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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Twelve-year-old Treasure Daniels and her younger sister must move in with Great-aunt Grace until their mother sorts herself out, but life in Black Lake, Virginia, where segregation lingers, is hard and Grace is a nightmare--at least on the surface.
Author
Series
Belle Prater's boy volume 002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
In 1955, Woodrow and his cousin Gypsy befriend a new girl in their seventh grade class in rural Virginia, and the three of them set off to find Woodrow's missing mother, encountering unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In a small, Virginia town, sixth-grader Jessie Lou Ferguson has a crush on the hugely popular Conrad Parker Smith, and when he suddenly develops a medical problem and the teacher asks Jessie Lou to help him, they become friends, to her surprise.
5) Seeing red
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When twelve-year-old Frederick "Red" Porter's father dies in 1972, his mother wants to sell their automobile repair shop and move her two sons back to Ohio, but Red is desperate to stop the sale even if it means unearthing some dark family secrets in a Virginia rife with racial tensions.
6) Calico Girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Callie struggles to understand slavery when her stepbrother is sold away at the start of the Civil War, but is determined her whole family will be free one day. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1955 Hadley, Virginia, twelve-year-old Dawnie Rae Johnson, a tomboy who excels at baseball and at her studies, becomes the first African American student to attend the all-white Prettyman Coburn school, turning her world upside down. Includes historical notes about the period.
10) Or give me death
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
With their father away most of the time advocating independence for the American colonies, the children of Patrick Henry try to raise themselves, manage the family plantation, and care for their mentally ill mother.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 6
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes friends with the girl next door and catches up with old friends too.
12) Catch rider
Author
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Despite her poor background and ferocious competition from more privileged girls, fourteen-year-old Sid pursues her dream of becoming a catch rider--a show rider who can ride anything--with help from her Uncle Wayne.
13) Mockingbird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Eight-year-old Iva Honeycutt is determined to make her first great discovery this summer--the treasure buried in her small town of Uncertain, Virginia, that her great-grandfather sought for years--if only she can keep her pesky cousin Heaven from interfering.
17) Brotherhood
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"The year is 1867, and the South has lost the Civil War. Those on the lowest rungs, like Shad's family, fear that the freed slaves will take the few jobs available. In this climate of despair and fear, a group has formed. Today we know it as the KKK"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 12
Description
When Jake Lukin, eighteen, reveals his psychic ability he is forced to become a government asset in order to keep his mother and sister safe, but Rachel, the girl he likes, tries to help him live his own life instead of tunneling through others.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the whippoorwill's call on the first day of spring through the first snowfall, Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables from the fields, garden, and orchard on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef, and five recipes.