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Author
Series
The skin I'm in novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do...
3) Dirty tricks
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Liz and her friends must unmask the Phantom of the Library.
4) Bluefish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide a learning disability, when he meets a remarkable teacher and a sassy classmate with her own secrets.
6) Messed up
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old RD is repeating the eighth grade, planning to have an easy year, but after his grandmother walks out her boyfriend is no longer able to care for him, which leaves RD to fend for himself while avoiding being caught.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bobby, living in a small Massachusetts town just after World War II, finds himself facing many new challenges as he tries to pull together his coachless basketball team, cope with new feelings for his old friend Joanie, and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger who seems to be threatening his teacher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Luke knows his I©łupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students--Eskimo, Indian, White--line up on different sides of the cafeteria like there's some kind of war going on. Here, speaking I©łupiaq--or any native language--is forbidden. And Father Mullen, whose fury is like a force...