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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
1965, Los Angeles. All twelve-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, and hang out with her friend Jennifer. But she's the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents' marriage is rocky. Plus, there's her family's new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. When riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, Sophie learns that...
2) Red shoes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Malika loves her new red shoes and wears them everywhere, but eventually she outgrows them, and her grandmother takes them to a second-hand shop--where they will become a special present for Amina (who fasted half the month of Ramadan) in Africa, who will enjoy her special red shoes every bit as much as Malika did.
3) Dog days
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.
5) Francie
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the sixteen-year-old boy whom she tutors in reading is accused of attempting to murder a white man, Francie gets herself in serious trouble for her efforts at friendship.