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1) The land
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After the Civil War, Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
197 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized look at the life of Joseph Jacobs, son of a slave, told in the form of letters that he might have written during his life in pre-Civil War North Carolina, on a whaling expedition, in New York, New England, and finally in California during the Gold Rush.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
4) Sounder
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The boy knows that times are tough for his family. Every night, his father goes out hunting with their great coon dog, Sounder, to try to put food on the table. But even with the little they bring back, there is still never enough for the family to eat.
When the boy awakens one morning to a sweet-smelling ham on the table, it seems like a blessing. But soon, the sheriff and his deputies come to the house and take the boy’s father away in handcuffs....
5) Chains
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
316 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.