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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a weathy suitor.
22) Hold fast
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on, with only a small toy elephant for company.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Gopal and his family leave their rural Indian village for life with his uncle in Mumbai, but when they arrive his father goes missing and Gopal ends up locked in a sweatshop from which there is no escape.
26) A single shard
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A lyrical, poignant middle grade novel about embracing change, accepting help from others, and finding a place to call home. Perfect for fans of Raymie Nightingale. Lizzie St. Claire wants to be invisible. Forced to move out of her home, she and her mom now live in a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they can get back on their feet. Lizzie just wants to keep her head down at Good Hope and her new school, so she doesn't have to admit the...
28) Breaking through
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
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