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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Reprint: Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1991."First Scholastic printing, September, 1993"--Verso t.p.Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do. Reading Rainbow (Television series) collection--look for green spine label.
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c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"Ages 7 and up"--Cover p. [4].Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War. "Early Chapter Books" collection--look for orange spine label.
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c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
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A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty. "The atmosphere of each selection is skillfully developed and sustained to...