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This is My America by Kim Johnson

By On June 25, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Conflict, Dialogue, Foreshadowing, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Theme, Voice
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This is My America
Author: Kim Johnson
Published: February 28, 2017 by Balzer + Bray

GoodReads Summary: Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the […]

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Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan

By On July 13, 2017 · 1 Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Compare/Contrast, Fantasy, Foreshadowing, Graphic Novels/Comics, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Mystery, Onomatopoeia, Sequence, Setting, Text Structure, Tone
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Snow White: A Graphic Novel
Author: Matt Phelan
Published: September 21, 2016 by Candlewick

A Guest Review by Emily Baseler

GoodReads Summary: Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan delivers a darkly stylized noir Snow White set […]

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

By On June 15, 2017 · 8 Comments · In Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Dialogue, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Theme, Voice
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The Hate U Give
Authors: Angie Thomas
Published: February 28, 2017 by Balzer + Bray

GoodReads Summary: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses […]

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The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm

By On May 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Cause/Effect, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Conflict, Dialogue, Foreshadowing, Humor, Inferring, Inquiry, Language/Style, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Making Connections, Novel, Plot Development, Point of View, Prediction, Read Aloud, Science Fiction, Sequence, Theme, Voice
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The Fourteenth Goldfish
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Published: April 5, 2016 by Yearling

A Guest Review by Kelsey Iwanicki

Summary: The Fourteenth Goldfish follows the story of Ellie, an 11-year-old girl, who is currently struggling to […]

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All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

By On July 7, 2016 · 6 Comments · In Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Conflict, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Novel, Read Aloud, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Text Structure, Voice
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All American Boys
Authors: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Published: September 29, 2015 byAtheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

GoodReads Summary: Rashad is absent again today.

That’s the sidewalk graffiti that started it all…

Well, no, actually, a lady tripping over Rashad at the store, making him drop a bag of […]

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The House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle

By On January 21, 2016 · 2 Comments · In Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Historical Fiction, Imagery/Descriptive Language, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Mood, Novel, Setting, Text Structure
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House of Purple Cedar
Author: Tim Tingle
Published: February 18, 2014 by Cinco Puntos Press

GoodReads Summary: “The hour has come to speak of troubled times. It is time we spoke of Skullyville.”

Thus begins Rose Goode’s story of her growing up in Indian […]

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Text Sets for Teachers: What is a Hero?: Exploring the Concept of a Hero

By On December 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Teaching, Theme
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What is a Hero?: Exploring the Concept of a Hero
Text Set for The Odyseey by Homer
created by Lara Hawley

The theme of What is a Hero? can be explored from many different viewpoints. Students might look at how society portrays a hero and what expectations we, as members of […]

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