Angela Johnson
Author
Series
Heaven trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.
2) Heaven
Author
Series
Heaven trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994, c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
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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.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color." --
6) Julius
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Maya's grandfather brings her a pig from Alaska and the two of them learn about fun and sharing together.
11) A cool moonlight
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Eight-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that makes her sensitive to sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her ninth birthday.
13) Violet's music
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the days she banged her rattle in the crib, Violet has been looking for friends to share her love of music.
14) Bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.
18) Wind flyers
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe. Introduces young readers to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.
19) Sweet, hereafter
Author
Series
Heaven trilogy volume 03
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Sweet leaves her family and goes to live in a cabin in the woods with the quiet but understanding Curtis, to whom she feels intensely connected, just as he is called back to serve again in Iraq.
20) Do like Kyla
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her.