Author : Monique Gray Smith
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 145981584X
Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.
Author : Susan Greye
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 1551439565
A teacher's resource for Orca Currents, high-interest low-vocab novels for middle school readers.
Author : Diane Dakers
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2014-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1459808053
When Fiona’s dad is released from prison for a crime he says he did not commit, Fiona struggles with whom to believe and how to move forward.
Author : Cristy Watson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554698901
In most ways, Poe is like the other kids in his school. He thinks about girls and tries to avoid too much contact with teachers. He has a loving father who helps him with his homework. But Poe has a secret, and almost every day some small act threatens to expose him. He doesn't have a phone number to give to friends. He doesn't have an address. Poe and his father are living in a tent on city land. When the city clears the land to build housing, Poe worries that they might not be able to find another site near his school. Will Poe have to expose his secret to get help for himself and his father? This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
Author : Larry Swartz
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1551389428
Teaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.
Author : Daphne Greer
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554699843
Key Selling Points This book was nominated for Best Quick Read by the American Library Association. Maxed Out is the first of two books that feature brothers Duncan and Max. The second, Camped Out, won the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award. Enhanced features (dyslexia-friendly font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
Author : Eric Walters
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554694485
The principal announces that the school is implementing uniforms, and Ian finds himself caught in a conflict. Julia, the student body president and Ian's friend, wants Ian to devise a plan to fight the decision, but the principal is determined to convince Ian the uniforms are a good idea. Ian doesn't see the problem with uniforms and wants nothing to do with the issue, but while doing research for a social-justice class, Ian learns that the manufacturer of the uniforms is on the top-ten list in the industry for human-rights violations. When he tells the principal their clothing is being made in sweatshops using child labor, all he gets is a reminder that the penalty for refusing to wear the uniforms is expulsion. Ian finds himself caught in a whole new conflict—one with himself.
Author : Cristy Watson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,37 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554699622
When Cody and his friends accept a challenge from a local gang to steal a park bench, their main concern is keeping themselves on the gang's good side. Cody learns that the stolen bench had been dedicated to the father of the English teacher who sponsors the school newspaper—the paper that Cody has just started writing for—and he's worried about the consequences. As the gang applies pressure for more from Cody and his friends, he realizes they've crossed a line, and now he has to figure out how to make it right.
Author : Orca Book Publishers
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,56 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781554692590
Middle-School Fiction for Reluctant Readers. 81 paperbacks.
Author : Darlene Ryan
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1554696992
Kevin Frasier is in a new high school—his fourth in the last year. He is trying to get along and not cause any waves. When he falls in with Nick and his friends, Frasier ends up going along as the group bullies and threatens their way through the school. When Nick starts tormenting Erin—and she stands up to him—the harassment escalates until Kevin is forced to make a difficult decision and risk everything.
