|
Author |
Title |
# of
copies |
Grade |
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Anderson, Laurie
 |
Speak
Reading level: 4,5; Interest level: 7-12
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a
devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high
school. Contains mature material.(1999)
DVD
Lesson Plan
Quiz |
60 |
8
|
|
|
Archbold, Robert |
Deep Sea
Explorer - The Story of Robert Ballard, Discoverer of
the Titanic
Reading level: 7.9; Interest level: 5-9
Includes Titanic: Destination Disaster, a one-act
play by John L. Lipp and Exploring the Titanic, a
diagram of the ocean's depth from the book by Robert D.
Ballard. (1995)
(Non-fiction)
Awesome Stories: Titanic
password: cullenlib
Video segment:
unitedstreaming.com
|
34 |
8 |
|
Avi
 |
Crispin:
The Cross of Lead
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 5-9
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant
boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and
meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous
secret.
Avi's website
Reading Rocks Interview
Life in the 1500s |
30 |
7 |
|
Avi
 |
Poppy
Reading level: 4.5; Interest level 3-6
Poppy, the deer mouse, urges her family to move next to
a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but
Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. (1995)
Audio CD - 1
Teaching Books: Avi
Password: hawks
Avi's website |
25 |
6 |
|
Avi
 |
Romeo &
Juliet Together (and Alive) at Last
Reading level: 5.4; Interest level: 4 – 7
The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers"
together by means of a classroom production of
Shakespeare's play has some very unexpected results.
Sequel to S.O.R. Losers. (1988)
2
Audio Books
Teaching Books: Avi
Password: hawks
Avi's website |
142
|
6 |
|
Avi
 |
Smugglers' Island
Reading level: 4.0; Interest level: 5 – 9
During the Great Depression, a boy's island home is
taken over by bootleggers. (1994)
2
Audio Books
Teaching Books: Avi
Password: hawks
Avi's website |
24
|
6 |
|
Avi
 |
True
Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Reading level: 5.3; Interest level: 5 – 9
As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in
1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and
the crew rebellious. (1992)
Audio Book
Teaching Books Avi
Password: hawks
Avi's website |
33
|
6 |
|
Avi
 |
Nothing but the Truth:
A Documentary Novel
Interest Level: YA
A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The
Star-Spangled Banner" during homeroom becomes a national
news story.
Novel Guide
Teaching Books Avi
Password: hawks
Avi's website |
27 |
8 |
|
Babbit, Natalie
 |
Tuck
Everlasting
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 5 – 9
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing
situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl
and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a
spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any
older. (1975)
DVD - Tuck Everlasting, Disney, 90 min.
Audio Book
Teaching Books: Natalie Babbit
Password: hawks
Thinkquest: Natalie Babbit |
54
|
7 |
|
Bachrach, Susan |
Tell Them We Remember
Non-fiction; Reading Level 7.3;
Interest Level 5-8
Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust --
Antisemitism -- Hitler comes to power -- The Nazi terror
begins -- Nazi racism -- The boycott of Jewish
businesses -- Nazi propaganda and censorship -- The
Nuremberg Race Law -- "Enemies of the state" -- Locating
the victims -- "Night of broken glass" -- The Evian
conference -- The voyage of the St. Louis -- The war
begins -- The murer of the handicapped -- Germans occupy
Western Europe -- Ghettos in Eastern Europe -- Life in
the ghetto -- The mobile killing squads -- The Wannsee
Conference and the "final solution" --
Unit
and Lesson Plans |
30 |
8 |
|
Balliett, Blue
Math Fiction |
Chasing
Vermeer
Reading level: 5.4; Interest level: 4-7
When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to
happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears,
eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents
to solve an international art scandal. (2004)
Teaching Resource Kit
Audio CD
Scholastic: Chasing Vermeer
Teaching Books: Blue Balliett
Password: hawks
NPR: Novel Ideas - Blue Balliett |
59
|
6 |
|
Balliet,
Blue
Math Fiction |
The
Wright 3
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 4-7
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and
mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra,
and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep
Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being
demolished. Sequel to Chasing
Vermeer.
Audio CD
Scholastic Resources |
60 |
|
|
Barron, T.A.
 |
Fires of
Merlin
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 7-12
Having voyaged to the Otherworld in his quest to find
himself, the young wizard Merlin must face fire in many
different forms and deal with the possibility of losing
his own magical power. (1998)
Teaching Books: T.A. Barron
Password: hawks
T.A. Barron'
website |
27 |
7 |
|
Barron, T. A.
 |
The
Hero's Trail
Reading level: 6.2; Interest level: 4-7
Explores how to lead a heroic life, facing challenges
with courage, strength of character, and wisdom, much as
a hiker uses those qualities on a challenging trail.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 170) (2002)
Teaching Books: T.A. Barron
Password: hawks
T.A. Barron'
website |
115 |
7 |
|
Barron, T. A.
 |
The Lost Years of Merlin
Reading level: 5.1; Interest level: 7 – 12; A young boy
who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore
on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a
series of fantastic adventures. (1996)
Teaching Books: T.A. Barron
Password: hawks
T.A. Barron'
website |
29 |
7 |
|
Barron, T. A.
 |
Seven
Songs of Merlin
Reading level: 5.2; Interest level: 7+;
Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard
Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find
himself and the way to the realm of the spirit. (2000)
Teaching Books: T.A. Barron
Password: hawks
T.A. Barron'
website |
25 |
7 |
|
Barron, T.A.
 |
Tree Girl
Reading level: 4.2; Interest level: 4 – 7; Nine-year-old
Rowanna is drawn to the forest and a huge tree, despite
the warnings of the old man with whom she has always
lived at the edge of the sea--especially after she
befriends a bear/boy who is in reality a tree
spirit. (2002)
Teaching Books: T.A. Barron
Password: hawks
T.A. Barron'
website |
26 |
6 |
|
Bergon, Frank (Editor)
 |
The
Journals of Lewis and Clark
The thrilling account of Lewis and Clark's odyssey
of adventure and discovery, one of the first great works
of American natural history. The Penguin Nature
Classics one-volume abridgment of the Journals
includes an illuminating introductory essay by Fran
Bergon, along with maps, illustrations, annotations, and
a comprehensive index. (1989)
(Non-fiction - Dewey 917.8)
VLEW - VHS Lewis & Clark
PBS: Lewis &
Clark
National Park Service: Lewis & Clark |
28
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8 |
|
|
Birkner, Ann |
The
Torrent
Local History - Fire Engine Company (Non-fiction)
 |
8 |
|
|
Bitton-Jackson, Livia
 |
I Have Lived a
Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust
Non-fiction; Interest Level YA
The author describes her experiences
during World War II when she and her family were sent to
the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Discussion Guide |
19 |
8 |
|
Blinn, William
 |
Brian's
Song
Reading level: 5.1; Interest level: 7-12
A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers,
black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white
teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
(1987)
(Non-fiction - Dewey 812 - Screenplay)
Teacher's Cyber Guide: Brian's Song |
28 |
8 |
|
Bloor, Edward
 |
Tangerine
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his
football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play
soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to
remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
252 from a PEC grant; 42 from Cullen
Quia
Vocabulary Activities
Web English Teacher
Free Study Guide
EdHelper |
300 |
6 |
|
Blume, Judy
 |
Tiger
Eyes
Reading level; 7.9; Interest level: 4-6
Resettled in New Mexico with her mother and brother,
Davey Wexler recovers from the shock of her father’s
death during a holdup of his 7-Eleven store in Atlantic
City. (1991)
Teaching Books: Judy Blume
Password: hawks
Judy
Blume's website |
48 |
7 |
|
Bradbury, Ray
 |
Dandelion
Wine
Reading level: 6.0; Interest level: 9+; Unknown
supernatural events transformed into everyday
occurrences. (1990)
Sparknotes: Dandelion Wine
Best Notes: Dandelion Wine |
27 |
8 |
|
|
Brodsky, Mimi |
House at
12 Rose Street
Racial conflict erupts in the all-white suburban
community of Oakdale when a new family moves into the
house at 12 Rose Street. (1972) |
26 |
|
|
Budhos, Marina
|
Ask Me No Questions
Interest Level YA
Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and
their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but
the expiration of their visas and the events of
September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and
terror for the whole family. (2006)
Marina Budhos' Website |
26 |
|
|
Burnford, Sheila
 |
Incredible Journey
Reading level: 7.6; Interest level: 5-9
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador
retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian
wilderness to find their family. (1981)
Audio CD
Teaching Books; Sheila Burnford
Password: hawks
Thinking Through Literature |
15 |
8 |
|
Burns, Marilyn
Math Fiction |
The
Greedy Triangle
Reading level: 3.9; Interest level: 2-5
An offbeat introduction to geometry. When a triangle
tires of having only three sides, he asks the
shapeshifter to change him first into a quadrilateral,
then a pentagon, a hexagon, and so forth until he
realizes he is happiest as a triangle. (1994)
The Educator's Reference Desk |
5 |
|
|
Byars, Betsy
 |
Summer of the Swans
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 5 – 9;
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her
family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
(1981)
Teaching Books: Betsy Byars
Password: hawks
Glencoe: Summer of the Swans |
37 |
7 |
|
|
Cierullo, Mary |
Sharks:
Challenge of the Deep
Reading level: 7.5; Interest level: 4-7
Includes Sharks from National Geographic
World magazine; Escape from a Great White Shark,
a true story of Thomas G. Gunning and The Shark,
a poem by John Ciardi.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 597.3)
National Geographic Creature Feature
The Great White Shark Video
Enchanted Learning: All About Sharks |
7 |
|
|
Cleary, Beverly
 |
Strider
Reading level: 4.8; Interest level: 4 – 7;
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes
to terms with his parents’ divorce, acquires joint
custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at
school. (1991)
Teaching Books: Beverly Cleary
Password: hawks
Beverly Cleary's website |
30
30 Ebert |
6 |
|
Coatsworth, Elizabeth
 |
The Cat
Who Went to Heaven
Reading level: 5.9; Interest level: 4-7
This is the story of a little cat who comes to the home
of a poor Japanese artist, who is commissioned to paint
a picture of Buddha's death. By humility and devotion,
the cat, named Good Fortune, brings a special kind of
good fortune to the artist. (1990)
eNotes: Cat
Who Went to Heaven
Cat Who Went to Heaven Resources |
28 |
6 |
|
Collier, James
 |
My
Brother Sam is Dead
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 7 – 12
Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family
during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel
forces while the rest of the family tries to stay
neutral in a Tory town. (1985)
Teaching Books: James Collier
Password: hawks
Teacher CyberGuide
Teacher Vision |
196 |
8 |
|
Cooper, Susan
 |
King of
Shadows
Reading level: 6.2; Interest level: 5 – 9
While in London as part of an all-boy acting company
preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe
Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported
back to 1599 and performing in the original theater
under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself. (1999)
Audio CD
Stories from the Web: King of Shadows
Teaching Books: Susan Cooper
Password: hawks
|
28 |
7 |
|
Cooper,
Michael
|
Dust to
Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930's
Reading level: 7.4; Interest level: 4-7
Presents a history of America's twin disasters, the
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s,
focusing on how the events effected average people.
(Non-fiction -Dewey 973.917) (2004)
What is drought? |
30 |
|
|
Conrad, Pam
 |
My Daniel
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5-9
Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their
grandmother tells them stories of her brother's
historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska
farm. (1989)
Audio CD
Enchanted Learning: Dinosaur Bones |
8 - Ebert |
6 |
|
Cormier, Robert
 |
I Am the
Cheese
Reading level: 5.2; Interest level: 7 – 12;
An innocent young boy recounts a suspenseful tale of
government corruption and espionage. (1995)
Audio CD
Scholastic: I Am the Cheese
Class Zone: Robert Cormier
Teaching Books: Robert Cormier
password: hawks |
21 |
7 |
|
Crane, Stephen
 |
The Red
Badge of Courage
Reading level: 8.0; Interest level: 7+;
Stirring tale of action in American Civil War. (1983)
VRED - VHS MGM Great Books Video, 70 min.
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
A century ago, a
22-year-old named Stephen Crane wrote one
of the greatest books ever
about the Civil War. This video examines the mind
of Crane, and analyzes the
classic tale of a young
man in the midst of a
horrifying, bloody conflict. By bringing to light
the fears young people have when moving out into a
cold world, Crane’s story is able to touch each new
generation. Produced by Discovery Channel School.
Grade: 9-12
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Dalgliesh, Alice |
The
Silver Pencil
One special Christmas, Janet Laidlaw's father gives
her a silver pencil "for her stories," and she begins to
write about the lush island of Trinidad and her family's
"House on the Hill." Then, Mr. Laidlaw's tragic death
forces Janet to leave the cool green of England to move
to America. Throughout, she uses her silver pencil to
turn her life into stories.
Children's Literature Network |
20 |
6 |
|
DeAngeli,Marquerite
 |
The Door
in the Wall
Reading level: 6.2; Interest level: 4 – 7;
A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his
courage and earns recognition from the king. (1990)
Teaching Books: Marguerite DeAngeli
Password: hawks
Teacher Cyberguide:
The Door in the Wall |
55 |
6 |
|
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Doucette, B. |
Peabody:
The First 150 Years
Local History (Non-Fiction) |
78 |
|
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Doyle, Arthur Conan
|
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 7+;
Twelve masterful tales by the father of detective
fiction
unitedstreaming.com
Full Video
This program discusses
the movement to offer online academic courses as
well as online resources for preparing students for
life after high school. NetFiles also visits two Net
Classrooms. Rebecca Thomas makes writing fun by
allowing her students to surf the net to develop
ghosts stories based on real people. And at
Chesapeake Bay Academy, students read online stories
on the adventures of Sherlock
Holmes and take a virtual
tour of his famous study in London.
Grade: K-General
|
23 |
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Doyle, Arthur Conan
 |
Favorite Sherlock
Holmes Detective Stories |
30 |
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Dubois, William
Math Fiction |
The 21
Balloons
Reading level: 6.8; Interest level: 4 – 7;
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William
Waterman Sherman, who sets of in a balloon across the
Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and
is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
Audio Book
eNotes: Twenty-One Balloons
Literature Place: Twenty-one Balloons |
37 |
6 |
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DuPrau, Jeanne
 |
The City of Ember
Reading Level: 5.6; Interest Level: 5-8
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on
Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in
her decaying but beloved
city, perhaps
even to glimpse Unknown Regions. (2003)
Jeanne
DuPrau's website
Teaching Ideas |
10 |
|
|
Fast, Howard
 |
April
Morning
Reading level: 6.1; Interest level: 9+
The story of the battles of Lexington and Concord in the
24 hours of April 19, 1775, as seen through the eyes of
15-year-old Adam Cooper. (1962)
April Morning Webquest
Video Segment
On April 19, 1775, armed
American colonists approached a company
of British soldiers at Lexington,
Massachusetts. The British fired first killing eight
colonists. The American Revolution had begun.
Grade: 6-8
|
8 |
8 |
|
Fitzhugh, Louise
 |
Harriet
the Spy
Reading level: 4.5; Interest level: 4 – 7;
Harriet's notebook of her feelings about classmates and
neighbors is found by her classmates. (1990)
Teaching Books: Louise Fitzhugh
password: hawks
Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh
These sites are about the
book. There are suggested classroom activities, such as
having students keep a journal of their observations. |
26 |
6 |
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Feiffer Jules
 |
The Man
in the Ceiling
Reading level: 5.3; Interest Level: 4-7
Although not very good at sports or in his schoolwork,
Jimmy can draw and dreams of being a great cartoonist;
that dream seems within reach when star athlete Charley
Beemer suggests they create comics together.(1993)
Audio CD |
24 |
6 |
|
Fleischman, John
 |
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome
but True Story of Brain Science
Reading level: 7.4; Interest level: 5-9
Phineas Gage had a thirteen-pound iron rod shoot through
his brain and lived to tell about it.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 092) (2002)
Phineas Gage - Wikipedia |
30 |
8 |
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Fleischman, Paul
 |
Seedfolks
Reading level: 4.3; Interest level: 4-7
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and
backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into
a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the
gardeners are themselves transformed. (1999)
Audio Book
School House: A Guide to Teaching Paul Fleishman's
Seedfolks
Seedfolks: A Portfolio of Reading Strategies
Paul
Fleischman's Official Website |
125
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75 - McGovern |
7 |
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Fleischman, Sid
 |
Escape!
The Story of the Great Houdini
Reading level: 6.6; Interest level 5-9
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and
king of escape artists whose amazing feats are
remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his
early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in
show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry
Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest
tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index,
photos, and author's notes.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 092) (2006)
Harry Houdini - Wikipedia |
30 |
8 |
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Forbes,
Esther
 |
Johnny Tremain
Reading Level: 5.5; Interest Level: 5-8
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in
Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in
the days before the American Revolution. (1971)
Park Notes |
38 |
8 |
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Fox, Paula
 |
Monkey
Island
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 5-9
Forced to live on the streets of New York after his
mother disappears from their hotel room, eleven-year-old
Clay is befriended by two men who help him survive.
(1991)
Teaching Books: Paula Fox
password: hawks
Lit
Plans: Paula Fox |
110 |
6 |
|
|
Frank, Anne
 |
The Diary of a Young Girl
Reading level: 6.5; Interest level: 7+;
A precocious young girl is obliged by the encroaching
Nazi regime to live in enforced seclusion with family
and friends.
VDIA - VHS Diary of Anne Frank, 2 parts
DVDAnn - Anne Frank
Teacher Vision: Anne Frank
Teaching Books: Anne Frank
password: hawks
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Who Betrayed
Anne Frank?
(39 Min.)—Uncover the last days of this teenager and
her life in the “Secret Annex,”
and discover who may have disclosed the
Frank family to the Nazis. Reunion:
Children of La Hille (15 min.)— Join a group of
people who survived the Holocaust by hiding in the
South of France as they meet again decades later.
Grade: 9-12
This video contains
Diary of a Young Girl Vocabulary |
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8 |
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George,
Jean
 |
The Cry
of the Crow
While caring for a baby crow, Mandy begins to look at
her family and herself in a different light. (1982)
Teaching Books: Jean Craighead George
password: hawks
Something to Crow About |
10 - Ebert |
6 |
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George,
Jean Craighead
 |
My Side
of the Mountain
Reading level: 5.2; Interest level: 5 – 9;
Written in the form of a diary, this story relates the
days of a young boy in the Catskill Mountains. (1988)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Jean Craighead George
password: hawks
SCORE: Teacher Guide
|
9 |
6 |
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George,
Jean
Craighead
 |
Julie of the Wolves
Reading level: 5.8; Interest level: 4 – 7;
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a
thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North
Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack. (1972)
VJUL - VHS American School Publishers, 38 min.
Teaching Books: Jean Craighead George
password: hawks
Glencoe Literature Library: Julie of the Wolves |
26
1
50 (McGovern) |
6 |
|
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George, Jean
Craighead
 |
Who Really Killed Cock
Robin?
Reading level: 5.6; Interest level: 4-7
Two ecology-conscious children try to trace the
imbalances in the environment that might have caused the
death of the town's best-known robin.(1971)
Waters Foundation |
60 |
6 |
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Giblin, John
 |
Good Brother, Bad
Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Reading level: 8.3; Interest level: 5-9
Most people know the name John Wilkes Booth, but few
likely have heard of his elder brother Edwin. Find out
about the brothers through first-hand accounts. Learn
how alike and how different they were, and how each made
a lasting impression on American history.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 920) (2005) |
30 |
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Grimes, Nikki
 |
Bronx Masquerade
Reading level: 4.5; Interest level: 7-12
While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a
Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written,
revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their
formerly clueless classmates. (2002)
Audio CD
Harlemania
Teaching Books: Nikki Grimes |
150 |
7 |
|
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Gunter,
John
 |
Death
Be Not Proud
Reading level: 8.0; Interest level: 9+;
Father's moving story of a son's fight for life. (1971)
Reading Group Guides
Teaching Books: John Gunter
password: hawks |
36 |
8 |
|
|
Hahn, M.D.
 |
Stepping
on the Cracks
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5 – 9;
In 1944, while her brother is overseas fighting in World
War II, eleven-year-old Margaret gets a new view of the
school bully, Gordy, when she finds him hiding his own
brother, an army deserter, and decides to help him.
(1991)
Teaching Books: Mary Downing Hahn
password: hawks
Maine Assoc. of Libraries
eThemes: Author Study |
152 |
7 |
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Hamilton,
Virginia
 |
Anthony
Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in
1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and
whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and
those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.
Reading level: 5.8; Interest level: 7-12
Virginia Hamilton's website
Teaching Books: Virginia Hamilton
password: hawks |
8 |
8 |
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|
Hansen,
Joyce
 |
The Gift
Giver
Reading level: 3.3; Interest level: 3-6
The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special
friend in her Bronx neighborhood.
Joyce Hansen's website |
13
14 Ebert |
6 |
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|
Hinton, S.
E.
 |
The
Outsiders
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 7-12
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after
their parents' death and their quest for identity among
the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
(1997)
DVD - The Outsiders
Audio CD
SCORE: The Outsiders
Teaching Books: S. E. Hinton
password: hawks |
14
|
7 |
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Hinton,
S.E.
 |
Tex
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 7-12
The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate
the harshness of their usually parentless life as they
struggle to grow up. (1979)
AudioCD
VTEX - VHS, 102 min.
Teaching Books: S. E. Hinton
password: hawks |
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1 |
7 |
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Homer
 |
The Iliad
Reading level: 10 Interest level: 9-12
Homer's great epic of the Trojan War |
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Soldier
Boys
Interest Level: YA
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join
their respective armies during World War II, and their
paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge. (2003)
Dean
Hughes' website |
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Humphrey, Sandra McLeod
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Dare to Dream! 25 Extraordinary Lives
A collection of biographical sketches of famous
20th-century individuals, from Albert Einstein to Sammy
Sosa. Although the group is eclectic, the individuals
all have one thing in common: they became successful in
the face of adversity and therefore are great candidates
to become heroes for today's youth.
(Non-fiction. Dewey 92) (2005) |
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James Archibald
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Long
Claws: An Artic Adventure
Includes Igluvigak, the snow house, by Bonnie
Shmie and The Arctic Land by Bobbie Kalman.
(Non-fiction)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: James Archibald Huston |
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Pompeii:
Nightmare at Midday
Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and modern efforts to excavate
and reconstruct the site of the ancient city. Includes
Escape from Death A Letter from Pliny the Younger to
Tacitus, introduced and translated by Anne RIdley:;
Sarah Bisel: The Bond Lady, an article by Shannon
Browlee from Discover magazine; and Treasures
from the Ashes, photographs of artifacts from
Pompeii and Herculaneum. (Non-fiction)
VPOM - VHS Ancient Mystieres
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Pompeii:
Preserved in Time (32 min.)—Examines the final 24
hours for the people of this ancient Roman city
before the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius.
Greece: One Out of Many (4 min.)—Traces how an
assortment of city-states in the Aegean became one
of the world’s most complex and influential
cultures. The Rise of Rome’s Empire (5 min.)—Shows
how Rome’s emperors swept away the old republic,
created a vast empire, and came into conflict with a
new religion, Christianity. Byzantium and Its Roman
Ideals (5 min.)—Reviews the collapse of the Western
Roman Empire and how its surviving Eastern empire
kept alive its achievements and heritage.
Grade: 9-12
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Across
Five Aprils
Reading level: 6.6; Interest Level: 5 –
9;
The story of a young boy, his family, and his neighbors
who live in a backwoods Illinois community during the
period of the Civil War. (1964)
Glencoe Literature Library:
Across Five Aprils
Teaching Books: Irene Hunt
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Irene
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Up a Road
Slowly
Reading level: 6.6; Interest level: 5 – 9;
After her mother's death, Julie goes to live with Aunt
Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she
experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from
seven to eighteen. (1993)
Audio CD - 2
Teaching Books: Irene Hunt
Password: hawks
Book Rags: Up a Road Slowly Study Guide |
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Junger,
Sebastian
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The
Perfect Storm
Reading level: 7.4; Interest level: 9+
In October 1991, what meteorologists deemed as "the
perfect storm" struck without warning. Off the coast of
Nova Scotia, the crew of the Andrea Gail gets caught in
it and the National Guard tries to rescue them. (1998)
(Non-fiction - Dewey 974.4)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Sebastian Junger
Password: hawks
NOAA Satellite and Information Service: The Perfect
Storm, October 1991 |
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Juster,
Norton
Math Fiction |
The
Phantom Tollbooth
Reading level: 6.7; Interest level: 4 – 7;
Milo enters a strange land where he learns the
importance of words and numbers, which in turn provides
a cure for his boredom. (1964)
Audio CD
Read Write Think Lesson Plan
http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=79
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Katz,
Ginger
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Sunny's
Story: "How to Save a Young Life"
Courage to Speak
Foundation |
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Flowers for Algernon
Interest Level: YA
A man who was once mentally retarded must face his
gradual return to his former state when the astounding
results of an experimental surgery that increased his
intelligence prove only temporary. (1959)
Sparks
Notes
Daniel
Keyes' Website |
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Kindl,
Patrice
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The Woman
in the Wall
Reading level: 5.1; Interest level:7-12
Because she suffers from extreme shyness, Anna retreats
into herself and her secret rooms where she attempts to
remain hidden from the outside world. (1997) |
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Konigsburg,
E. L.
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From the
Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiller
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 4-7
Twelve-year old Claudia and her younger brother run away
from home and take up residence at the Metropolitan
Museum where they come across a beautiful and mysterious
statue. Determined to discover its maker, they first
have to find the statue's former owner, the reclusive
and mischievous Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then sort
through her incredibly mixed-up files.
SCORE: Teacher's Guide
Teaching Books: E.L. Kongisburg
password: hawks
Audio Book |
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Kraske, Robert
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Marooned:
The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk,
the Real Robinson Crusoe
Marooned on a South Pacific island, Alexander Selkirk
survived in complete solitude for more than four years.
After his rescue in 1709 he became the real-life model
for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
(Non-fiction. Dewey 92) (2005) |
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Krumgold,
Joseph
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... And Now Miquel
Reading level: 4.8; Interest level: 3 –
6;
The secret wish of Miguel Chavez to go to the mountains
with the men in his family comes true.
Teaching Books: Joseph Krumgold
password: hawks |
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Langton, Jane
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The
Fledgling
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 4 – 7;
Georgie's fondest hope, to be able to fly, is fleetingly
fulfilled when she is befriended by a Canadian goose.
(1981)
Teaching Books: Jane Langton
password: hawks
Jane
Langton's website |
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Lasky, Kathryn
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Beyond
the Burning Time
Reading level: 5.6; Interest level: 7 – 12;
Suspenseful novel set in the Salem witch trialsin
Massachusetts. (1994)
Teaching Books: Kathryn Lasky
Salem Witch Trial:
National Geographic Interactive
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Did the
witches of the newly settled
Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, really exist?
Or were the trials an expression of powerful fears
and uncertainties of life in a new land? Produced by
Discovery Channel School.
Grade: 9-12
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Latham,
Jean Lee
Math, Biography |
Carry on
Mr. Bowditch
Reading level: 4.1; Interest level: 4-7
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to
understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician
and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem,
Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles
them into "The American Practical Navigator," also known
as the "Sailors' Bible." A fictionalized biography of
the mathematician and astronomer Nathaniel Bowditch, who
realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain
and authored The American Practical Navigator. Local
History. (1955) (Local History)
eNotes:
Study Guide
Bookrags: Study Guide
Hyperhistory: Nathaniel Bowditch |
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LeGuin,
Ursula
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A Wizard
of Earthsea
Reading level: 6.7; Interest level: 5 – 9
Book One of the award-winning trilogy of fantasy, in
which Ged, the magician, evokes a soul-destroying beast.
Earthsea Cycle. (1975)
Audio CD
Literature Place: A Wizard of Earthsea
Teaching Books: Ursula LeGuin
password: hawks |
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L'Engle,
Madeleine |
A Wrinkle
in Time
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5 – 9;
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly
strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has
disappeared while engaged in secret work for the
government. (1990)
Audio CD
NPR: Madeleine L'Engle Dies
Teaching Books: Madeleine L'Engle
password: hawks |
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Lewis, C.
S.
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The Lion,
The Witch and the Wardrobe
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 4–7;
How Aslan, the noble lion, freed Narnia from the spell
of the White Witch. (1994)
Teaching Books: C.S. Lewis
password: hawks
Full Video
Considered by many to be
the greatest Christian writer of the 20th century,
C.S. Lewis
is also among the most popular and commercially
successful authors of fantasy, science fiction, and
fiction today. Lewis's
phenomenal children's book series, The Chronicles of
Narnia, is among the best-selling children's books
of all time. This program is narrated by acclaimed
British actor, Sir Ben Kingsley.
Grade: 6-8
This video contains
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Jack
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White Fang
Reading level: 7.4; Interest
level: 7+
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who
is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with
man.
GradeSaver: ClassicNote on White Fang
Bibliomania: Read White Fang online |
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Lowry,
Lois
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Number
the Stars
Reading level: 4.5; Interest level: 5-9
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend
Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now
1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school,
food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through
town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated," Ellen
moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of
the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous
mission to save Ellen's life. (1990)
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Thinkquest: Number the Stars
Teaching Books: Lois Lowry - Number the Stars
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Lois
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The Giver
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 5-9
At the annual Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas is chosen for
something special as his life assignment. This leads him
to The Giver, a man who holds all the memories of the
past. Through this man, Jonas learns the terrible truth
about the society in which he lives. Given his lifetime
assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the
receiver of memories shared by only one other in his
community and discovers the terrible truth about the
society in which he lives.(1995)
Learn Write Think Lesson Plan
Teaching Books: Lois Lowry
password: hawks
TeachersNet: The Giver |
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McClafferty, Carla
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Something
Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
Reading level: 8.3; Interest level: 5-9
Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie
Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the
first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the
discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the
effect her discovery had on the world.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 92) (2006) |
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McKellar, Danica
Math, Non-fiction |
Math
Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Without
Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
Due to the relentless social conditioning that tells
girls they “can’t do” math and that math is “uncool,”
young girls today need strong female role models to
embrace the idea that it’s okay to be smart—in fact,
it’s sexy to be smart!
It’s Danica McKellar’s mission to be this role model,
and demonstrate on a large scale that math doesn’t
suck. (2007) |
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Ben
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Touching
Spirit Bear
Reading level: 5.3; Interest level: 7-12
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to
avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a
sentencing alternative based on the native American
Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan
Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear
changes his life. (2001)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Ben Mikaelsen
password: hawks
WebEnglish Teacher:
Touching Spirit Bear
Multnomah County Library Discussion Guide
Ben Mikaelson's Website |
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Ben
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Count
Down
No one was more surprised than Elliot when he was
selected by NASA to be the first teen in space, and now
nothing is going to stop him from achieving that goal.
Elliot looks up at the stars in anticipation of his
mission on board the space shuttle Endeavor, little
realizing the profound effect it will have on his life -
or on the life of a stranger living halfway around the
world. (1996)
Lesson Plan and Vocabulary
Ben Mikaelson's Website |
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Monroe, Eula Ewing
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Math Dictionary: The Easy, Simple, Fun
Guide to Help Math Phobics Become Math Lovers
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Myers,
Walter Dean |
Map,
Moondance and the Nagasaki Nights
Includes Kids Take Over, an article by Wen
Lien-Liang as told to Bob Der from Sports Illustrated
for Kids magazine; Looking Inside a Baseball
by Ron Schule from Looking Inside: Sports
Aerodynamics and Playing the Game, baseball
rules and a diagram of the field.
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
It doesn't matter if you
win or lose; it's what you know about the game! In
this program, students get a first-hand look at the
importance of different angles and curves of various
sports and what the significance is. Students will
learn about the geometric role of home plate in
setting up a baseball
diamond, why a rough ball travels further than a
smooth one, and the role of a simple technique in
trying to create force.
Grade: 6-8
This video
contains
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Here in
Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
Reading level: 5.9; Interest level: 7-12
Presents more than 50 poems reflecting the various
personalities of the Harlem community, both past and
present.
(Non-fiction. Dewey 811) (2004) |
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Naylor,
Phylils
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Shiloh
Reading level: 4.4; Interest level: 4 – 7;
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West
Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family
and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to
shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
(1992)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Phyllis Naylor - Shiloh
password: hawks
eThemes: Shiloh
Scholastic Literature Circle Guide |
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Naylor,
Phyllis
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Shiloh
Season
Reading level: 4.8; Interest level: 4-7
When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness,
takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty
discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes
to heal. (1996)
Simon Says Teaching Guide
Teaching Books: Phyllis Naylor - Shiloh Season
password: hawks |
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Nesbitt,
Barbara |
My Horse Chose Me
A novel about a boy who fails at almost everything
until he learns from the animals how to be a success. |
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O'Brien,
Robert C.
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Mrs.
Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Reading level: 5.1; Interest level 3-6
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed
mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a
laboratory made them wise and long lived. (1986)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Robert C. O'Brien - Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of Nimh
password: hawks |
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O'Dell,
Scott
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The Black
Pearl
Reading level: 5.4; Interest Level: 5-9
In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl
he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil
who legend says is its owner. (1977)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Scott O'Dell
password: hawks
eThemes: Author Study |
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O'Dell,
Scott |
Island of
the Blue Dolphins
Reading level: 5.4; Interest level: 5 –9;
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl
who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island
off the California coast.(1960)
Teaching Books: Scott O'Dell
password: hawks
eThemes: Author Study
Audio CD
Read Write Think Lesson Plan
http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1068 |
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Orwell, George
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1984
Reading Level: 8.2; Interest Level YA
(1949)
Spark
Notes |
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Park,
Linda Sue
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A Single
Shard
Reading level: 6.6; Interest level: 5-9
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea,
lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to
learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics
himself. (2003)
Audio CD
Literature Learning Ladders: A Single Shard
Teaching Books: Linda Sue Park
password: hawks |
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When My Name was Keoko
With national pride and
occasional fear, a brother and sister face the
increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan
during World War II, which threatens to suppress Korean
culture entirely. |
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Katherine
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Lyddie
Reading level: 5.6; Interest level: 5 – 9;
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is
determined to gain her independence by becoming a
factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. (1991)
Teaching Books: Katherine Patterson - Lyddie
password: hawks
SCORE Teaching Guide
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Few events in history
have had as great an effect on people’s lives as the
Industrial Revolution that began in the late 18th
century. This program explains the role of new
technology on industrialization, and examines the
changes in society and family life that occurred as
a result of it. This program covers: life and
textile manufacturing before the Industrial
Revolution, the revolution in the textile industry,
factories and growth of industrial cities, the
cotton gin, interchangeable parts, factory work,
steam power, and a discussion about how New England
States became the center of America’s Industrial
Revolution.
Grade: 6-8
This video contains
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Bridge to Terabithia
Reading level: 4.6; Interest level: 4 –7
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands
when he becomes friends with a newcomer who
subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach
their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
(1977)
Audio CD
VBRI - VHS Wonderworks Family Movie, 58 min.
Teaching Books: Katherine Patterson
password: hawks |
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Katherine
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The Great
Gilly Hopkins
Reading level: 4.6; Interest level: 5.9;
An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her
longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who
tries to be friendly.
Quia: The
Great Gilly Hopkins Word Activities
eNotes:
The Great Gilly Hopkins Study Guide
Teaching Books: Katherine Patterson
password: hawks |
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Paulsen,
Gary
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Hatchet
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 5 – 9;
After a plane crash, 13-year-old Brian spends 54 days in
the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only
the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and
learning also to survive his parent's divorce.
(1988)
Teaching Books: Gary Paulsen - Hatchet
password: hawks
NPR: Gary Paulsen Interview
Teacher Cyberguide: Hatchet
WebEnglish Teacher: Gary Paulsen |
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Gary
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Woodsong
Reading level: 5.6; Interest level: 7 – 12; Dogsledding
adventures capped by the story of the author's first
Iditarod. (1990)
Teaching Books: Gary Paulsen- Woodsong
password; hawks |
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Peck,
Robert
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A Day No
Pigs Would Die
Reading level: 4.4; Interest level: 5 –9;
Gentle, heartwarming novel about a 13-year-old farm boy,
his love for his father, his coming to manhood.(1972)
Teaching Books: Robert Peck -
A Day No Pigs Would Die
password: hawks
Teacher Cyberguide: A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Day No Pigs Would Die Vocabulary |
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Peck,
Richard
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The River
Between Us
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 5-9
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt
family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have
fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois. (2003)
Audio CD
Literature Circle Guide |
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Perez,
Norah
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Breaker
Reading level: 6.3; ; Interest level: 5 – 8;
Fourteen-year-old Pat McFarlane, forced to go to work as
a breaker boy in a Pennsylvania coal mine after the
death of his father, wonders how his already
poverty-stricken family will survive when the miners,
spurred on by unionist John Mitchell, call a strike in
1902. (1988)
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Few events in history
have had as great an effect on people’s lives as the
Industrial Revolution that began in the late 18th
century. This program explains the role of new
technology on industrialization, and examines the
changes in society and family life that occurred as
a result of it. This program covers: life and
textile manufacturing before the Industrial
Revolution, the revolution in the textile industry,
factories and growth of industrial cities, the
cotton gin, interchangeable parts, factory work,
steam power, and a discussion about how New England
States became the center of America’s Industrial
Revolution.
Grade: 6-8
This video contains
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W. R.
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Max the
Mighty
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 7 – 12;
Fourteen-year-old Max helps a younger girl escape from
her abusive stepfather by running away with her to the
distant town of Chivalry, Montana, and searching for her
real father.
(1980)
Rodman Philbrick's Website |
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Philbrick,
W. R.
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Freak the
Mighty
Reading level: 5.5; Interest level: 5 – 9; A brilliant,
emotionally-charged novel about a friendship so
powerful, it shatters the walls a boy has built around
himself since the murder of his mother.
(1993)
Read Write Think Lesson Plan
http://readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=41
Teaching Books: W. R. Philbrick
password: hawks |
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A. |
Ten Great
Mysteries by E. A. Poe
Read Write Think Lesson Plan
Edgar Allan Poe
Museum |
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A. |
18 Best
Stories by E.A. Poe
Read Write Think Lesson Plan
Edgar Allan Poe
Museum |
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Poe, Edgar A. |
Famous Tales of Mystery and
Terror |
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Rawlings,
Marjorie
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The
Yearling
Reading level: 9+; Interest level: 9
Jody Baxter, living in the Florida backwoods with his
pet fawn, experiences the joys and pains of growing up.
(1986)
Glencoe Literature: The Yearling |
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Rawls,
Wilson
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Where the
Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 7-12
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's
desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds
and teaches them to be champion hunters.
Audio CD
Glencoe Literature: Where the Red Fern Grows |
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Hans
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Freiderich
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5.9
The tragic story of a Jewish boy in Germany during the
thirties as seen through the eyes of a friend.
Florida Holocaust Museum Study Guide |
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Rinaldi, Ann
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A Break
with Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trial
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5-9
While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna
English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls
the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that
tore her village apart in 1692. (1992)
Full Video
unitedstreaming.com
Did the
witches of the newly settled
Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, really exist?
Or were the trials an expression of powerful fears
and uncertainties of life in a new land? Produced by
Discovery Channel School.
Grade: 9-12
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The Fifth
of March
Fourteen-year-old
Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston
household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the
colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the
massacre of March 5, 1770. (1993)
Awesome Stories: Boston Massacre
(scroll down)
Teaching Books: Ann Rinaldi |
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Rinaldi, Ann |
A Stitch
in Time - #1 of The Quilt Trilogy
Shortly after
the War of Independence, Hannah sees her family being
torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her
sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other
siblings prepare to help start a new town in the
Northwestern Territory. (1994)
Ann RInaldi's
Website |
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Rostowski, Margaret
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After the
Dancing Days
Reading level:
3.8; Interest level: 5-9
Annie learns to stand up to her mother in the days
following the end of The Great War, through her
friendship with a veteran and in the discovery of the
truth about her uncle's heroism; this is a gracefully
written story with a clear-sighted view of the ironies
of war. (1988)
Study Guide
After the Dancing Days Lesson Plan |
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Sobol,
Donald
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The
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
Reading level: 4.5; Interest level: 4-7
A lively account of an exciting chapter in history by
the author of the Encyclopedia Brown books.
(Non-fiction - Dewey 92/Biography.)
Awesome Story: First Flight |
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Smith, Roland
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Elephant Run
Nick endures servitude,
beatings, and more after his British father's plantation
in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when
his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is
stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape
on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father
and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. |
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Smoller.
S.M. |
Mary
Upton Ferrin
Local History (Non-fiction) |
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Spinelli, Jerry
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Love,
Stargirl
Reading level: 3.8; Interest level: 5-9
Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the
world's longest letter" to her ex-boyfriend, Leo,
describing her new life in Pennsylvania. (2007)
Love, Stargirl Website |
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Spinelli, Jerry
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Milkweed
Interest Level: YA
A street child, known to himself only as Stopthief,
finds community when he is taken in by a band of orphans
in Warsaw ghetto which helps him weather the horrors of
the Nazi regime. (2003) |
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Steig,
William
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Abel's
Island
Reading level: 5.9; Interest level: 4
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very
civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance
tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and
return to his home. (1976)
Audio CD
VABE - VHS Random House Video, 30 min.
Lesson Plan
William Steig's
Website |
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Steinbeck,
John
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The Red
Pony
Reading level: 6.1 ; Interest level: 7
The story of a boy, his sorrel colt, and their lives on
a ranch in California.
(1992)
Audio CD
VRED - VHS The Red Pony with Robert Mitchum and Myrna
Loy, 91 min.
National Steinbeck Center
eNotes: The
Red Pony |
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Stevenson,
Robert
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Treasure
Island
Reading level: 8.3; Interest level: 9+;
An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him
to a pirate's fortune
Audio CD - Oasis Family Listening Series
Treasure Island Vocabulary
Spark
Notes: Treasure Island |
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Stolz,
Mary |
Zekmet:
The Stone Carver - A Tale of Ancient Egypt
(Grades 2-6)
Chosen to design a magnificent monument for a vain
and demanding Pharoah, an Egyptian stone carver
conceives of and begins work on the Sphinx which still
stands in the Egyptian desert today.
Awesome Stories; Egypt
Clusty: Ancient Egypt |
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Streissguth,
Tom |
Wilma
Rudolph
Reading level: 6.5; Interest level: 7-12
Profiles the life of legendary athlete Wilma Rudolph,
describing how she became a gold medalist at the 1960
Olympic games after, earlier in her life, she was told
she would never walk. (2006) |
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Sundquist, Josh
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A Leg Up
At age nine Josh Sundquist was
diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and given a
fifty-percent chance to live. He spent a year on
chemotherapy treatments and lost his left leg as a
result of the disease. Doctors declared Josh cured of
the cancer at age thirteen, and three years later he
started ski racing. He trained for the next six years
and was named to the United States Paralympic Ski Team.
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Supples, Kevin
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The Civil Rights
Movement
Lexile: 710
Non-fiction from National Geographic Reading Expedition |
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Taylor,
Mildred
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Roll of
Thunder, Hear My Cry
Reading level: 5.7; Interest level: 5-9
In Mississippi, during the Great Depression of the
1930's the Logans are one of the few Black families who
own their own land. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan doesn't
understand why her parents attach so much importance to
this, any more than she understands the Night
Riders-white men who terrorize her people. (1977)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
password: hawks
Awesome Stories: The Great Depression |
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Taylor,
Theodore
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The Cay
Reading level: 5.3; Interest level: 5-9
When the freighter on which they are traveling is
torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a
twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the
head, and an old African American are stranded on a
small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy
acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from
his old companion. (1970)
Teaching Books: The Cay
password: hawks |
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Thesman,
Jean
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When the
Road Ends
Reading level: 4.2; Interest level: 7-12
Sent to spend the summer in the country, three foster
children and an older woman recovering from a serious
accident are abandoned by their slovenly caretaker and
must try to survive on their own.
(1992)
Teaching Books: When The Road Ends
password: hawks |
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Tolkien,
J.R.
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The
Hobbit
Reading level: 6.6; Interest level 9+
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives
comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the
wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an
adventure from which he may never return. (1997)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: The Hobbit
password: hawks |
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Twain,
Mark
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The Prince and the Pauper
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 4-7
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who
resembles him exchange places, each learns something
about the other's very different station in life.
VTWA - VHS: A & E Biography - Mark Twain and His Amazing
Adventures
Teaching Books: The Prince and the Pauper
password: hawks
Teaching Books: Mark Twain
password; hawks |
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Twain,
Mark
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The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Reading level: 8.1; Interest level: 7+
The story of a young boy's adventures in a
nineteenth-century Mississippi River town. (1986)
VTWA - VHS: A
& E Biography - Mark Twain and His Amazing Adventures
Teaching Books: Mark Twain
password; hawks |
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Twain,
Mark |
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Reading level: 6.6 Interest level: 7+;
The story of a young boy, his friends, and their lives
and adventures on the Mississippi River
VTWA - VHS: A & E
Biography - Mark Twain and His Amazing Adventures
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Vocabulary
Teaching Books: Mark Twain
password; hawks |
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Twain,
Mark |
Mark
Twain's Best
Teaching Books: Mark Twain
password; hawks |
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Uchida,
Yoshiko
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A Jar of Dreams
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 4-7
Eleven-year-old Rinko grows up in a closely-knit
Japanese American family in California during the
Depression, a time of great prejudice.
Teaching Books: A Jar of Dreams
password: hawks |
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Voight,
Cynthia
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Dicey's
Song
Reading level: 5.0; Interest level: 7 – 12;
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are
settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that
their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and
courage. Tillerman Family Stories, Book 2.
(1987)
Teaching Books: Dicey's Song
password: hawks |
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Wallace |
Great
American Short Stories |
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Watkins,
Yoko Kawashima
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My
Brother, My Sister and I
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 5-9
Living as refugees in Japan in 1947 while trying to
locate their missing father, thirteen-year-old Yoko and
her older brother and sister must endure a bad fire,
injury, and false charges of arson, theft, and murder.
(Sequel to So Far from the Bamboo Grove) (1996)
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Watkins,
Yoko Kawashima
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So Far
From the Bamboo Grove
Reading level: 4.7; Interest level: 5-9
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old
Yoko escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and
sister at the end of World War II. (1994)
Glencoe Literature: So Far from the Bamboo Grove
So Far from the Bamboo Grove Map |
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Wells,
John G.
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The Time
Machine
Reading level: 7.4; Interest level: 9+
Desperate to alter the course of time, a visionary
scientist invents a revolutionary machine that propels
him 800,000 years into the future. There he discovers
that humans have evolved into two groups: the hunters
and the hunted. Now he must fight to save himself, and
all of mankind, in a final, desperate battle. (1988)
Teaching Books: The Time Machine
password: hawks |
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Weisel,
Elie
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Night
Reading level: 4.8; Interest level: 9+
Originally published in Yiddish in a more expanded
version,
this is translated
from the French by Stella Rodway ; foreword by Francois
Mauriac ; preface for the twenty-fifth anniversary
edition by Robert McAfee Brown. (1982)
Audio CD
Teaching Books: Elie Weisel
password: hawks |
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Weitz,
Sonia
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I
Promised I Would Tell: Facing History, Facing Ourselves
(Non-fiction, Dewey - 811) (1993)
The Holocaust
Center Boston North |
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White, E.B.
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The
Trumpet of the Swan
Reading level: 4.9; Interest level: 4 – 7;
Louis, the Trumpeter Swan, lacks a voice, but his father
hits on a bold alternative, so that Louis might win his
love, Serena. (1970)
Audio CD
Teacher Cyber Guide: Trumpet of the Swan
EdHelper: Trumpet of the Swan
Teaching Books: Trumpet of the Swan
Password: hawks |
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Yolen/Coville
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Armageddon Summer
Reading level: 5.2; Interest level 5-9
Fourteen-year-old Marina and sixteen-year-old Jed
accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers,
to await the end of the world atop a remote mountain,
where they try to decide what they themselves believe.
(1999)
Audio CD
Armageddon Summer Study Guide |
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Yolen,
Jane
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The
Devil's Arithmetic
Reading level: 4.6; Interest level: 5-9
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage
until time travel places her in the middle of a small
Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Audio CD |
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Zindel,
Paul
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The
Pigman
Reading level: 5.5; Interest level: 7-12
A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from
unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with
an old man. (1983)
Teaching Books: The Pigman
password: hawks |
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Zhensun,
Zheng
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A Young
Painter
The life and paintings
of Wang Yani-- China's extraordinary young artist / by
Zheng Zhensun and Alice Low ; photographs by Zheng
Zhensun ; introduction by Jan Stuart (1991)
(Non-fiction)
My Hero: Wang Yani |
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