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The books below are available through the Acclerated Reader reading program.
Behind the Bedroom Wallby Laura E. Williams
Korinna, a thirteen-year-old girl in Nazi Germany, must question her
involvement in her town's Nazi youth group when she discovers that her
parents are sheltering a family of Jewish refugees.More Details... The Boy with Paper Wingsby Susan Lowell
Confined to bed with a viral fever, ten-year-old Paul sails a paper
airplane into his closet and propels himself into mysterious and
dangerous realms, in the tradition of the Narnia books. Includes
instructions for eleven paper-folding projects in the story. (Ages 8-12)More Details... The Dog with Golden Eyesby Frances Wilbur
Cassie, bored, friendless, and lonely, finds a beautiful dog in her
backyard. After adopting him as her pet, she realizes he's a full-grown
Arctic wolf.More Details... Emma and the Ruby Ringby Yvonne MacGrory
When Emma's baby sister Maeve is ill, she and her family go to Donegal
to stay with her cousin, Lucy. Playing with Lucy's ruby ring, Emma
wakes up to find that she has been transported back to Ireland in the
1880s.More Details... Hard Times For Jake SmithA Novel of the Depression Era
by Aileen Kilgore Henderson
It's 1935, and the hard times of the Great Depression, it seems, are
here to stay. This engrossing novel tells the story of an abandoned
girl who chooses her own path.More Details... I Am Lavina Cummingby Susan Lowell
Lavina Cumming loves life in the Arizona Territory, but when her mother
dies she must move to Santa Cruz to live with her aunt. As Lavina
struggles with a new school, new friends, and her awful cousin, an
earthquake demolishes the nearby city of San Francisco and Lavina finds
herself with a big decision to make about her future.More Details... Minnieby Annie M. G. Schmidt
Miss Minnie is a cat. Or rather, she was a cat. Although she doesn't
know why, she is now a human, and she's not at all happy to be one.More Details... The Monkey Thiefby Aileen Kilgore Henderson
Twelve-year-old Steve Hanson, sent to Costa Rica for eight months to
live with his uncle, discovers a world completely unlike anything he
can see from the cushions of his couch back home.More Details... No Placeby Kay Haugaard
A moving story of building hope in a tough Hispanic neighborhood,
inspired by a true story of kids who created a community park out of an
urban ruin.More Details... The Ocean Withinby V. M. Caldwell
In this story of a foster child and her new family, it's Elizabeth v. “Iron Woman.” Who will win?More Details... |
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