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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1992 Boston, Dave, a white boy at a mostly black middle school, befriends Marlon, a youth who lives in public housing and who confounds Dave's assumptions about black culture before their bond is tested by girls, family secrets, and national violence.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Melvin Robinson wants a strong voice that lets him say what he wants, when he wants, but the thought of starting high school is only making his stutter worse. And Melvin's growing awareness that racism is everywhere—not just in the South, but also in his own hometown of Spokane—is making him realize that he can't mutely stand by. His new friend Lenny, a sax-playing Jewish boy, encourages Melvin to take some risks—to invite his crush to Homecoming...
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