Harper Lee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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Description
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch -- "Scout" -- returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and...
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Language
Español
Description
El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras él defiende el verdadero ruiseñor de la novela clásica de Harper Lee --un hombre negro acusado de violar a una niña blanca. "A trav́es de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la d́ecada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
To Kill a Mockingbird--Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much. Go Set a Watchman--Taking place...
Author
Publisher
Harper, , an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
GN 690L
Language
English
Description
The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...
Author
Publisher
Garlic Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A literature guide for use with "To Kill a Mockingbird," featuring reading strategies designed to help students construct meaning from the story, and considering mood and setting, plot, foreshadowing and flashback, symbolism, characterization, theme, and other aspects of the novel
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The setting is a dusty Southern town during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape. Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend him-- except the town's most distinguished citizen. His compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
14) Woolbur
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
Description
Woolbur, a sheep with a mind of his own, never seems to follow the flock, despite his parents' reminders about how he should behave.
15) Turkey trouble
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Description
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.
16) Turkey Claus
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Description
Santa Claus finds a way to help Turkey avoid becoming Christmas dinner.
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Series
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
"Easter is almost here--and Turkey knows just how to celebrate. He's going to win the eggstra-special Easter egg hunt! The only problem is that animals aren't allowed to enter. So he and his barnyard friends come up with a top-secret plan. With his trademark disguises and a whole lot of help, Turkey goes undercover. Will his basket of tricks help him win a prize?"--Publisher description (front flap)
Author
Series
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
"School is starting soon and Turkey can't wait. Each day, he and his barnyard friends practice their writing and math. But when the school bus rolls up, they are booted off. It turns out that animals aren't allowed to attend school. Pig calls it hogwash, and Turkey agrees. All he has to do is find a way to show the students and the principal that turkeys--and their friends--do belong in school. With a gobble, gobble here; a gobble, gobble there; and...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
"Everyone loves Halloween candy --even Turkey. But how can he and his barnyard friends get any when the farmers only give it out to children? With a costume, of course! As his pals look on, Turkey comes up with one clever costume after another. Each trick gets better and better...but will Turkey and his friends end up with any treats?"--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Description
"Turkey loves nothing better than a good trick...except maybe a good disguise. So for Valentine's Day, he decides to secretly deliver a card to each of his friends. But when he dresses up as a cat to deliver the purr-fect valentine, he's quickly found out. It turns out that outsmarting his pals is harder than he thought. Luckily, Turkey has more silly surprises in store"--