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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1966 Illinois, twelve-year-old Wilhelmina, convinced that she, her parents, and sisters are Abraham Lincoln's family reincarnated, determines to keep them from suffering the same fates, which is complicated when she and her father become involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 550L
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1964, a thirteen-year-old white boy whose best friend is black is caught in the middle when civil rights workers and Ku Klux Klan members clash in a small town near Tupelo, Mississippi.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
"When thirteen-year-old Billie Sims learns that the Freedom Riders, a civil rights group protesting segregation on buses in the summer of 1961, will be traveling through Anniston, Alabama, she thinks change could be coming to her stubborn town. But what starts as angry grumbles soon turns to brutality, and Billie is forced to reconsider her own views"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the author's years growing up in Great Neck, New York, during the turbulent civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s, when African Americans were struggling to attain equality, with his father, who was a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Includes commentary from the author's father, Jack Greenberg.
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This Step into Reading collection features five American Girl leveled readers, including Freedom for Addy, Kaya Rides to the Rescue, Melody Lifts her Voice, Molly's Christmas Surprise, and Samantha Helps a Friend. With exciting, inspiring stories about girls who faced big challenges with bravery and determination, this book is the perfect gift for young readers ages 4 to 7. The stories cover a range of settings and topics, including finding freedom...
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