Jacqueline Woodson
1) Feathers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Kids - Historical Fiction for Middle Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Fifth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Kids - Historical Fiction for Middle Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Fifth Graders
Kids - Suggestions for Sixth Graders
Formats
Description
"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
8) Show way
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
11) Show Way
Author
Language
English
Description
Quilt making has been passed down through eight generations of Soonie's family. Messages were carefully stitched into each quilt, called a Show Way, mapping the family's journey from slavery to the present day. Includes an interview with Jacqueline Woodson.
12) The Distance
Author
Language
English
Description
CJ just blew the half-mile relay for his track team, but the race on his mind is the one that's happening off the field in this short story from all-star author Jacqueline Woodson.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 980L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Spanish language edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
Español
Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world"--
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Spanish language edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
Español
Description
"A group of kids celebrate the joy and freedom of summer together on their Brooklyn block"--
20) Harbor me
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
192 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--