My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald
School Library Journal: Gr 4–6— Lucy Desberg, 12, spends most of her free time at her family’s pharmacy. It was …
Category Archives: Reading Resources
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
School Library Journal: Gr 5 – 9 — Van Allsburg’s The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Houghton, 1984) has taken on …
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples
BookList: Books for Youth, Older Readers: /*STARRED REVIEW*/ Gr. 9-12. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (1989), with its wholly realized …
Burned Libraries Considered
In 2003 Ms. Baker, 50-year old, head librarian of Basra’s Central Library worried when Iraqi government officials moved their offices …
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
School Library Journal: /* Starred Review */ Gr 7 Up— Tan captures the displacement and awe with which immigrants respond …
Uglies by Scott Westerfield
School Library Journal: /* Starred Review */ Gr 6 Up –Tally Youngblood lives in a futuristic society that acculturates its …
The Last Book of the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
School Library Journal: Gr 6-9-Following the Big Shake, which destroyed most of civilization, a small group of individuals (the “proovs”) …
A Crack in the Sky by Mark Peter Hughes
School Library Journal: Gr 6 – 10 — In this first installment of a planned series, 13-year-old Eli lives in …
“The Invention of Love” Animated Film Used to Teach Literary Devices
Use this 9 minute film on Valentine’s Day with your intermediate students to introduce reading expectation 2.4, Elements of Style. …
Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins
BookList: /* Starred Review */ Grades 6-12 The highly anticipated conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy does not disappoint. If …
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