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(0)Julius Lester
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
2) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When people and animals try to climb ladders to Heaven to escape problems with snakes, God, His secretary Bruce, and the angel Shaniqua decide that Heaven needs to be much further away.
8) Shining
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl who has not uttered a sound since birth is shunned by the people in her village, until they realize how special she is.
11) Day of tears
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.
14) Othello: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
©2014
Language
English
Description
An American Tail: The treasure of Manhattan Island: In the historic melting pot of 19th century New York City, Fievel and the Mousekewitz family are struggling to make their "American dream" come true. But when a mysterious treasure map leads Fievel and his friends to a secret world of Native American mice living beneath the city, he finds something even more precious than gold and jewels! -- An American Tail: The mystery of the night monster: A ferocious...