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(0)Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
"Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"--...
Author
Publisher
an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
"Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute--she sneaks out to join him. So begins...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
284 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"During World War II, twelve-year old Miriam secretly spirits other Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied France after being separated from her family and forced into hiding"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
33 p. : ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simple language and humorous illustrations show how energy comes originally from the sun and can be transferred from one thing to another.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
166 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of ten-year-old Ethel Roosevelt's early experiences in the White House after her father, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes president in 1901.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
360 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lizzy Baker loves her life in the Southwest Territory. Her family's farm is doing well, and her mother earns extra money by weaving. But at harvest time Lizzy suffers bouts of sickness. And each year is worse than the last. The doctor and the mid-wife say her terrible coughing is asthma. But they don't know the cause, and their potions and prescriptions aren't much help. Just when Lizzy thinks she can no longer struggle for another breath,...
Author
Language
English
Description
No one would guess that a 13-year-old schoolgirl and singer named Suzanne would become one of France's great heroes. But when the German army occupies her home town of Cherbourg during World War II, Suzanne learns that there are some things worth fighting for, any way she can. Recruited by the French Resistance, Suzanne becomes a spy covertly working for a noble cause. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's historical novel is a captivating tale of courage.
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Die zehnjährige Ada hat die Ein-Zimmer-Wohnung noch nie verlassen. Ihre Mutter ist von Adas Klumpfuß so angewidert, dass sie das Kind wegsperrt. Als ihr kleiner Bruder Jamie aus London evakuiert wird, um der Bombardierung der Stadt durch die deutsche Luftwaffe zu entkommen, entscheidet Ada, dass sie mit ihm fortgehen wird. So beginnt ein großes Abenteuer für Ada wie auch für Susan Smith, die Frau, die gezwungen ist, die beiden Kinder auf dem...
