Peabody Public Schools - Curriculum & Instruction

The Travis Roy Foundation

ELEVEN SECONDS by Travis Roy

Within the 11 seconds that inspired this memoir, Travis Roy realized his dream, then smashed into his nightmare. A talented young hockey player, Travis skated onto the ice for his varsity debut with Boston University and eleven fateful seconds later, he was paralyzed from the neck down. (Non-Fiction) $20.00

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Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph

Students must complete a second book from the choices listed below
and complete one assessment choice on it. Please see the assessment choices listed below.

The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline B. Cooney
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed. (Historical Fiction) $6.50

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The Ransom of Mercy Carter (2001)

Basher 5-2: The True Story of F16 Fighter Pilot Capt. Scott O'Grady by Capt. Scott O'Grady and Michael French
U.S. Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and stayed alive with little water and no food in enemy territory after the F-16 he was flying on a peace-keeping mission in Bosnia was shot down. (Non-Fiction, Biography) $6.00

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Basher Five-Two : The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady (1997)

Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez

Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education. (Memoir) $7.00

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Breaking Through (2001)

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. (Realistic Fiction) $7.00

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Walk Two Moons (1994)

The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention. (Realistic Fiction) $7.00

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The Gospel According to Larry (2001)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England. (Historical Fiction) $7.00

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Little Women

Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Elliot, a victim of bullying, invents a calmer, cooler self when he changes schools in the middle of freshman year, but soon attracts the wrong kind of attention from the Guardians who "maintain order" at the new school. (Realistic Fiction) $6.00

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Inventing Elliot (2004)

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy. (Realilstic Fiction) $8.00

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)

A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi
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.
(Historical Fiction) $7.00

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A Break with Charity (2003)

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland which leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. (Science Fiction) $5.00

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

I, Dred Scott: a fictional slave narrative based on the life and legal precedent of Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses
Having served his master in northern states, under the provisions of the Missouri compromise the slave Dred Scott may be eligible for emancipation, but legal obstacles stand in the way of his freedom. (Historical Fiction) $17.00

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I, Dred Scott