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Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the experiences of abandoned, orphaned, or homeless children from city orphanages in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who were sent out by the trainload to find families that would adopt them or take them as workers.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"At the age of three, Michaela DePrince found a photo of a ballerina that changed her life. She was living in an orphanage in Sierra Leone at the time, but was soon adopted by a family and brought to America. Michaela never forgot the photo of the dancer she once saw, and quickly decided to make her dream of becoming a ballerina come true."--Amazon.com.
6) Locomotion
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: C. S. King Honor for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Children's Awards: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist
Children's Special Topics: Black History Month 2024
Description
In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.
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