Alan Gratz
1) Ground Zero
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape?
September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina...
2) Refugee
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Audio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A New York Times bestseller!
JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world ...
ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America ...
MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and...
3) Two degrees
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florida--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world.