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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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A peasant girl and her holy greyhound, an oblate on a mission from his monastery, and a young Jewish boy travel across medieval France to escape persecution and save holy texts from being burned -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Isabel was raised as a Catholic and doesn't know that her family's Jewish roots may be a death sentence. When her father is arrested by Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, she makes a desperate plan to save his life - and her own.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, a sixteen-year-old indentured servant within the police bureau named Seol becomes entangled in the politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Welcoming Nazi troops that liberate her small Ukranian village from the oppressive Soviet occupation of 1941, Krystia risks everything to help when her Jewish neighbors are cruelly persecuted and forced to live in a ghetto.
5) The extra
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Author
Series
Kingdom of the wicked (Maniscalco) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia...
Author
Series
Age of Darkness (Katy Rose Pool) volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult, the magical Graced are being persecuted, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But with the world hurtling toward its prophesized end, Anton's haunting vision reveals the dangerous beginnings of a plan to stop the Age of Darkness"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Secret of Glendunny volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
When swan Elsinore, the beavers' beloved mother figure, is kidnapped by dark forces, Dunwattle and Locksley set out to find her, but little do they know, they have a much larger expedition in store when they discover other persecuted animals being held against their will for nefarious purposes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is becoming dangerous for the Jews of Krakow in 1936 with incidents of violence and persecution increasing day by day. Twelve-year-old Anna begs her father to leave Poland, but he is reluctant to give up his position as an acclaimed clarinetist in the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra. After barely escaping from an attack by a group of violent thugs, it becomes clear that the family must leave. Anna's father auditions for the famous Bronislaw...
10) Sherwood
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Robin of Locksley is dead. Maid Marian doesn't know how she'll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand, wishes to step into Robin's shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian's fiancé. Who is there to stop them? Marian never meant to tread in Robin's footsteps--never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant...
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