Book+synopses

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=//Home of the Brave// = ==Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom. He longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner. (AR level 3.5) ==

 =//T he Rising Star of Rusty Nail // = ==In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-year-old Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the community. (AR level 5.4) ==



=//Bravo Zulu, Samantha// = ==Decidedly unenthusiastic about spending part of her summer vacation with her grandparents, twelve-year-old Samantha is particularly upset by her grandfather's secretive behavior and decides to find out what he is hiding. (AR level 4.2) ==

=//Dexter the Tough// = ==A sympathetic teacher and her writing assignment help fourth-grader Dexter deal with being the new kid in school after he punches a kid on the first day. (AR level 4.2) ==



=//One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II// = ==The author describes her family's efforts to help their friends and others who were left homeless and hungry in the aftermath of World War II. (AR level 3.4) ==



=//A Friendship for Today// = ==In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate. (AR level 4.1) ==



=//How to Steal a Dog// = ==Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina is desperate to improve their situation. Unwilling to accept her mother's calls for patience, she persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer. (AR level 4.0) ==



=<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Seeing Sky-blue Pink// = ==<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Although fearful at first, eight-year-old Maddie soon begins to enjoy living in the country and getting to know her new stepfather. (AR level 3.5) ==



=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Way Down Deep// = ==<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby Jane is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house. Suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel. (AR level 4.8) ==

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