Joyce Moyer Hostetter
1) Aim
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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As World War II threatens the United States in 1941, fourteen-year-old Junior Bledsoe fights his own battles at home. Junior struggles with school and with anger at his father, his insufferable granddaddy, his neighbors, and himself as he desperately tries to understand himself and find his own aim in life. But he finds relief in escaping to the quiet of the nearby woods and tinkering with cars, something he learned from his Pop, and a fatherly neighbor...
2) Equal
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English
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"It's the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black -- and Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship won't be easy. North Carolina is the focus of the growing civil rights movement, and through his friendship with Thomas,...
3) Comfort
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English
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In this award-winning sequel to Blue, Ann Fay's family is back together, but much mending is needed. Ann Fay's polio and her father's post-war trauma stole the good life her family had before the war, before the polio, before the death of her little brother. Now, they are looking for comfort - "the kind
that made you feel safe on the inside, instead of sad or worried. The kind that reminded you of how life was before some disaster snuck up and knocked...
4) Blue
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When thirteen-year-old Ann Fay Honeycutt's father goes off to fight Hitler, he hands her a pair of blue overalls to become "man of the house." Her feelings are mixed: "Wearing britches so I could take the place of my daddy wasn't the same
as wearing them so I could climb trees." Ann Fay fights her resentment at losing the life she'd known just as she fights to keep the weeds and the blue wisteria from overtaking the family vegetable garden. But when...
5) Drive
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World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can't forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can't cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt finds
escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once inseparable, the two sisters find themselves growing apart...