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Richard Wright/biography by Nina…
The book brings together twelve haiku Richard Wright wrote in the last year of his life with Nina Crews’s photocollage art. The poems attend to nature and everyday sounds. Crews’s images show African American boys in places such as fields, forests, docks, and porches, creating visual settings that reflect the poems’ observations of childhood and the outdoors.
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I’m OKPatti KimOk Lee believes he must bring in money because his father has left and his mother works three jobs while the bills remain difficult to meet. He tries a succession of schemes for quick cash. At the same time, he is dealing with bullies, his mother’s new boyfriend, and increasingly desperate circumstances; his search also brings unexpected friendships and challenges too.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 670LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her MonsterJonathan AuxierSet in Victorian England, this story concerns eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow, whose guardian vanished five years earlier. Nan is forced to work as a chimney sweep for a cruel master, doing dangerous work in chimneys. After a near-fatal experience, she discovers that a lump of coal left after her guardian disappeared has become a creature that saved her. The tale brings together folklore, monsters, friendship, and the reform of child labor.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Seven Bad CatsMoe BonneauA little girl sets out by boat, unaware that seven mischievous cats have stowed away. As the voyage continues, the cats create chaos and threaten to ruin the trip. Told in rhyme and set on watercolor seas, the story follows the sailor and the cats’ escalating antics on the water together.All readersLexile Text Measure 550LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details