Lexile measure 760; Gr.2-5;A Coretta Scott King Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Discovering a book of Langston Hughes' poetry in the library helps Langston cope with the loss of his mother, relocating from Alabama to Chicago as part of the Great Migration, and being bullied.

Lexile measure 690; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-7; Newbery Award Winner, 2018.
Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. Told from four intertwining points of view--two boys and two girls--the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero).

Lexile measure 700; Ages 6-10; Gr.3-5.
Jordan lives in fear of Tanya, the class bully. But Tanya has worries of her own, no matter how much she tries to ignore them. It seems impossible that Jordan and Tanya could be anything other than enemies, but the Lord is watching over them, guiding each of them along a path that might just help help them to understand one another.

Ages 7-9; Gr.3-4.
Best friends Carlos and Tariq love their block, but Barkley Street has started to change. The playground has been taken over by older boys, which leaves Carlos and Tariq with no place to call their own. They decide to turn the yard of an abandoned brownstone into their secret hang-out spot.

Lexile measure 710; Ages 6-9; Gr.2-4.
Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.

Lexile measure 760; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-7; Guided reading T.
In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient.

Lexile measure 480; Book level 3.4; Ages 10 and up; gr.4-7.
An illustrated retelling of the Czech opera in which a brother and sister find a way to outwit the bullying, bellowing, hurdy-gurdy grinder named Brundibar who will not let them earn money by singing in the town square.

Guided Reading Level: M; Lexile: 650; Ages: 5-10; Grade level 4.8
The real-life, classic story of a dyslexic girl and the teacher who would not let her fail.