Ronald Himler
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. Includes instructions on folding paper cranes.
4) The Wall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
6) The Navajos
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Provides an overview of the history, culture, and ways of life of the Navajo Indians.
8) A day's work
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco.
10) Trouble for Lucy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As she and her family travel the Oregon Trail in 1843, Lucy's puppies persist in creating trouble.
12) Fly away home
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal and trying not to be noticed, is given hope when he sees a trapped bird find its freedom.
13) Baby, come out!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Everyone in the family tries to bribe the new baby into being born, but a kiss from Father finally does it.
20) Katie's trunk
Author
Pub. Date
1997, c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Katie, whose family is not sympathetic to the rebel soldiers during the American Revolution, hides under the clothes in her mother's wedding trunk when they invade her home.