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(0)Ashley Hope Pérez
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda LAB
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
Marooned in a broken-down Houston neighborhood--and in a Mexican immigrant family where making ends meet matters much more than making it to college--smart, talented Marissa seeks comfort elsewhere when her home life becomes unbearable.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. (Set during the 1937 New London school explosion, the deadliest school disaster in American history.).
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Think you know what rural America is like? Discover a plurality of perspectives in this enlightening anthology of stories that turns preconceptions on their head.
Gracie sees a chance of fitting in at her South Carolina private school, until a "white trash"–themed Halloween party has her steering clear of the rich kids. Samuel's Tejano family has both stood up to oppression and been a source of it, but now he's ready to own his
