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1) Freewater
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Description
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 4
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"Framed. Bullied. Disliked. But I know I can still be the best.
Sometimes, 12-year-old Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbing him "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter-skinned brother, Trey.
When he's bullied and framed by the captain of the fencing team, "King"...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
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Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she?d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it?s like all the rules have changed. Now she?s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she?s not black enough. Wait, what? Shay?s sister,...
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Meet Mia Macarooney, an ordinary eight-year-old who finds out she has an extraordinary super-secret in this first chapter book in the brand-new Mia Mayhem series! Mia Macarooney is a regular eight-year-old girl who finds out that she's A SUPERHERO! Her life literally goes from totally ordinary to totally super when she's invited to attend the afterschool Program for In-Training Superheroes a.k.a. THE PITS! And the crazy thing is, in a weird meant-to-be...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
11) The crossover
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
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Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 5
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
15) The friendship
Author
Series
Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 4
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.
17) Ghost boys
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
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"After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till"--Provided by publisher
Twelve-year old Jerome is the latest victim, shot by a white police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see...
18) Harbor me
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
19) Iggie's house
Author
Pub. Date
[1970]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.
