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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...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
This tightly constructed tale by PEN/Faulkner finalist Steve Yarbrough tells the story of a Mississippi history teacher who's determined to unravel the truth about one tragic day in 1962. Even as he pursues an affair with a long-lost friend, he wonders if she could hold the missing piece to this racially charged puzzle.
Author
Series
Women who dare volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Valinda Lacy's mission is to help the newly emancipated survive and flourish in post-Civil War New Orleans. When thugs destroy her school and target her, she runs for her life--into the arms of Captain Drake LeVeq. An architect from an old New Orleans family, Drake admires Valinda's determination but when her father demands she return home to marry another man, her daring rebellion draws Drake into an irresistible intrigue.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miami Jackson and his strict new fourth grade teacher, Miss Spraggins, get off to such a bad start that Miami is determined to transfer out of her class, even if it means leaving his friends behind.
5) Pizza party
Author
Series
Carver chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Richard and his friends are four days from earning a pizza party for good behavior when a very strict substitute suspects that some of them have been cheating.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Seeking an identity outside of her role as pastor's wife, introverted Shiloh Griffin takes a job as a music teacher and befriends pregnant teen Monica, and Shiloh must confront her own darkest secret to save Monica's life and soul.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the color of her skin, the scar running from the corner of her right eye to the tip of her smile, and whether anyone at the white school will like her. She writes letters to her new teacher in a clear, insistent voice, stating her troubles and asking questions with startling honesty. The new teacher is supportive, but not everyone feels the same, so there...
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lila Bonnard has left her island home in the Caribbean to join the faculty as a visiting professor at Mayfield College in a small Vermont town. On her way from the airport to Mayfield, Lila witnesses the fatal shooting of a Black man by the police. It turns out that the victim was a professor at Mayfield College, and he was giving CPR to a white woman who was on the verge of an opioid overdose. The two Black faculty and a Black administrator in the...
10) Rebel
Author
Series
Women who dare volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Valinda Lacy's mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to help the newly emancipated community survive and flourish. But soon she discovers that here, freedom can also mean danger. When thugs destroy the school she has set up and then target her, Valinda runs for her life -- and straight into the arms of Captain Drake LeVeq. As an architect from an old New Orleans family, Drake has a deeply personal interest in rebuilding the city. Raised by...
Author
Series
EllRay Jakes series volume 9
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.