Priscilla Cummings
1) Red kayak
Author
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.
3) Saving Grace
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When Grace's family is evicted from their Washington, D.C., apartment just before Christmas 1932, and she and her younger brothers are sent to the Mission, Grace wonders what will become of her sick older brother, her pregnant mother, and her out-of-work father.
4) Blindsided
Author
Pub. Date
2013, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
After years of failing eyesight, fourteen-year-old Natalie reluctantly enters a school for the blind, where in spite of her initial resistance she learns the skills that will help her survive in the sighted world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
After breaking out of juvenile detention, fourteen-year-old Digger stops his trek across Maryland at a campground where he recovers from injuries, cares for little Luke, works with smart and pretty Nora, and begins to understand how his behavior and choices shape his life.