Karen Cushman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1849, a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town, where Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get "home."
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Read the book behind Lena Dunham’s acclaimed new movie! This historical fiction classic, told in the form of a diary, has drawn in generations of readers and is a Newbery Honor Book. Catherine, Called Birdy the second I opened it. More than any other heroine I'd read, this one sounded like me. For Catherine, and for me, there is no easy solution to the cages life makes for you. Sometimes the power is in deciding to be yourself in whatever cage you're...
10) Matilda Bone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.
11) Rodzina
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
With World War II looming and the lingering economic depression straining her family's finances, twelve-year-old Millie struggles to look for happiness in 1941 California. Determined to find peace along the beach, Millie discovers a new friend, even as she must contend with demands from her younger siblings, an annoying older relative who moves in with them, and the death of her beloved grandmother. Then the Pearl Harbor attack changes everything,...
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.