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color me dark
color me dark by myers, walter dean
Darnell is getting poor grades in school and his teachers don’t like his attitude. But things take a turn for the better when he reluctantly joins the school newspaper and discovers his talent as a reporter.
Filed under: Books • 6th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2007 •
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Color Me Dark
Color Me Dark by Patricia McKissack
Eleven year old Nellie Lee Love records in her diary the events of 1919. Her family moves from Tennessee to Chicago hoping to leave the racism and hatred of the South behind.
Filed under: Books • 6th Grade • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Historical Fiction •
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Cool Salsa
Cool Salsa by Lori M. Carlson
Bilingual poems about growing up Latino in the United States.
Filed under: Books • 7th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2007 •
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Cool Salsa
Cool Salsa by Lori M Carlson
Bilingual poems about growing up Latino in the United States.
Filed under: Books • 7th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2006 • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Poetry •
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Cracker Jackson
Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars
Eleven-year-old Cracker Jackson is in the middle of a serious problem. He must find a way to save his adult friend Alma from her violent husband. This realistic fiction addresses issues of friendship and family relationships.
Filed under: Books • 6th Grade • White Plains Middle School • 2006 • 2007 • 2007 Required Summer Reading • Realistic •
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