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1) Rebound
Author
Series
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1910, Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan living a monotonous life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls, and wondering why nothing exciting ever happens--but when the mysterious Commodore Crutchfield whisks her away to Washington D.C., she finds herself involved in a sinister and dangerous plot against the president of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
4) Two roads
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.--
5) Suspect red
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Washington, D.C., teenaged Richard, a bookworm whose father works for the FBI, experiences effects of McCarthyism, beginning with book banning and ending with a threat to his half-Czech friend.
Author
Series
Maximilian P. Mouse time traveler volume 6
Pub. Date
2014
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Maximilian arrives at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, in time to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream speech" and then finally makes it home on the original target date but still must figure out a way to save Farmer Tanner's farm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (71 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Voices for Freedom contains three stories focusing on the Underground Railroad and the 1963 Freedom March on Washington. Stories are Friend on Freedom River, Riding to Washington, and The Listeners. In Friend on Freedom River, written by Gloria Whelan, runaway slaves ask Louis to ferry them across the Detroit River to freedom in Canada. He's not sure what to do. If they are caught, it means prison for Louis. Written by Gwenyth Swain, Riding to Washington...