Author: Rosann Jweid
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850422
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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A comprehensive reference to 50 titles that will help children cultivate ethics, assume personal responsibility, and practice moral judgment in unfamiliar cultural contexts.
Author: Frances Temple
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785761471
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In her second novel, the award-winning author of Taste of Salt explores another political hotspot in this story of a family's flight from El Salvador. Temple paints a strong picture of what the family's life was like before, during and after their journey, as well as in a U.S. Detention center.
Author: Holly Koelling
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838935699
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 575
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This is a classic, standard resource for collection building and on-the-spot readers advisory absolutely indispensable for school and public libraries.
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429902523
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture! Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs.... Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
Author: Heather Sunseri
Publisher: Sun Publishing
ISBN: 0988715341
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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This is the second book in the Mindspeak series. An intruder has seized control of Lexi Matthew’s mind, putting those closest to her in grave danger. When someone snakes into Lexi’s head and threatens Jack’s life at Lexi’s own hand, she must quickly decide: leave Jack and the web of lies and controversial medical science behind in order to protect him, or stay and fight to regain control of her own mind but risk Jack’s life. Before Lexi can choose, she’s immersed into the underground world of the International Intelligence Agency, where she discovers the realm of cloning and mind control is much larger than she and Jack ever imagined and is growing bigger and more dangerous. As the band of teenage human clones uncovers more of their supernatural abilities, a dominant force inside the IIA is at work to take over their powers. Can Lexi stop the person who has invaded her mind before the IIA captures them all, or will she sacrifice herself to save those she loves?
Author: JJ Heller
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193253
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.
Author: murata
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 197534006X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Back in the day, Takebe was a tough-as-nails delinquent who could throw hands with anyone. But right when she finally decides to leave her old ways behind, Takebe has a surprise reunion with her old rival, the “Bloody Cardigan” Soramori. After all these years, she still wants a piece of Takebe—but not in the way anyone expected! Her proposal: If Soramori can beat Takebe in a fight, they have to start dating?!
Author: Bette D. Ammon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313077584
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Show reluctant teens that reading is not only fundamental-it's also fun! In this companion book to Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers, Ammon and Sherman describe 40 exciting, contemporary titles (20 for middle school, 20 for high school) written by outstanding authors. These are books your students won't want to put down. Designed to make the matching process between student and books easy and successful, this volume also includes genre and theme indexes, curriculum activities, interest and readability levels, and reproducible bookmarks for each entry.
Author: Walter A. Job, Jr.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977260500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
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Life is a mystery! So it is said. We are living day after day by the roll of the dice with lady luck with us or against us. Our whole world left to fate and the hand we were dealt with? Or do we all find ourselves facing a turning point where we learn that it is all by design? During a conversation between Elyon, The Lord of Light and Apollyon, the lord of darkness. Elyon reveals six new Novice Warriors that have yet to met each other. Apollyon rages and vows that they will be his new servants and begins tormenting them. Elyon sends two Warriors of Light, Sebastian and Travis to locate and bring the Novices together and also train them for the fight that is unseen by the masses. Apollyon's dark forces led by Percy and Fia are also sent to find and turn the Novices away from the Light. Will they be successful?
Author: Mary Ann Darby
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810840584
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Hearing All the Voices is a tremendous resource for any adult who works with middle school aged adolescents. This work annotates over 500 multicultural books and gives ideas on how to group the books and use the books with students both in and out of the classroom.
