I Will Call It Georgie's Blues


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Reverend Mr. Sloan is a time bomb waiting to go off. Behind his kindly public persona is an intolerant, demanding parent who terrorizes his children. Neal escapes his father in the world of music, but his frail brother Georgie is headed for a breakdown that almost no one will realize. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.




I Will Call It Georgie's Blues


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Neal and his family must cope with a bullying, rigid father who is a Baptist minister.







Quick and Popular Reads for Teens


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Compiles and annotates YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults" and "Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers." Includes theme lists.




Reaching Adolescents


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A basic text for young and adult/adolescent literature courses. An exciting new young adult literature text...one that offers a holistic, inclusive approach to incorporating the popular books young adults like to read into a solid English language arts curriculum. A student-centered, whole language emphasis advocates a curriculum that encourages student response to literature and helps develop crucial critical thinking skills. The author suggests numerous approaches to using young adult literature, explores and demonstrates a variety of teaching methods, and discusses an array of literature appropriate for a wide range of students in a number of subject areas, including literature written specifically for children and young adults, popular adult literature, and the classics.




The Arts as Meaning Makers


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This comprehensive introductory book shows teachers how to meaningfully integrate literature, art, drama, dance, and music throughout curricular areas by providing a basic arts knowledge base. It summarizes the concepts and skills of five art forms and shows teachers how to plan and implement units and specific lessons which integrate at least one art form with a curricular area in each lesson.




Reel Conversations


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In Reel Conversations, Alan Teasley and Ann Wilder discuss and demonstrate the powerful role film can play in the language arts classroom, both as a subject in itself and as a key dimension of language study.




The Blues Encyclopedia


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The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.







Conflict and Connection


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In Conflict and Connection, Sharon Stringer offers a valuable cross-disciplinary view of how the lives of characters in fiction reflect the growth and behavioral stages of adolescents.