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Author
Publisher
Bolden, An Agate imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. That crisp yet subtle line makes boys sharper, more visible, more aware of every great thing that could happen to them when they...
Author
Series
Ruby and the Booker boys volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
When the Hope Road Academy holds its annual animal trivia contest, Ruby represents the third grade and competes against two of her older brothers.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the unheralded people and stories that helped shape the game of baseball! Meet unsung pioneers, like John "Bud" Fowler, William Edward White, and brothers Moses Fleetwood Walker and Weld Walker, four African Americans who integrated white teams decades before Jackie Robinson. Discover unforgettable moments, like the time a 17-year old girl named Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Marvel at records. Did you know that Japanese...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Description
Two eighth-graders from very different backgrounds, Robeson "Crease" Battlefield and Pacino Clapton, discover in afterschool detention that they have a great deal in common.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
On a day when everything seems to be going wrong, from cloudy skies to the cancellation of a favorite cartoon, a boy discovers what a difference his attitude can make. Includes activity ideas for parents and children.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Winner of the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award
Finalist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
A Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor Book
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
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