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Marcella Pixley
In this novel in verse, Anna is an isolated middle-school student who can speak with the ghosts of her ancestors. People around her misunderstand her behavior, but time with her grandmother, Bubbe, gives her love and a feeling of belonging. At Bubbe’s seaside home, Anna meets the ghost Ruthie, identified as her aunt in one account, and begins uncovering concealed details from her family’s troubled past.
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A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes OutNicholas Day, illustrated by Yas ImamuraThis nonfiction book links two events from 1815 and 1816: the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora and Mary Shelley’s creation of Frankenstein. One of history’s largest volcanic eruptions altered climate and weather for years. People in Indonesia knew what had happened, but the climate disruptions spreading around the world were widely misunderstood. The book chronicles the eruption’s physical, social, and geographic effects, including famine and poverty in Europe, along with ash-filled skies and persistent rain. It also explores the setting in which Shelley wrote Frankenstein.Grades 6–8Lexile Text Measure 780LATOS Book Level 6.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Blossoming SummerAnna Rose JohnsonAt the beginning of World War II, thirteen-year-old Rosemary leaves England with her family and seeks safety at her grandmother’s home near Lake Superior. The unfamiliar place reveals a secret her parents have kept: their family is Anishinaabe and has been passing as white. As Rosemary connects with this hidden part of her heritage, she grows closer to her grandmother. A local boy’s interest in gardening also helps her find beauty in her changed circumstances.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 888LATOS Book Level 5.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
No Purchase NecessaryMaria MarianayagamAjay Anthonipillai, the son of Sri Lankan Christian immigrants, follows a long set of rules from his Tamil parents. At a new school, he hopes that winning the favor of a seventh-grade all-star will help him stop eating alone. When that student asks Ajay to steal a candy bar, Ajay agrees. The theft sets off a million-dollar problem and a growing chain of lies, making it harder for him to tell the truth and find his place.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 720LATOS Book Level 4.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details