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Author
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
504 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating timelines, seventeen-year-old Daisy and her mother move into her deceased uncle's mansion, only to find horrors waiting inside. Ten years later, Brittney investigates the mystery behind the Miracle Mansion that turned her mother's life around.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
After years of waiting for her Callinga trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powersthe one thing Voya Thomas didnt expect was to fail....
Author
Series
Blood like magic novel volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 670L
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While struggling with her new role as Matriarch, Voya has a vision of a terrifying, deadly future, and with a newfound sense of purpose, she vows to do whatever it takes to bring her shattered community together and prevent the destruction of them all.
Voya Thomas may have passed her Calling to become a full-fledged witch, but the cost was higher than shed ever imagined. Her grandmother is gone. Her cousin hates her. And her family doesnt believe...
5) Zack
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
192 pages : music ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
363 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.