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1) Soldier boy
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
x, 326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows Ricky from 1987-1991, and Samuel in 2006, as they are abducted to serve as child-soldiers in Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Includes historical notes and information about Friends of Orphans, an organization founded by Ricky Richard Anywar, on whose life the story is partly based.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A reimagining of Queen Victoria's childhood told from the perspective of her companion, Miss V., as she is torn between loyalty to her father and her friendship with the princess, who is governed by the strict set of rules set up by Miss V.'s father.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A classic memoir that's gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading—an engaging and powerful autobiographical exploration of growing up a so-called "bad boy" in Harlem in the 1940s.
As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously—he
...Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A heartfelt and funny graphic novel memoir by one of the first Black female cartoonists to be published in the New Yorker, at the age of 22"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
144 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel in verse about the life and work of Rube n Dari o, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy. In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
144 pages, sequence of unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
"A Spanish-language translation of a novel in verse about the life and work of Ruben Dario, a Nicaraguan poet who started life as an abandoned child and grew to become the father of a new literary movement. Includes historical notes"--
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
260 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Bullied by her classmates, Sarah, a Korean American girl growing up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors, channels her rage into her art and cosplay until it threatens to explode.
12) X: a novel
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
348 pages, 30 unnumbered pages : portrait, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies -- after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to...
13) Passport
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Teenage Sophia lives with her family in Central America where her parents serve as foreign diplomats, but as she explores her own boundaries around honesty and deception she discovers the true nature of her parents' work.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream"--
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