Eve Bunting
81) Rudi's pond
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Clarion Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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When a sick boy dies, his friends and classmates remember him by building a schoolyard pond in his memory.
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Callie's family can't stay in their house, so they're moving to an apartment in the city. The new place is small but nice, Mom says, and most of their things won't fit. So, today, almost everything Callie's family owns is spread out in their front yard-their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie's bike. And it's kind of hard to watch people buy your stuff, even if you understand why it has to happen. With sensitivity and grace, Eve Bunting...
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A unique retelling of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral, focusing on the cart used to transport his coffin through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, from Ebenezer Baptist Church to Morehouse College. The text also features the large number of people who walked the funeral route and were buoyed by MLK's positive influence, as well as Ada and Belle, the mules that pulled the cart.