Sharon M Draper
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school -- but no one knows it. Most people -- her teachers and doctors included -- don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could...
2) Blended
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.
Author
Series
Hazelwood High trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved.
5) Double Dutch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In 1957, Sylvia Patterson's life--that of a normal African American teenager--is disrupted by the impending integration of Little Rock's Central High when she is selected to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white school. Includes author's note and related websites.
Author
Series
(Sharon Mills).Clubhouse mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
Author
Series
(Sharon Mills).Clubhouse mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
From a map Ziggy and his friends discover an old tunnel that was once used as a safe haven by escaped slaves. While checking out the tunnel, the trap door gets stuck and the boys are forced to use the old, dark, damp tunnels that just may be haunted.
Ziggy, Rashawn, Jerome, and Rico--the Black Dinosaurs--are thrilled to discover that their hometown was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and their friend Mr. Greene has given them an old map that...
Author
Series
(Sharon Mills).Clubhouse mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ziggy and his friends form a clubhouse after someone vandalizes their basketball court, and they soon uncover a clue that may tell them who did it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After rescuing an orphaned deer, Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs club members decide to stage a neighborhood animal show to raise money for the local wildlife rescue center.
Author
Series
Clubhouse mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico are sure they will win the talent show and the prize money to fix up their clubhouse. A moral dilemma develops when they realize another contestant may need the prize money even more.