Virginia Hamilton
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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.
2) Bluish
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
All of the kids at school stay away from "Bluish," but when Dreenie and Tuli learn to see beyond her differences, they discover a true friend Ten-year-old Natalie is different from the other kids at her New York City magnet school: She is often absent, wears a knit cap, and uses a wheelchair. Her classmates have nicknamed her "Bluish" because her pale skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by and a bit frightened of Bluish—she...
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1983, c1982
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.
8) Drylongso
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away. "The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons,...