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2) Ground Zero
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
Author
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
"During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in."--T.p. verso.
5) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Series
American girl 1914 volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
Author
Series
American girl 1914 volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
10) The snow walker
Author
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One morning in March 1888, twelve-year-old Milton Daub awoke to find the world buried in snow. The blizzard was like nothing Milton and his neighbors in the Bronx had ever seen. No one dared go out into the storm. No one, that is, except Milton. He and his father made a pair of snowshoes from barrel hoops and old roller skates. Then Milton stepped bravely into the storm to buy milk for his family. Soon he was buying supplies for everyone in the area....
Author
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society's biggest events: the Schuylers' grand ball. Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers are proud to be one of their fledgling country's founding families, and even prouder still of their three daughters--Angelica, with her razor-sharp wit; Peggy, with...
Author
Series
American girl 1914 volume 6
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
78 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Caroline volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
91 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her father is taken prisoner by the British, Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812, tries to help her family run their shipyard.
Author
Series
Tapper twins volume 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, an epic prank war between twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper of New York City." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
16) Here today
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
17) Storyteller
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forced to spend months at an aunt's house, Elizabeth feel a connection to her ancestor Zee, whose picture hangs on the wall, and who reveals her story of hardships during the Revolutionary War as Elizabeth comes to terms with her own troubles.
Author
Series
American girl 1914 volume 4
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner, but Papa comes home and asks her help with an important task.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Caroline volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Caroline's father has just returned when they receive frightening news--British warships are sailing to attack Sackets Harbor. Every grown man, including Papa, has been called to defend the village. Mama and Caroline are left alone to guard Abbott's Shipyard as the battlefront draws ever closer. Caroline knows she must be brave to keep Papa's shipyard safe. But when the battle seems lost, Mama gives her a terrible order: burn the shipyard to the ground....