Heroism | Unleashing Readers | Page 2
By Ricki On July 31, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction, Read Aloud
Authors: Marcel Prins and Peter Henk Steenhuis
Published: March 25, 2014 by Arthur A. Levine Books
Summary: Fourteen unforgettable true stories of children hidden away during World War II
Jaap […]
By Ricki On June 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic/Apocalyptic, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Plot Development, Science Fiction, Theme, Tone
Published: April 8, 2014 by Delacorte Press
Summary: An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world… if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on […]
GoodReads Summary: Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the […]
By Ricki On January 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Novel, Plot Development, Science Fiction, Setting
Published: November 12th, 2013 by Delacorte
GoodReads Summary: Shy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he’ll rake in the tips and be able to help […]
GoodReads Summary: “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door […]
By Ricki On September 12, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Figurative Language, Historical Fiction, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Novel, Setting, Simile/Metaphor, Text Structure, Theme, Visualizing, Voice
Expected Publication: September 10th, 2013 by Miramax (Disney)
Summary: While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious […]
By Ricki On August 22, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction
Expected Publication: August 27th, 2013 by Arthur A. Levine
Summary: Adolf Eichmann was one of the world’s most notorious Nazis as the head of operations for […]
Heroism | Unleashing Readers | Page 2
By Ricki On July 31, 2014 · 4 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction, Read Aloud
Authors: Marcel Prins and Peter Henk Steenhuis
Published: March 25, 2014 by Arthur A. Levine Books
Summary: Fourteen unforgettable true stories of children hidden away during World War II
Jaap […]
By Ricki On June 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic/Apocalyptic, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Plot Development, Science Fiction, Theme, Tone
Published: April 8, 2014 by Delacorte Press
Summary: An unforgettable epic romantic thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world… if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on […]
GoodReads Summary: Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the […]
By Ricki On January 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Novel, Plot Development, Scienc
e Fiction, Setting
Published: November 12th, 2013 by Delacorte
GoodReads Summary: Shy took the summer job to make some money. In a few months on a luxury cruise liner, he’ll rake in the tips and be able to help […]
GoodReads Summary: “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door […]
By Ricki On September 12, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Figurative Language, Historical Fiction, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Novel, Setting, Simile/Metaphor, Text Structure, Theme, Visualizing, Voice
Expected Publication: September 10th, 2013 by Miramax (Disney)
Summary: While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious […]
By Ricki On August 22, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Narrative Nonfiction
Expected Publication: August 27th, 2013 by Arthur A. Levine
Summary: Adolf Eichmann was one of the world’s most notorious Nazis as the head of operations for […]