interconnected stories and poems set at a Native American Dance for Mother Earth Powwow celebration in Ann Arbor, Michigan, includes contributions by such new and veteran writers as Joseph Bruchac, Dawn Quigley, and Traci Sorell.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Meet Bunny, a little bunny with a big heart who spreads sparkly, springtime happiness around the forest! Bunny wakes up one more morning with a warm, sparkly feeling in her tummy. What could it be? Is she taller? Is she hungry? Maybe she's feeling happy! With the Spring Fair fast approaching, Bunny decides to spread the joy by helping her woodland friends. She makes decorations with Froggy, carries Mrs. Duck's baking supplies, and plants flowers with...
10) The forever tree
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An uplifting tale based on a true story from Wisconsin depicts how animal and human neighbors band together to save a sick tree that has been a home, a location for a shady swing and a hosting site for community gatherings.
11) A new harvest
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rodrigo has lost his family home due to a devastating tornado. He almost gives up. But then, he remembers his father's words of encouragement and finds the strength to build a new life. He slowly developed the confidence to build a new life and bring hope to lonesome, vulnerable and homeless people.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
When Littletown Library is destroyed by a tornado, it seems like book-loving Nia is the only one who cares; so she starts the "new free library" under the tree where she used to read, and writes out familiar stories and rhymes that are just a little bit wrong, and encourages the people who check them out to correct them--until soon the whole of Littletown is filled with people reading and writing books.
13) This is a school
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A school isn't just a building; it is all the people who work and learn together. It is a place for discovery and asking questions. A place for sharing, for helping, and for community. It is a place of hope and healing, even when that community can't betogether in the same room"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask really great questions. They bring their family, friends, and communities together, and they speak up for what's right. They are kind and hardworking, and they love to laugh (especially at Grandpa's funny noises)! A purple person is an everyday superhero! How do you become one? That's the fun part! Penny Purple will lead you through the steps. Get ready...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.
Author
Publisher
Goodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Millie loves to help LaoLao cook, especially her favorite dish. Dumplings! They gather fresh ingredients from Chinatown. Chives from Auntie Lim, shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that make their days together so sweet. As the seasons change, LaoLao feels more and more tired, too tired to make dumplings. But can Millie make them without LaoLao? And will her dumplings come out delicious, and make LaoLao happy, too? Full of humor,...
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a patchwork quilt, Toña and her grandmother use vacant patches of land in their neighborhood to grow vegetables, then form The Patchwork Garden Club to encourage other children to follow their example.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer, and she is having a difficult time dealing with change: the changes to her body, changes with her relationships with her brother who is becoming involved with social activism and their multicultural community (and with Michelle, the sexy girl across the street), and with her best friend, Jamila, whose father is from Ghana--Neva is growing up and...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nella Sabatini's life is changing too soon, too fast. Her best friend, Clem, doesn't seem concerned; she's busy figuring out the best way to spend the "leap second"-- an extra second about to be added to the world's official clock. The only person who might understand how Nella feels is Angela, but the two of them have gone from being "secret sisters" to not talking at all. Then Angela's idolized big brother makes a terrible, fatal...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"After Pop is sent back to rehab, Jane Pengilly arrives at her newest foster home determined to stick to the straight and narrow and get back to her beloved dad as soon as she can. It's not the first time they've been apart, but Jane's determined it will be the last. Twelve days out in the boonies of Three Boulders makes Jane miss Pop more than ever. But as the days go by, she realizes that family is more than who you're related to--and that a home...
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