Every day, Artie wakes up and the same thing happens--he bumps his head and gets ready for the first day of fifth grade. A twist ending helps explain why nothing changes from day to day. Ages 8-12.New Kid By Jerry Craft(Quill Tree Books)On the first day at a fancy prep school,...
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Mrs. Olinski returns to teaching sixth grade after a car accident that killed her husband and left her in a wheelchair. The four students she selects for her academic bowl team not only exceed everyone's expectations in the competition, but also form a unique bond of friendship that nurture...
Tommy Sweatt, a North Carolina trucker driver with a fifth-grade education, has a teeth-grinding desire to amount to something. In his twin sons, he sees the vehicle for his family’s deliverance, and he pushes them toward his concept of greatness. When Lucky is crippled by polio in 1954...
The best novels about prep school share a few common themes: a general search for meaning, good versus evil, suicide and suicidal thoughts, lost love, unrequited love, and waning youth. The protagonists from these academies might be students (Gene Forrester, in John Knowles’A S...
The best novels about prep school share a few common themes: a general search for meaning, good versus evil, suicide and suicidal thoughts, lost love, unrequited love, and waning youth. The protagonists from these academies might be students (Gene Forrester, in John Knowles’ A ...
for, example(A) 2. made us read one whole lesson in half an hour 3. had his son drive him to the airport to meet his old friend 4. let the fish swim around freely in the pool (B) 1. Three-fourths 2. one-fifth 3. two-thirds...
Jenny is a fifth grader. She is considered one of the most popular girls in her class. She is very pretty, but that is not why she is considered popular. She is popular because she is known to be among the brightest in her class. She can do the most cartwheels in a row, but ...
The content is too difficult. I say to them, consider what your students are inundated with today through media. The violence we see on television. The Walking Dead, for example (which I love, by the way). Yet what you are bringing them in these works is reality, history, and things ...
ByR. L. Stine(Square Fish)This classic book from the author of the Goosebumps series is filled with suspense and humor.Every day, Artie wakes up and the same thing happens-he bumps his head and gets ready for the first day of fifth grade. A twist ending helps explain why nothing ...