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Orca Soundings Resource Guide

Author : Susan Geye

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 298 pages

File Size : 19,76 MB

Release : 2009-09

Category : Education

ISBN : 1554693888

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Book Description

New Resource Guides available for Hi/Low fiction from Orca Book Publishers. Orca Soundings are teen novels for reluctant readers. Orca Currents are middle-school novels for reluctant readers. Written at a grade 2.0 to grade 4.5 reading level, these compelling contemporary novels have proven incredibly popular with teachers and librarians looking for material that will engage their most reluctant of readers. Orca has always provided professionally written teachers guides to accompany these books. Now we offer a complete resource guide to enable classroom integration of these popular titles. Including sections on reading levels, book discussion groups, literacy circles, assessment and follow-up activities, this resource guide enables a teacher to implement the Orca Soundings and Orca Currents series as part of a comprehensive independent reading and literacy unit.



Speaking Our Truth

Author : Monique Gray Smith

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 161 pages

File Size : 46,38 MB

Release : 2017-09-19

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 145981584X

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Book Description

Holding each other up with respect, dignity and kindness.



Homecoming

Author : Diane Dakers

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 115 pages

File Size : 49,8 MB

Release : 2014-09

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1459808053

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Book Description

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.



Chill

Author : Colin Frizzell

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 30,78 MB

Release : 2006-09-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1554695937

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Chill has always been different. But the way Chill deals with his disability and his art have given him the power to survive the horrors of high school. When a new teacher arrives, determined to crush his students' spirit, Chill decides to fight back and risk everything. A story of doing the right thing and standing up for yourself—and your friends. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.



Learning to Fly

Author : Paul Yee

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 135 pages

File Size : 10,61 MB

Release : 2008-10-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1554696607

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Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his friendship with an Indigenous boy, also an outsider, Jason finds he needs to fight to belong and to find a new home.



Responsible

Author : Darlene Ryan

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 41,36 MB

Release : 2007-10-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1554696992

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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.



Fallout

Author : Nikki Tate

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 42,59 MB

Release : 2011-09-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1554699770

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Tara's sister died a year ago, on the day that Tara didn't answer her phone when Hannah called. And Hannah stepped in front of a bus. Now Tara lives with the guilt of wondering if things would be different if she had been there when Hannah needed her most. Competing in slam poetry competitions is the only way Tara can keep her sister's memory alive and deal with all the unanswered questions. But at some point, Tara is going to have to let Hannah rest in peace, and she will need to find a way to move on.



Cellular

Author : Ellen Schwartz

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 11,36 MB

Release : 2010-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1554692989

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Brendan has it all-captain of the basketball team, good friends, a beautiful girlfriend and a loving family -- until he is diagnosed with leukemia. Terrified and convinced that no one understands what he is going through, Brendan faces chemotherapy alone, until he meets Lark. She is also in treatment, although her condition is much worse, and yet she remains positive and hopeful. Brendan is torn between feeling sorry for himself and the love for life that Lark brings to even the simplest thing. Through Lark, he discovers the strength to go on, to fight for survival and to love.



Deadly

Author : Sarah Harvey

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 35,70 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1459803647

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Book Description

Amy is abducted and locked away, forced to write essays about the error of her ways.



Exit Point

Author : Laura Langston

Publisher : Orca Book Publishers

Page : 136 pages

File Size : 12,34 MB

Release : 2006-03-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1554696100

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Logan always takes the easy way out. After a night of drinking and driving he wakes up to find he has been involved in a senseless car accident and is dead. With the help of his guide, Wade, and the spirit of his grandmother, he realizes he has taken the wrong exit—he wasn't meant to die. His life had a purpose—to save his sister—but he took the easy way out and he failed. Now, before he can rest in peace, he has to try and save his sister from a future no child should face. He will only get one chance and he cannot afford to fail this time—for Amy’s sake and for his own.