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Lindsay Currie
Claire is a scientist who rejects paranormal explanations, yet she must help her father with his ghost-themed bus tours in Chicago. On one tour, she notices a sad boy with dark eyes sitting at the back of the bus. When she checks afterward, he has vanished. The young spirit continues to haunt and frighten Claire, apparently seeking her help, while she tries to dismiss what she has seen.
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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the WorldTodd Hasak-LowyThis international survey examines nonviolent activist movements and their effects on world history. It connects campaigns for civil rights and women’s suffrage with efforts to mitigate climate change, support migrant workers’ rights, and seek India’s independence. The people included range from Greta Thunberg and César Chávez to Alice Paul, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Václav Havel, and Martin Luther King Jr. A bibliography, index, and a list of other nonviolent movements from the past hundred years are included.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Trowbridge RoadMarcella PixleyDuring the summer of 1983, June’s father has recently died of AIDS, and her mother’s mental illness worsens as she grieves. Her mother will not leave the house and demands that everything, including June, be cleaned with bleach. June is often hungry and relies on weekly groceries from Uncle Toby. When Ziggy moves nearby with his grandmother, June watches their household and imagines its warmth. Both children are treated as neighborhood outsiders, and they become friends, escaping into a shared imaginative world while June’s situation at home grows more desperate.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Show Me a SignAnn Clare LeZotteThe year is 1805, and Mary’s home is Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard. Many residents are Deaf, and sign language is familiar throughout the community. Because hearing status does not divide the residents, Mary has never regarded her deafness as a disability. A mainland scientist arrives with prejudiced beliefs, kidnaps Mary, and turns her over to a second scientist for research into why people cannot hear. This historical novel draws on the real Deaf community that existed on the island.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 730LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details