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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994, c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
9) Plain City
Author
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A 12-year-old "mixed" child feels out of place in her community and struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she discovers more about her missing father.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.