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Author
Series
Anna Wang books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
William Lamar, known as "Scoob," goes on a road trip thorugh the South with his grandmother in her RV, visiting some of the major sites in the Civil Rights movement and learning about how people like him have been treated.
3) Hiss-s-s-s!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a Muslim American boy named Omar finally convinces his family that he should have a pet snake, it escapes and Omar learns why his mother is so scared of them.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Missing her mother who has returned to Turkey to resolve an immigration problem, sixth-grader Sila welcomes a very large distraction in her life when she helps a surprising new friend rescue a circus elephant.
6) Dash
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her family is forced into an internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and her beloved dog Dash; and as her family begins to come apart around her, Mitsi clings to her one connection to the outer world--the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for Dash.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Chloe Cho is a Korean American seventh-grader who would like to get in touch with many of the aspects of her heritage, but her parents are unwilling to talk about it--then when a class assignment forces Chloe to confront them directly, they finally tell her the truth about her family, which may just be too much for one girl to handle.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When a formerly segregated North Carolina town hires its first African-American teacher in 1969, two girls--one black, one white--confront the prejudice that challenges their friendship.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
11) Rez dogs
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
When the COVID-19 pandemic starts, Malian, a young Wabanaki girl, is quarantined with her grandparents on the reservation, where she befriends a local dog and learns about her ancestors and how they always survive together.
12) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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.
14) The comeback
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.
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