Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
A Cherokee boyhood of the 1930's is remembered in generous, loving detail ... an unbelievably rich life.
Forrest Carter, from the age of four or five, was inseparable from his part-Cherokee grandfather, who owned a farm and ran a country store nearby. Granpa called him Little Sprout; when he grew taller, he became Little Tree. From Granpa he absorbed the Cherokee ethic; to give love without expecting gratitude, to take from the land only what you...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
Series
New directions for youth development volume No. 139, fall 2013
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
She is only fourteen, he only a few years older. Their families are bitter enemies, sworn to hatred. Yet Romeo and Juliet meet and fall passionately in love. Defying their parents' wishes, they are secretly married, but their brief happiness, is shattered by fate.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that brought Hitler his power. This books also tells the stories of the young people who resisted the Nazi movement.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Thousands of homeless youths' chaotic lives lead them to move frequently with or without their parents to homeless shelters, motels, homes of relatives and friends; or to seek refuge in abandoned houses or on the streets. Housing insecurity among young people is a global problem that affects teens who live in cities and rural areas"--
Series
Adolescent cultures school and society volume 45
Publisher
Peter Lang
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The teen years can be a confusing time of figuring out where you belong, who you are, what you can do, and who you can become, all while searching for a sense of safety as you engage with the world. In All I Am, these core needs of belonging, identity, ability, purpose, and security are explored through God's traits in the Bible, showing readers 13 and up that the great I AM not only meets our needs because of all the amazing things he is, but how...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought their lives were complete. But it wasn't long before they noticed a marked difference between Jonas and his brother,...