Susan Hood
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Fresh, accessible, and inspiring, Shaking Things Up introduces fourteen revolutionary young women--each paired with a noteworthy female artist--to the next generation of activists, trail-blazers, and rabble-rousers. From the award-winning author of Ada's Violin, Susan Hood, this is a poetic and visual celebration of persistent women throughout history. In this book, you will find Mary Anning, who was just thirteen when she unearthed a prehistoric...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers, while hiding in plain sight, during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna's son).
She wouldn't be Zhanna. She'd use an alias. A for Anna. A for alive.
When the Germans invade Ukraine, Zhanna, a young Jewish girl, must leave behind her friends,...
4) Lifeboat 12
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
5) I Am Mad!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This girl is mad! Her big sister, Liz, keeps picking on her. Then, when the girls have a snack, Liz really acts up!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
It's just not a good day when you've forgotten about Show and Tell. All the other kids have something neat to show, and you have...nothing. But if you think really hard, you just might come up with the best Show and Tell of all!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
The inspirational true story of how twenty-two-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust.
It wouldn't be easy, but they had to try.
It was their only chance to survive.
In 1943, Henny Sinding, only twenty-two years old, and the crew of Gerda lll, a lighthouse supply boat, risked everything to smuggle their Jewish compatriots across the Øresund strait...
9) The New Kid
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Look out! There is a new boy in Miss Hall's class. His name is Sid, and he is one silly kid.
10) Time for Bed?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Mom says, "It's late. It's time for bed". But this girl can't even think of going to bed yet. She has too many important things to do!
Author
Description
The inspirational true story of how twenty-two-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety in Sweden during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood.
It wouldn't be easy, but they had to try.
It was their only chance to survive.
In 1943, Henny Sinding, only twenty-two years old, and the crew of Gerda lll, a lighthouse supply boat,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Description
"An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Description
"Wojtek was just an orphaned bear cub (yes, an actual wild bear!) when a group of teenaged Polish soldiers, many of whom were orphans themselves, took him into their ranks during World War ll. Wojtek quickly became a beloved and important member of the Polish II Corps. Together with his brothers in arms, Wojtek helped his friends turn the tide of World War II"--Provided by publisher.
14) The fix-it man
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Meet Joshua James, the fix-it man. If he can't fix it, no one can! When a stinky problem arises, Joshua James takes matters into his own hands with a little help from his younger sister, Sophie. -- Amazon.com
16) Kit's home run
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
46 p. : col. ill. ; 15 cm.
Description
In 1933 Cincinnati, Kit is an enthusiastic baseball player whose home run slide has surprising consequences. Includes historical notes on major league baseball and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and provides ideas for decorating a baseball cap.