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2) Flying free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, build a new life in Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping to help those they left behind.
Author
Series
My America volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old slave keeps a diary of his journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad in 1857.
Corey Birdsong, a slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the story of his family's attempt to escape. Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy of slavery. He and his family are owned by the Hart family of Kentucky. But, when Corey's father, Roland, flees to the North and Corey and his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother and daughter, runaway slaves, to his family's Amherstburg, Ontario, farm in 1859.
Corey begins attending school, and his family, along with his friend, Mingo, are living well in Canada, where they've built their own farm. But, the Birdsongs cannot let go of the memories of their friends left behind in America. Corey and Mingo...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Although she does not get to see her father very often, a girl enjoys the time she and her brothers spend with him one summer while they are visiting their grandparents' farm.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
When her parents get a divorce, six-year-old Ginger lives for a while with each set of grandparents and begins to understand her mixed background and her new family situation.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Washington, DC, seventh grader Evette learns the rift in her family was caused by racism and organizes a river cleanup where she invites her friends and family, including both of her grandmothers, hoping they can make amends.
13) Always my Dad
Series
Publisher
GPN
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Always my Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth examines the complex relationships that make single parent families unique. LeVar visits a neighborhood Family Day picnic and pairs up with a young friend in a "Dad and Me" three-legged race.
