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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Relates the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln, raised in a wealthy Virginia family, and Lizzy Keckley, a dressmaker born a slave, as they grow up separately then become best friends when Mary's childhood dream of living in the White House comes true.
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English
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How could Lizzy Enders's father abandon her at a girls school run by nuns? She's surrounded by Catholics-but she's Methodist! Shunned by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named José, who with just three tools-and unflagging faith-builds an elaborate spiral staircase in the new chapel in mere weeks. When he disappears without a trace, Lizzy realizes that the way she sees things is not always the way they are.
Inspired by the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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In Missouri in 1863, twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw learns to rely on herself and her brother, a captain with Quantrill's Raiders, as she sees her family home burned, is imprisoned by Yankees, and then kidnapped by a blood-crazed Confederate soldier.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Now that her father is dead, CeCe McGill is left to wonder why he risked his life for the ragged slaves who came to their door in the dead of night. When her uncle, an ornithologist, insists she accompany him to Georgia on an expedition in search of the rare scarlet ibis, CeCe is surprised to learn there's a second reason for their journey: Along the way, Uncle Alex secretly points slaves north in the direction of the Underground Railroad. Set against...
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