Literature Circle

A Girl Like That Literature Circle Title

Bhathena, Tanaz


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape.
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This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old half-Hindu/half-Parsi Zarin Wadia is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs, regularly leaving class to smoke cigarettes in cars with boys, but she also desperately wants to grow up and move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, another non-Muslim Indian who risks deportation but remains devoted to Zarin, could help her escape.

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Ace of Spades Literature Circle Title

Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah.


This set of 6 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students' dark secrets to light. Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can't escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn't afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power. Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they're planning much more than a high-school game.
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This set of 6 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students' dark secrets to light. Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can't escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn't afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power. Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they're planning much more than a high-school game.

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Alan Gratz Literature Circle

Gratz, Alan.


This kit contains 7 titles by Alan Gratz. They are: Refugee ; Ground Zero ; Allies ; Grenade ; Projekt 1065 ; Prisoner B-3087 and Captain America.
Date Published:2024

All American Boys Literature Circle Title

Reynolds, Jason.


Rashad and Quinn—one black, one white, both American—face the unspeakable truth that racism and prejudice didn’t die after the civil rights movement. There’s a future at stake, a future where no one else will have to be absent because of police brutality. They just have to risk everything to change the world. This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.
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Rashad and Quinn—one black, one white, both American—face the unspeakable truth that racism and prejudice didn’t die after the civil rights movement. There’s a future at stake, a future where no one else will have to be absent because of police brutality. They just have to risk everything to change the world. This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.

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Beartown Literature Circle Title

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-,


The novel presents a combination of hockey and literature. The story follows the events leading up to the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a star junior hockey player, and the consequences for the victim, the players, their families, friends, and the community which has a long-standing reputation as a hockey town. ERAC Approved for use in grades 11 - 12. A small town rallies around their new ice rink in the hopes of their junior hockey team competing in the national semifinals. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal matach is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil.
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The novel presents a combination of hockey and literature. The story follows the events leading up to the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a star junior hockey player, and the consequences for the victim, the players, their families, friends, and the community which has a long-standing reputation as a hockey town. ERAC Approved for use in grades 11 - 12. A small town rallies around their new ice rink in the hopes of their junior hockey team competing in the national semifinals. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal matach is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil.

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Beartown Literature Circle Title

Backman, Fredrik, 1981-,


The novel presents a combination of hockey and literature. The story follows the events leading up to the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a star junior hockey player, and the consequences for the victim, the players, their families, friends, and the community which has a long-standing reputation as a hockey town. ERAC Approved for use in grades 11 - 12. A small town rallies around their new ice rink in the hopes of their junior hockey team competing in the national semifinals. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal matach is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil.
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The Black Kids Literature Circle Title

Hammonds Reed, Christina


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. With the Rodney King riots closing in on high school senior Ashley and her family, the privileged bubble she has enjoyed, protecting her from the difficult realities most black people face, begins to crumble. .
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Blood Like Magic Literature Circle Title

Sambury, Liselle


This set of 6 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail. When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love. And this time, failure means every Thomas witch will be stripped of their magic.
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This set of 6 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail. When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love. And this time, failure means every Thomas witch will be stripped of their magic.

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Bloodmarked Literature Circle Title : Book two in the Legendborn Cycle

Deonn, Tracy


This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. After awakening the dormant spirit of her ancestor King Arthur Pendragon, almost-17-year-old Briana Matthews must fight to learn and control her magical inheritances. As a Black person who also possesses the ability to use Root, a form of magic borrowed from deceased practitioners and passed down to her through her mother’s family, Bree is unique in the Line of Pendragon. It is through blood and violence that Bree’s magical abilities intertwined—both those from Arthur’s Welsh origins and from her family’s Bloodcraft originating during chattel slavery in the American South. Together they have turned her into one of the most powerful people either Line has ever known. The intricacies of her navigation of her new powers are at the heart of this sequel to Legendborn (2020), especially as Bree balances the knowledge that her Blackness creates a critical distance between her and the racist people she is sworn to protect as the king of all Legendborns. .
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This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. After awakening the dormant spirit of her ancestor King Arthur Pendragon, almost-17-year-old Briana Matthews must fight to learn and control her magical inheritances. As a Black person who also possesses the ability to use Root, a form of magic borrowed from deceased practitioners and passed down to her through her mother’s family, Bree is unique in the Line of Pendragon. It is through blood and violence that Bree’s magical abilities intertwined—both those from Arthur’s Welsh origins and from her family’s Bloodcraft originating during chattel slavery in the American South. Together they have turned her into one of the most powerful people either Line has ever known. The intricacies of her navigation of her new powers are at the heart of this sequel to Legendborn (2020), especially as Bree balances the knowledge that her Blackness creates a critical distance between her and the racist people she is sworn to protect as the king of all Legendborns. .

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The Break Literature Circle Title

Vermette, Katherena, 1977-,


Trigger warning: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. Contains scenes of sexual and physical violence, and depictions of vicarious trauma. Set in a community of mixed Indigenous and settler descent, this is the story of a multigenerational family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime. The prose of this authentic Indigenous resource is quite accessible, making it an excellent choice for secondary literature circles. Booklist starred, February 2018. Pub Weekly, January 2018. This authentic Indigenous title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is Locally Approved for use in grades 10-12. When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break--a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house--she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim--police, family, and friends--tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.
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Trigger warning: This book is about recovering and healing from violence. Contains scenes of sexual and physical violence, and depictions of vicarious trauma. Set in a community of mixed Indigenous and settler descent, this is the story of a multigenerational family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime. The prose of this authentic Indigenous resource is quite accessible, making it an excellent choice for secondary literature circles. Booklist starred, February 2018. Pub Weekly, January 2018. This authentic Indigenous title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is Locally Approved for use in grades 10-12. When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break--a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house--she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim--police, family, and friends--tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.

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Brother Literature Circle Title

Chariandy, David


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Trinidadian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. . With devastating emotional force David Chariandy, a unique and exciting voice in Canadian literature, crafts a heartbreaking and timely story about the profound love that exists between brothers and the senseless loss of lives cut short with the shot of a gun.
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This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Trinidadian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. . With devastating emotional force David Chariandy, a unique and exciting voice in Canadian literature, crafts a heartbreaking and timely story about the profound love that exists between brothers and the senseless loss of lives cut short with the shot of a gun.

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Brownstone Literature Circle Title

Teer, Samuel


This set of 6 graphic novels would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle Titles. In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage for the first time.
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Bruised Literature Circle Title

Boteju, Tanya


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC and LGBTQ+ choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Daya Wijesinghe sees a bruise as a mixture of comfort and control, but joining a roller derby team push her toward big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.
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Career Education : Grades 2-3


What do people do all day? -- Dreaming up -- The sharing circle -- When I grow up -- Nibi's water song -- What's my superpower? (2 copies) -- If you love __you could be (x2) -- 7 laminated images -- Lesson plans. Career Education Lit Kit - Grade TWO and THREE Self-Awareness, Community, and Exploring Possibilities HIGHLIGHTS include opportunities for students to: • learn about inukshuks and the Nunavut while considering their own super-power! • experience the sharing circle and explore the importance of water to the First Nations (great connection to Science and the water cycle) • explore architecture and build their own version All of this through lessons that integrate English Language Arts, ADST, Social Studies and.
Date Published:2023

What do people do all day? -- Dreaming up -- The sharing circle -- When I grow up -- Nibi's water song -- What's my superpower? (2 copies) -- If you love __you could be (x2) -- 7 laminated images -- Lesson plans. Career Education Lit Kit - Grade TWO and THREE Self-Awareness, Community, and Exploring Possibilities HIGHLIGHTS include opportunities for students to: • learn about inukshuks and the Nunavut while considering their own super-power! • experience the sharing circle and explore the importance of water to the First Nations (great connection to Science and the water cycle) • explore architecture and build their own version All of this through lessons that integrate English Language Arts, ADST, Social Studies and.

Date Published:2023

Clap When You Land Literature Circle Title

Acevedo, Elizabeth


This book would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance--and Papi's secrets--the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.
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This book would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance--and Papi's secrets--the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

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Classics Literature Circle


This Literature Circle consists of 6 titles: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (6 copies) ; Treasure Island (2 copies) ; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (4 copies) ; Peter Pan (4 copies) ; Anne of Green Gables (6 copies) and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (7 copies) for a total of 29 books.
Date Published:2024

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow Literature Circle Title

Namey, Laura Taylor


This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. In Laura Taylor Namey's A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, heroine Lila Reyes finds herself quite literally out of her comfort zone – Miami – as her family, concerned for her mental and physical well-being after a series of life crises, sends her to stay with a family friend in a small English village.
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This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. In Laura Taylor Namey's A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, heroine Lila Reyes finds herself quite literally out of her comfort zone – Miami – as her family, concerned for her mental and physical well-being after a series of life crises, sends her to stay with a family friend in a small English village.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time : Literature Circle (ASD) Title (LSS)

Mark Haddon, 2003.


Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
Date Published:2003

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.

Date Published:2003

Dear Justyce Literature Circle Title : a novel

Stone, Nic


This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Dear Justyce tells the story of Quan Banks, a high school senior who is currently in prison for allegedly shooting and killing a police officer. Quan, a childhood friend of Justyce McAllister (the main character in Dear Martin), writes letters to Justyce revealing details about his life, his family, and the events leading up to the night of the shooting. Quan also uses these letters as a form of therapy to reflect on the factors that led to him sitting in this prison cell.
Date Published:2020

This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Dear Justyce tells the story of Quan Banks, a high school senior who is currently in prison for allegedly shooting and killing a police officer. Quan, a childhood friend of Justyce McAllister (the main character in Dear Martin), writes letters to Justyce revealing details about his life, his family, and the events leading up to the night of the shooting. Quan also uses these letters as a form of therapy to reflect on the factors that led to him sitting in this prison cell.

Date Published:2020

Dear Martin Literature Circle Title

Stone, Nic


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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Different forms of Government : Literature circle (Grades 6/7)


In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is social issues. It includes the following titles: Iqbal (Grade 6-7)(7 copies), I am a Taxi(Grade 7) (4 copies), The Giver (Grade 6) (6 copies), The Bread winner (Grade 5)(7 copies) and Among the hidden (5 copies).
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In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is social issues. It includes the following titles: Iqbal (Grade 6-7)(7 copies), I am a Taxi(Grade 7) (4 copies), The Giver (Grade 6) (6 copies), The Bread winner (Grade 5)(7 copies) and Among the hidden (5 copies).

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Extreme Environments : Literature circle (Grades 6/7)

Paulsen, Gary.


The theme of this kit is Extreme Environments. It includes the following titles: 1. Peak (7 Copies)Gr 6-7 2. Brian's Hunt (8 Copies)(Gr 5-6) 3. Northern Exposures(7 Copies)(Gr5-6) 4. 7th Professors (2 Copies)(Gr 5) 5. Hatchet (8 Copies). 6. Trapped in Ice (6 copies)(Grade 6-7). In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach.
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The theme of this kit is Extreme Environments. It includes the following titles: 1. Peak (7 Copies)Gr 6-7 2. Brian's Hunt (8 Copies)(Gr 5-6) 3. Northern Exposures(7 Copies)(Gr5-6) 4. 7th Professors (2 Copies)(Gr 5) 5. Hatchet (8 Copies). 6. Trapped in Ice (6 copies)(Grade 6-7). In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach.

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Fantasy Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom : Option 2


This literature circle includes 8 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P O-X (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Adventurers Guild Gregor the Overlander (V) / The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (V/W) / False Prince (X) / Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures (Q) / The Power of Un (T) / Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (N/O) / The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore (R/S).
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This literature circle includes 8 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P O-X (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Adventurers Guild Gregor the Overlander (V) / The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (V/W) / False Prince (X) / Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures (Q) / The Power of Un (T) / Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer (N/O) / The Giant Rat of Sumatra or Pirates Galore (R/S).

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Fantasy Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom : Option 3


This literature circle includes 7 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P Q-Y (roughly grade 4-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Eager (R) / The Night Gardener (X) / The Dark Hills Divide (W) / The True Meaning of Smekday (Y) / Savvy (U) / The Silver Bowl (Q) / False Prince (X).
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This literature circle includes 7 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P Q-Y (roughly grade 4-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Eager (R) / The Night Gardener (X) / The Dark Hills Divide (W) / The True Meaning of Smekday (Y) / Savvy (U) / The Silver Bowl (Q) / False Prince (X).

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Felix Ever After Literature Circle Title

Callender, Kacen


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC and LGBTQ+ choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Felix Love, a transgender seventeen-year-old, attempts to get revenge by catfishing his anonymous bully, but lands in a quasi-love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend. .
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager Literature Circle Title

Philippe, Ben


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie." .
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Global Issues : Literature circle (Grades 6/7)


In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is global issues. It includes the following titles: Iqbal (6 copies), Wanting Mor(4 copies), My Childhood Under Fire (6 copies), Ask Me No Questions (6 copies), Drita: My Homegirl (5 copies) and a Teacher Resource Guide.
Date Published:2009

In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is global issues. It includes the following titles: Iqbal (6 copies), Wanting Mor(4 copies), My Childhood Under Fire (6 copies), Ask Me No Questions (6 copies), Drita: My Homegirl (5 copies) and a Teacher Resource Guide.

Date Published:2009

Gordon Korman Literature Circle

Korman, Gordon


This literature circle contains seven titles by Gordon Korman: The Unteachables ; Restart ; Linked ; Schooled ; Operation Do-Over ; Slacker ; Unplugged.
Date Published:2024

Graphic Novel Kit

Alexander, Kwame


This kit contains 6 titles, with 5 copies each. They are: Crossover; Illegal; Isla to Island; New Kid; Nimona; When Stars are Scattered.
Date Published:2023

Gutter Child Literature Circle Title

Richardson, Jael


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Set in an imagined world in which the most vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society, Gutter Child uncovers a nation divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. In this world, Elimina Dubois is one of only 100 babies taken from the Gutter and raised in the land of opportunity as part of a social experiment led by the Mainland government. But when her Mainland mother dies, Elimina finds herself all alone, a teenager forced into an unfamiliar life of servitude, unsure of who she is and where she belongs. Elimina is sent to an academy with new rules and expectations where she befriends Gutter children who are making their own way through the Gutter System in whatever ways they know how. When Elimina’s life takes another unexpected turn, she will discover that what she needs more than anything may not be the freedom she longs for after all. Richardson’s Gutter Child reveals one young woman’s journey through a fractured world of heartbreaking disadvantages and shocking injustices. Elimina is a modern heroine in an altered but all too recognizable reality who must find the strength within herself to forge her future and defy a system that tries to shape her destiny.
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This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Set in an imagined world in which the most vulnerable are forced to buy their freedom by working off their debt to society, Gutter Child uncovers a nation divided into the privileged Mainland and the policed Gutter. In this world, Elimina Dubois is one of only 100 babies taken from the Gutter and raised in the land of opportunity as part of a social experiment led by the Mainland government. But when her Mainland mother dies, Elimina finds herself all alone, a teenager forced into an unfamiliar life of servitude, unsure of who she is and where she belongs. Elimina is sent to an academy with new rules and expectations where she befriends Gutter children who are making their own way through the Gutter System in whatever ways they know how. When Elimina’s life takes another unexpected turn, she will discover that what she needs more than anything may not be the freedom she longs for after all. Richardson’s Gutter Child reveals one young woman’s journey through a fractured world of heartbreaking disadvantages and shocking injustices. Elimina is a modern heroine in an altered but all too recognizable reality who must find the strength within herself to forge her future and defy a system that tries to shape her destiny.

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The Hate U Give Literature Circle Title

Thomas, Angie


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. 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 the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her .
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This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. 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 the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her .

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Himawari House Literature Circle Title

Becker, Harmony


This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Himawari House is the debut graphic novel written and illustrated by artist Harmony Becker. It tells the story of a group of teenage exchange students who are spending a gap year in Japan. Himawari House focuses on Nao, the daughter of a Japanese immigrant, who goes there to learn more about its culture and language.
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This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Himawari House is the debut graphic novel written and illustrated by artist Harmony Becker. It tells the story of a group of teenage exchange students who are spending a gap year in Japan. Himawari House focuses on Nao, the daughter of a Japanese immigrant, who goes there to learn more about its culture and language.

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Historical fiction : Literature circle. (Grade 6)


In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is historical fiction. It includes the following titles: Tunnels of Time, Ghost Canoe, Hero, White Jade Tiger, Single Shard, Lyddia, Number the Stars and a Teacher Resource Guide.
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In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is historical fiction. It includes the following titles: Tunnels of Time, Ghost Canoe, Hero, White Jade Tiger, Single Shard, Lyddia, Number the Stars and a Teacher Resource Guide.

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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus


31 copies of book; 30 student and 1 teacher copy. Teacher Guide included. Aven is thirteen and moving across the country to live in a theme park. Aven is going to miss her friends and their inside jokes – but most of all their acceptance and knowledge of her story. Aven is a person who was born without arms, and as she navigates a new home, new school and trying to make new friend, she can’t help but notice everyone is always staring at her. This title could be used as a part of a thematic literature circle (relevant themes could include belonging, resiliency, identity etc.) or as a whole class novel. Grade level suitable is 6,7, and 8. As this novel was selected as a Langley Middle School Read Aloud novel, there is a Teacher Guide that was developed in collaboration with Langley staff. A copy of the Teacher Guide is included in the kit, and a copy of the Teacher Guide is also posted electronically on the SD35 Instructional Services Website here. There are also audio and eBook copies of this text on SORA for supplementary use. The formally ERAC, now Focused Education evaluation can be found here. .
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31 copies of book; 30 student and 1 teacher copy. Teacher Guide included. Aven is thirteen and moving across the country to live in a theme park. Aven is going to miss her friends and their inside jokes – but most of all their acceptance and knowledge of her story. Aven is a person who was born without arms, and as she navigates a new home, new school and trying to make new friend, she can’t help but notice everyone is always staring at her. This title could be used as a part of a thematic literature circle (relevant themes could include belonging, resiliency, identity etc.) or as a whole class novel. Grade level suitable is 6,7, and 8. As this novel was selected as a Langley Middle School Read Aloud novel, there is a Teacher Guide that was developed in collaboration with Langley staff. A copy of the Teacher Guide is included in the kit, and a copy of the Teacher Guide is also posted electronically on the SD35 Instructional Services Website here. There are also audio and eBook copies of this text on SORA for supplementary use. The formally ERAC, now Focused Education evaluation can be found here. .

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Instructions for Dancing Literature Circle Title

Yoon, Nicola.


This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Instructions for Dancing is a young adult magical realism/romance novel penned by Nicola Yoon and published in 2021. The protagonist, 17-year-old Evie Thomas, is mysteriously bestowed the power to predict the romantic fates of couples via visions she sees when they kiss. As a result of these visions and her parents’ recent divorce—due to her father’s affair—Evie has a jaded perspective when she meets her romantic interest, Xavier “X” Woods, in dance class. Though she tries to deny her attraction to X and his positive perspective, Evie finds herself falling for him. Navigating conflict-filled relationships with her father and his new fiancée, her best friends who start dating, her mother, and X, she learns that love is worth the risk, no matter if she gets hurt.
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This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Instructions for Dancing is a young adult magical realism/romance novel penned by Nicola Yoon and published in 2021. The protagonist, 17-year-old Evie Thomas, is mysteriously bestowed the power to predict the romantic fates of couples via visions she sees when they kiss. As a result of these visions and her parents’ recent divorce—due to her father’s affair—Evie has a jaded perspective when she meets her romantic interest, Xavier “X” Woods, in dance class. Though she tries to deny her attraction to X and his positive perspective, Evie finds herself falling for him. Navigating conflict-filled relationships with her father and his new fiancée, her best friends who start dating, her mother, and X, she learns that love is worth the risk, no matter if she gets hurt.

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Junie Literature Circle Title

Knight, Chelene,


This set of 6 BIPOC and LGBTQ+ books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Two young black teen girls, their mothers, a school teacher and bookshop owner come together in this story, which begins when Junie and her mother Maddie move into the east end of Vancouver in an area known as Hogan's Alley in 1933.
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Kiss of the Fur Queen Literature Circle Title

Highway, Tomson


Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests. As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen--a wily, shape-shifting trickster--watches over them with a protective eye. For Jeremiah and Gabriel are destined to be artists. Through music and dance they soar.
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Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests. As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen--a wily, shape-shifting trickster--watches over them with a protective eye. For Jeremiah and Gabriel are destined to be artists. Through music and dance they soar.

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Langley Book of the Year Literature Circle


Contains 9 sets of former LBOY titles, for a total of 54 books. Titles include: Ungifted ; We're not from here ; When stars are scattered ; Because of the Rabbit ; Ophie's ghosts ; Inkling ; Nightbooks ; Stella by starlight ; Cleo Porter and the body electric.
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Literary Place for the early years : Stepping Off the Page (grade 3) Book Club Unit

Frazee, Marla.


1 copy "The Four Seasons of Patrick" book - 16 copies "Bringing your Characters to Life (non-fiction procedural - how-to guide) -- Fiction Spinners 6 each (before, during and after reading) -- 1 Audio CD with fluent reading of shared reading text, and below level book -- 1 Teacher Resource Guide -- 5 copies "Clementine" (above level) -- 10 copies "Jake Drake Know-It-All" (on level) -- 5 copies "Mercy Watson to the Rescue" (approaching level) -- 5 copies "The Human Bean" (below level). The book club kit offers opportunities for smallgroup reading experiences that deepen comprehension and provide more student control of the reading process than Guided Reading. All students read texts that they can comfortably read on their own at their Independent Reading levels.
Date Published:2015

1 copy "The Four Seasons of Patrick" book - 16 copies "Bringing your Characters to Life (non-fiction procedural - how-to guide) -- Fiction Spinners 6 each (before, during and after reading) -- 1 Audio CD with fluent reading of shared reading text, and below level book -- 1 Teacher Resource Guide -- 5 copies "Clementine" (above level) -- 10 copies "Jake Drake Know-It-All" (on level) -- 5 copies "Mercy Watson to the Rescue" (approaching level) -- 5 copies "The Human Bean" (below level). The book club kit offers opportunities for smallgroup reading experiences that deepen comprehension and provide more student control of the reading process than Guided Reading. All students read texts that they can comfortably read on their own at their Independent Reading levels.

Date Published:2015

Literary Place for the early years : you can do it! (grade 2) book club kit

Loughead, Deb, 1955-


"How Anansi outsmarted snake" - 1 big book, 6 small books, "Peg and the Yeti", 1 Audio CD, "The snail and the whale" - 5 copies, "On level" - 10 copies, "Little by little" - 5 copies, "Bobbie Dazzler" - 5 copies, puzzle prompts pack, and a print guide. The book club kit offers opportunities for smallgroup reading experiences that deepen comprehension and provide more student control of the reading process than Guided Reading. All students read texts that they can comfortably read on their own at their Independent Reading levels.
Date Published:2014

"How Anansi outsmarted snake" - 1 big book, 6 small books, "Peg and the Yeti", 1 Audio CD, "The snail and the whale" - 5 copies, "On level" - 10 copies, "Little by little" - 5 copies, "Bobbie Dazzler" - 5 copies, puzzle prompts pack, and a print guide. The book club kit offers opportunities for smallgroup reading experiences that deepen comprehension and provide more student control of the reading process than Guided Reading. All students read texts that they can comfortably read on their own at their Independent Reading levels.

Date Published:2014

Long Way Down Literature Circle Title

Reynolds, Jason


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Driven by the secrets and vengeance that mark his street culture, 15-year-old Will contemplates over the course of 60 psychologically suspenseful seconds whether or not he is going to murder the person who killed his brother.
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Made in Korea Literature Circle Title

Suk, Sarah


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Running a successful beauty-care sales business at school, Korean-American teen Valerie clashes with newcomer Wes, who is selling a competitor’s K-pop products to raise funds for his musical ambitions. .
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The Magic Fish Literature Circle Title

Trung, Le Nguyen


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - American author) and LGBTQ+ choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Ti'n loves his family and his friendsàbut Ti'n has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it might change everything. An amazing YA graphic novel that deals with the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together.
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A Magic Steeped in Poison Literature Circle Title

Lin, Judy I


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian-Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. . Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined. Includes glossary.
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This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian-Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. . Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined. Includes glossary.

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Maus Literature Circle Title

Spiegelman, Art.


The story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. The graphic novel format makes it an excellent choice for secondary literature circles. My father bleeds history -- And here my troubles began. This title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is ERAC Approved for use in grades 10 - 12. Memoir about Vladek Spiegleman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and with history itself. Cartoon format portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.
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The story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. The graphic novel format makes it an excellent choice for secondary literature circles. My father bleeds history -- And here my troubles began. This title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is ERAC Approved for use in grades 10 - 12. Memoir about Vladek Spiegleman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and about his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his story, and with history itself. Cartoon format portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.

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More Than Just A Pretty Face Literature Circle Title

Masood, Syed


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - American author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. . When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead.
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Motorcycles & Sweetgrass Literature Circle Title

Taylor, Drew Hayden,.


This is a humorous novel that explores a community struggling to weave an increasingly abstract past with some kind of meaningful future. A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. This authentic Indigenous title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is approved. When a stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle to the sleepy Anishnawbe community called Otter Lake everything turns upside down especially when the Reserve's Chief, Maggie, is swept off her feet by the stranger, but her teenage son is suspicious of the stranger and he teams up with his uncle Wayne to drive the stranger from the Reserve.
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This is a humorous novel that explores a community struggling to weave an increasingly abstract past with some kind of meaningful future. A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. This authentic Indigenous title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary school students, and is approved. When a stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle to the sleepy Anishnawbe community called Otter Lake everything turns upside down especially when the Reserve's Chief, Maggie, is swept off her feet by the stranger, but her teenage son is suspicious of the stranger and he teams up with his uncle Wayne to drive the stranger from the Reserve.

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Moving Up with Literacy Place : when disaster strikes (grade 6) introduction to thematic newspapers


Safe as houses (152 pages ; 22 cm) -- Be prepared with a survival kit (7 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm) [16 copies] -- Tsunamis (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [8 copies] -- Earthquakes (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [16 copies] -- Hurricanes (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [12 copies] -- Floods (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [8 copies] -- When disaster strikes book club guide (48 pages ; 28 cm) -- When disaster strikes unit (CD-ROM) -- When disaster strikes fluent readings (audio CD). 1 book club guide, 1 books, 16 brochures, 44 newspapers, 1 audio disc, 1 CD-ROM ; in container 18 x 31 x 36 cm. This kit is a great introduction to the concept of the literature circle, and includes newspapers and brochures at various reading levels on the theme of natural disasters. 1 read aloud is included, and fluent readings of the materials.
Date Published:2011

Safe as houses (152 pages ; 22 cm) -- Be prepared with a survival kit (7 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm) [16 copies] -- Tsunamis (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [8 copies] -- Earthquakes (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [16 copies] -- Hurricanes (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [12 copies] -- Floods (4 pages : color illustrations ; 44 x 28 cm) [8 copies] -- When disaster strikes book club guide (48 pages ; 28 cm) -- When disaster strikes unit (CD-ROM) -- When disaster strikes fluent readings (audio CD). 1 book club guide, 1 books, 16 brochures, 44 newspapers, 1 audio disc, 1 CD-ROM ; in container 18 x 31 x 36 cm. This kit is a great introduction to the concept of the literature circle, and includes newspapers and brochures at various reading levels on the theme of natural disasters. 1 read aloud is included, and fluent readings of the materials.

Date Published:2011

Mystery Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom : Option 1


This literature circle includes 8 titles ranging in reading levels from F&P O-W (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: The Mask that Sang (O) / The London Eye Mystery (Q) / Shakespeare's Secret (T) / Chasing Vermeer (T) / Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library (V) / Masterminds (V) / When You Reach Me (V) / Fuzzy Mud (W).
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This literature circle includes 8 titles ranging in reading levels from F&P O-W (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: The Mask that Sang (O) / The London Eye Mystery (Q) / Shakespeare's Secret (T) / Chasing Vermeer (T) / Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library (V) / Masterminds (V) / When You Reach Me (V) / Fuzzy Mud (W).

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Mystery Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom : Option 2


Add a little mystery to your class literature circle sets with these new and exciting mystery books. Varying reading levels are designed to help support all learners. One eBook copy of each is available on SORA. . This literature circle includes 6 titles. They are: The Mystery of Blackhollow Lane (O/P) / Notorious (R) / Leopard on the Loose (N/O/P) / The Strangers (R) / City Spies (R/S) / Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (T).
Date Published:2023

Add a little mystery to your class literature circle sets with these new and exciting mystery books. Varying reading levels are designed to help support all learners. One eBook copy of each is available on SORA. . This literature circle includes 6 titles. They are: The Mystery of Blackhollow Lane (O/P) / Notorious (R) / Leopard on the Loose (N/O/P) / The Strangers (R) / City Spies (R/S) / Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (T).

Date Published:2023

Nature/Environment Literature Kit

Applegate, Katherine


This kit contains 5 copies each of 6 titles. They are: Forever Birchwood; Mapmakers and the Lost Magic; The one and only Ivan; Pax; Wildoak; Wishtree.
Date Published:2023

The New David Espinoza Literature Circle Title

Aceves, Fred


This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
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Nobody Cries at Bingo Literature Circle Title

Dumont, Dawn.

In Nobody Cries At Bingo the narrator, Dawn, invites the reader to witness firsthand Dumont family life on the Okanese First Nation. This authentic Indigenous title is an excellent literature circle choice for secondary students. Beyond the stereotypes and cliche's of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read and her family begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. It is her unerring eye that reveals the great bond of family expressed in the actions and affections of her sisters, aunties, uncles, brothers, cousins, nieces, nephews, and ultimately her ancestors.

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Overcoming Hardship Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom

This literature circle includes 8 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P N-W (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Ultra (N/O) / Middle of Nowhere (P) / Undergrounders (Q) / Out of my Mind (S) / A Single Shard (U) / The Secret Garden (U) / Stella by Starlight (V) / Wonderstruck (W).

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Patron Saints of Nothing Literature Circle Title

Ribay, Randy


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - American author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Setting aside his college ambitions when he learns that his cousin has been murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, a high school senior travels to the Philippines to uncover the truth, and the part he may have played in it.
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The Poet X Literature Circle Title

Acevedo, Elizabeth


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard.
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Political issues : Literature circle.

In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is political issues. It includes the following titles: Among the Hidden (Grade 5-6), Breadwinner (Grade 5), Forbidden City (Grade 7), City of Ember (Grade 6-7), Hitler's Daughter (Grade 5-6), Out of the Ashes (Grade 5-6) and a Teacher Resource Guide.

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The Problem with Bullies : Literature circle.


The theme of this kit is bullying. Use of this Literature Collection will give children opportunities to understand many forms of bullying, to reflect on the consequences of bullying, and to evaluate a range of strategies for addressing the issue. The collection includes 52 books (picture books, nonfiction books, 6 copies each of 6 novels and a teacher's guide).
Date Published:2004

Raven Tales graphic novel : Literature Circle

Scholastic

Each title features an original interpretation of a popular tale from the teachings of the First Nations Peoples. Stories include trickster tales, pourquoi stories, origin stories, as well as traditional tales. Target audience is gr 4-6. This series of highly engaging graphic novels is based on the Emmy-nominated TV series Raven Tales, which follows the adventures of the powerful transformer and trickster from First Nations folklore - Raven - and his cast of friends. Built on traditional stories that develop a sense of community, responsibility, respect, and the interconnectedness of life. Kit includes: Howl at the Moon (RL O gr 3/4) -- Musicians of the Sun (RL V gr 5/6) -- The Flood (RL T gr 4) -- The Gathering (RL T gr 4) -- Work and Play (RL S gr 4/5) -- Teachers Guide.

Date Published:2012

The Red Palace Literature Circle Title

Hur, June


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - Canadian author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. While investigating a series of grisly murders, eighteen-year-old palace nurse Hyeon navigates royal and political intrigue and becomes entangled with a young police inspector. Includes author's note.
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Saints and Misfits Literature Circle Title

Ali, S.K.

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - Canadian author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Struggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who is pretending to be a saint in their tight-knit Muslim community.

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School/Family/Friendship Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom

Amato, Mary

This literature circle includes 8 novels ranging in reading levels from F&P P-W (roughly grade 3-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Ungifted (V) / Bud, Not Buddy (U) / Al Capone Does My Shirts (X) / Half a World Away (P) / Waylon! (Q) / Maniac Magee (W) / Hoot (W) / Invisible Lines (P).

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Secret Path Literature Circle Title

Downie, Gordon, 1964-2017.

Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago. Chanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. Chanie's home was 400 miles away. He didn't know that. He didn't know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids--more than anyone will be able to imagine--he tried. Chanie's story is Canada's story. We are not the country we thought we were. History will be re-written. We are all accountable. Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada's history--the long suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system--with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada. The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him--as we find out about ourselves, about all of us--but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, "Canada.".

Date Published:2016

Shadow Life Literature Circle Title

Goto, Hiromi

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it’s not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. But something has followed her from her former residence—Death’s shadow.

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Skyhunter Literature Circle Title

Lu, Marie

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - American author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. In Skyhunter, a novel laced with adrenaline and filled with nonstop action, #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu creates an immersive world broken by war where the only hope against overwhelming evil lies with a team of young warriors willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love.

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Slay Literature Circle Title

Morris, Brittney


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide. .
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Social issues : Literature circle.

In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is social issues. It includes the following titles: Misfits (Grade 6-7), Looking for X (Grade 5-6), Finders Keepers (Grade 6), The Girls (Grade 5-6), I am a Taxi (Grade 7), Wringer (Grade 5), The Crazy Man (Grade 6-7) and a Teacher Resource Guide.

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Stepping up with literacy place : future worlds (grade 8) book club

Scholastic Inc.

1 guide, 4 CDs, 1 CDROM, 16 short stories, 33 books, 3 writer's handbook. Includes titles : The Hunger games(1 Read-Aloud novel) -- The robots among us (CDROM) -- They're made out of meat (16 short stories) -- The other side of the island(6 Books) -- Dark life(12 Books) -- Invitation to the game(8 Books) -- Take over(6 Books) -- Future worlds book club guide -- Future worlds audio (CD) -- Take over audio (CD) -- The Writer's handbook: the writing process made easy.

Date Published:2010

Stepping up with literacy place : history comes alive (grade 7) book club unit

Scholastic Inc.


33 books, 15 research notes, 1 guide, 6 CDs, 3 writer's handbook. Includes titles: The truth confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Wharf watch (CD), Orphan story research notes, A circle of silver, Elephant run, The wadjet eye, Camp X, Camp X (CD), History comes alive book club guide, History comes alive (CD), The writer's handbook: the writing process made easy.
Date Published:2010

Stepping up with literacy place : spies around us (grade 8) book club unit

Scholastic Inc.

1 guide, 3 CDs, 1 CDROM, 16 articles, 33 books, 3 writer's handbook, 15 dice. Includes titles: S.T.O.R.M.: the black sphere -- A day in the life of a spy (CDROM) -- Who's tracking you? -- Micro spies: spy planes the size of birds! -- Killer lipstick: and other spy gadgets -- You have mail: true stories of cybercrime -- The cold War pigeon patrols: and other spies -- Spies around us (guide) -- The Cold War pigeon patrols (CD) -- Spies around us (CD) -- The Writer's handbook: the writing process made easy.

Date Published:2012

Stepping up with literary place : follow the evidence (grade 7) book club kit

Scholastic Inc.


1 book club guide, 33 books, 16 reports, 2 sound discs; in container 36 x 31 x 23 cm. Includes titles: Roll call, Reality check (CD), FI case report, Guilty by a hair, Killer wallpaper, Have you seen this face? Dusted and busted! Follow the evidence book club guide, The Writer's handbook: the writing process made easy.
Date Published:2010

Stuart Gibbs Literature Circle

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-


This kit contains 6 titles by Stuart Gibbs: Spy School ; Spy School the graphic novel ; Space Case ; Once upon a Tim ; Charlie Thorne and the last equation ; Belly up. There are 6 copies of each title for a total of 36 books.
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet Literature Circle Title

Ferguson, Jen

This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person — and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.

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The Sunbearer Trials Literature Circle Title

Thomas, Aiden


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where ten semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes in this breathtaking, Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the author of the New York Times-bestselling Cemetery Boys.
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Super Fake Love Song Literature Circle Title

Yoon, David


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - American author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. When new-girl Cirrus mistakes self-described nerd Sunny Dae as the lead in a rock band, Sunny rolls with it forming a fake band with his friends, but as the lies continue he risks losing both Cirrus and his friends.
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Survival : Literature circle (grade 7)

In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach. The theme of this kit is survival. It includes the following titles: Camp X Fool's Gold, Dead Reckoning, Guardian of Isis, Irish Chain, Frozen Fire, and a Teacher Resource Guide.

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Survival Stories with Children Literature Circle for the Intermediate Classroom

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

This literature circle includes 6 titles ranging in reading levels from F&P R-Z (roughly grade 4-6), and as such will be appropriate for a variety of readers in the intermediate grades. (Please do NOT share reading levels with your students) The titles in this kit are: Storm-Blast (R) / Never Say Die (T) / Stranded (R/S) / May B. (R) / Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival (R) / Among the Hidden (Z).

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Surviving the City Literature Circle Title

Spillett, Tasha

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. A contemporary graphic novel about Indigenous young women facing heart-wrenching decisions and the anguish of missing loved ones. Tasha Spillet's graphic-novel debut tells a story of kinship, resilience, cultural resurgence, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up Indigenous in an urban landscape—they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can't bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't?

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Tales from Big Spirit Graphic Novel : Literature Circle

Robertson, David Alexander, 1977-

Target audience is grades 4-6, but could also be used for older grades, especially for ELL Social Studies. The Tales from Big Spirit series consists of six graphic novels. Each novel in the collection tells the story of an Aboriginal figure who has created a lasting legacy for the history of indigenous people and for Canadian history; some of the figures are already well known and others of them deserve to be. The six novels are intended for readers in grade 4 and up, and were designed to correspond to grades 4-6 social studies curricula across Canada. Titles include: The Scout (Tommy Prince) -- The Peacemaker (Thanadelthur) -- The Rebel (Gabriel Dumont) -- The Ballad of Nancy April (Shawnadithit) -- The Poet (Pauline Johnson) -- The Chief (Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear)).

Date Published:2014

This Place Literature Circle Title

150 Years Retold is a graphic novel anthology which retells the 150 years of history, from Confederation of Canada to present, through the individual perspective of Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit characters. Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these ten stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through magic realism, serial killings, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact.

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Tigers, Not Daughters Literature Circle Title

Mabry, Samantha


This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. Three sisters in San Antonio are shadowed by guilt and grief over the loss of their oldest sister, who still haunts their house.
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We Are Not Free Literature Circle Title

Chee, Traci

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice (Asian - American author) and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.

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We Are Not from Here Literature Circle Title

Torres Sanchez, Jenny

This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles for a Literature Circle. Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico, they follow the route of La Bestia, the perilous train system that might deliver them to a better life--if they are lucky enough to survive the journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their hearts, Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña know there is no turning back, despite the unknown that awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go. In this striking portrait of lives torn apart, the plight of migrants at the U.S. southern border is brought to light through poignant, vivid storytelling. An epic journey of danger, resilience, heartache, and hope.

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What is the Nature of Evil? (Grades 10 - 12) : Companion Kit for the Literature Circle.

Back to the Red Road: A Story of Survival, Redemption and Love -- Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Graphic novel -- Grand Conversations, Thoughtful Responses: A Unique Approach to Literature Circles -- Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles -- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art -- Special Time Edition: The Science of Good & Evil -- Three Identical Strangers (DVD) -- 3 sets of 16 laminated images of "evil" characters in pop culture. The varied materials in this kit are intended to support the Inquiry question "What is the Nature of Evil" and accompanying Literature Circle kit (separate DLC item). Teachers should feel free to use these materials in whatever way they see fit either before, during or after the Literature Circle is completed.

Date Published:2019

What is the Nature of Evil? (Grades 10 - 12) : Literature circle

Spiegelman, Art.

The guiding question of this lit kit is the question: What is the nature of evil? It includes the following titles: Beartown (6 copies plus 2 audio versions (Playaways)), The Moon of the Crusted Snow (6 copies), The Complete Maus (includes volumes I and II of this well known graphic novel) (6 copies), The Break (6 copies), Lord of the Flies (6 copies), The Marrow Thieves (6 copies), and The Outside Circle (graphic novel 6 copies). In literature circles small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by the students' response to what has been read. Collaboration is the key to this approach.

Date Published:2019

White Smoke Literature Circle Title

Jackson, Tiffany D.

This set of 6 BIPOC books would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a secondary literature circle. Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house, one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister, Piper. The renovated picture-perfect home on Maple Street, sitting between dilapidated houses, surrounded by wary neighbors has its...secrets. That's only half the problem: household items vanish, doors open on their own, lights turn off, shadows walk past rooms, voices can be heard in the walls, and there's a foul smell seeping through the vents only Mari seems to notice. Worse: Piper keeps talking about a friend who wants Mari gone. .

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Wicked Fox Literature Circle Title

Cho, Kat


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - American author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his. Includes glossary.
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With the Fire on High Literature Circle Title

Acevedo, Elizabeth

This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. Even though it seems like an impossible dream to be a chef after she graduates, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free. .

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Woven in Moonlight Literature Circle Title

Ibañez, Isabel., School District #35 (Langley).

This set of 6 books would work well in conjunction with other Literature Circle titles. Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena's motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight. When Atoc demands the real Condesa's hand in marriage, it's Ximena's duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc's no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true arisócrata to their rightful place.

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Wrong Side of the Court Literature Circle Title

Khan, H. N.


This set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC (Asian - Canadian author) choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Dreaming of being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA, fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry must convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team while dealing with the neighborhood bully.
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You Should See Me in a Crown Literature Circle Title

Johnson, Leah

his set of 6 books is an excellent BIPOC choice and would work well in conjunction with other titles to create a literature circle. Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships. .

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