FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked body of a priest. Later, the forensic team discover that, on the victim's chest, the figure 3 has been scrawled in blood. At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? And what links these apparently random victims? Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive and sadistic killer, someone who apparently has the power to read his victims' minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim. PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER 'Gripping . . . Not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page turner' Express
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Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos, 192 pages, GRAPHIC NOVEL. Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster). 2022. $22. Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content PG; Violence: G BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ADVISABLE AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH In this wordless graphic novel, 12yo Marisol arrives in Brooklyn from Cuba, when her parents send her there during the 60s to keep her safe during Castro’s regime. Marisol has to navigate a new world as she figures out how to fit in at school and her new home without her parents, all while learning a new language. Marisol’s journey is representative of those children who were able to come to America through Operation Peter Pan. Marisol’s immigration story, though in the 1960s, is still timely and will have similar themes to more recent ones. Michelle in the Middle
I’ve been a pretty slowww reader these summer months but I’m feeling the urge to really be reading again and I’m excited. This is why I always let my reading desires ebb and flow because sometimes I just need to read a lot less/slower and enjoy other things! I always end up coming back…
An epic laugh-out-loud graphic novel for readers aged 5+ Younger readers will love this hilarious graphic novel about two aspiring monster slayers! “This action-packed, full colour graphic novel had us in stitches! Perfect for newly independent readers and for fans of Dog Man or Bunny vs Monkey - or for anyone who loves a good cat pun!” ~Emily
Blame (ISBN: 9780552569071) Shortlisted for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults, CrimeFest Gala Awards 2017 | July 2016 Book of the Month | In a nutshell : tense, unusual thriller Set in a not-too-distant future in which, followin
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A snail in space, dinosaurs on the beach, a fresh take on Jane Eyre, and a kebab-eating incarnation of Otis Redding
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As a novelist, Graham Swift delights in the possibilities of the human voice, imagining his way into the minds and hearts of an extraordinary range of characters.
The resources in this packet cover a 10-day teaching cycle, and it comes with everything you need (except the books, of course) to engage your students with this delightful book by Andrew Clements (Houghton Mifflin edition) and originally published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Common core comprehension strategies like cause/effect, inference, questioning strategies, character traits - and more - receive the focus. If project-based learning is your thing, there are 9 possible end-of-the-book projects, too. Included are: * complete lesson plans specific to core reading comprehension strategies * scripted and detailed plans so the group can be led by a teacher, parent, or para-professional * assignment sheet for student with book broken into 10 days * assessment sheet for teacher to record points for participation and comprehension activities * 8 comprehension activities with graphic organizers * 9 possible projects for end-of-book activity Please note: we do NOT include questions specific to the book itself. We love reading Literature Circle books along with the students, and hope you will, too. The lesson plans are structured with the focus on comprehension, student input and collaboration, and projects that can be assigned for homework or used in class. Just how easy is it for paras or parent volunteers to use our lesson plans? Use a clipboard to hold the assignment chart, evaluation chart, lesson plan pages and that day's activity - and you are ready to go! Every year we get parents in our grade (who have already been through Lit Circles with us) asking us to please do Lit Circles again this year. Many parents who have helped in the past are repeat group leaders - yes, it is that much fun to share these books with our kids! Be sure to check back in the coming weeks as we add additional titles! (If you have a particular title you are looking for, please let us know in the "ask a question" section of our store. We would be happy to adapt what we have to fit a book you use with your students.) Happy reading, It All Started with Flubber
Shortly after Kristalnacht (November 9-10, 1938), young Oskar's parents decide to send him to America to live in New York City with his Aunt Esther, whom he has never met. Before he leaves, his father gives him some parting words of advice: "Oskar, even in bad times, people can be good. You have to look for the blessings." Oskar arrives in NYC on the seventh night of Hanukkah, which also happens to be Christmas Eve. It's a cold, snowy December night and Oskar, who arrived penniless, with only an address and a photo of his aunt, has a long walk up Broadway from the Battery to her house on West 103rd Street before sundown and the lighting of the Hanukkah candles. Along the way, Oskar finds the blessings his father told him to look for. Watching an old woman outside Trinity Church feeding pigeons, he eats the bread she hands him to feed the birds. Seeing him so cold, tired and hungry, she gives him a small loaf of bread to eat. At a Union Square newsstand, the news dealer gives Oskar the Superman comic he can't pay for but is attracted to. Later, Oskar has his first "conversation" in America, whistling back and forth with Count Basie outside Carnegie Hall. Encountering some boys playing in the snow in Central Park, Oskar offers a helping hand to a boy who has slipped. Seeing Oskar's frozen hands, the boy gives Oskar his warm mittens and in return, Oskar gives him his Superman comic. Altogether, Oskar experiences eight blessings (one for each night of Hanukkah) as he journeys up Broadway to 103rd Street. But, of course, the last and most important blessing is finding his aunt. The Simon's text is sparse but lyrical, a perfect read aloud book, and the story is carried forward wonderfully by Mark Siegel's paneled illustrations, done in a variety of sizes. Siegel has rendered the illustrations in greys and earth tones, with splashes of color, so that they convey the overcast cold, snowy day of Oskar's arrival. He has captured the variety of emotions that Oskar experiences on his long walk - fear, hope, confusion, wonder, surprise, happiness - both in Oksar's demeanor and his facial expression, and sometimes his emotion is only reflected in his eyes. Oskar and the Eight Blessings works on so many different levels, but mostly it is a beautiful, sensitive Hanukkah story that really demonstrates that it is a season of hope and miracles. The fact that the seventh night of Hanukkah is Christmas Eve, also a season of hope and miracles, only adds to the ambiance of the blessings. But Oskar and the Eight Blessings is also a gentle way to begin introducing the Holocaust to young readers by explaining to them what happened on Kristalnacht and why Oskar was sent away by his parents to safety can provide enough information to help with those more difficult discussions later on. NYC can be a daunting place even today, and I can only imagine what it would have felt like to this young Jewish refugee in 1938, escaping the cruelty of the Nazis who had already been in power since 1933, having no money and not speaking English and looking for an aunt who not only doesn't know him but isn't even expecting him. But New York can also be magical, especially during the holidays, a place where blessings actually can happen. Be sure to look at the map of Manhattan to see the places where Oskar's received his blessings in his new world and read the Author's Note for some very interesting background to Oskar and the Eight Blessings. This book is recommended for readers age 4 to 104 years old This book was borrowed from a friend
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