In 1910, the Wright brothers visited Alabama in search of the perfect place to open their school for pilots. They found the right spot in the open farmland just outside of Montgomery. But while the skies were blue and the winds were calm up above, two best friends faced terrible danger below. 
     Theo Bickle doesn't remember his daddy who died when Theo was a baby His mama says his heart just stopped beating, but Theo is convinced th Night Riders, led by the evil Ira Finkler, are repsonsibel for his father's death. Theo enlists the help of his best friend, Macie Grant, to find out the truth and get justice for his father.  
       Lexile score: 720 
"Historical middle grade and young adult fiction at its best!"
          --Midwest Book Review

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Crystal City Lights is the winner of five awards, including "The Mom's Choice Award" for historical fiction and the prestigious Independent Publishers "IPPY" award!
     Dottie Zorn is twelve years old in 1943, living in Audubon, NJ, when her German-born father is accused of plotting to aid the Nazis. The Zorn family must move from their comfortable home to a tiny cottage in the Internment Camp for Enemy Aliens in Crystal City, TX. Surrounded by ten-foot, barbed wire fences and armed guards, Dottie uncovers a terrible secret about her best friend's family--a secret that could cost her younger brother his life!
     Lexile score: 780
    "This fascinating and insightful story of friendship, family, and courage is a must-read for all middle graders and young adults!"--Chase Chenowith, Award-winnng Producer and Screenwriter, Back Fence Productions

                                              ***

A Cherokee Indian boy, a runaway slave, and a future president of the United States share an adventure of a lifetime! 
     The year is 1838. John, a thirteen-year-old Cherokee, is forced to leave his home in Georgia to walk what is now known as the Trail of Tears to the Oklahoma Territory. In Alabama, twelve-year-old Annie is a runaway slave traveling the Underground Railroad in her desperate search for freedom. When their paths cross during a blizzard in Kentucky, the pair agrees to travel on together. This 'cord of three strands' is completed when they are joined on their journey by a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln. 
     A Cord of Three Strands is the winner of a gold medal from the President Book Awards, Florida Publishers Association and was named first runner up for the Eric Hoffer Awards.
      Lexile score: 910

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In 1720, a young Calusa Indian girl named Mara is kidnapped and dragged aboard Captain Hannah Dunne's pirate frigate, the Devil Ray. In the months that follow, Mara's journey takes her far from her Calusa village in Florida to the slave quarters of an indigo plantation in South Carolina.
      Along the way, Mara is taken to a pirate hideout where she learns about the infamous pirate Blackbeard. As a slave on a Charles Town plantation,  she uncovers secret plans for a slave rebellion and is forced to make desperate choices. Finally, Mara makes the most important discover of all: the value of her own freedom. 
       Lexile score: 980
"An intricately woven story of adversity, hope and survival."--Michael Wylde, Randell Research Center, Pineland, Florida
  

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