https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk Independent Reading en-us 2016-12-05 18:05:16 UTC 2023-02-19 04:23:49 UTC hello@padlet.com glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141830615 Elizabeth Wein 
(FIC WEI) Historical Fiction

Set during World War II, "Verity" is a British spy who crash lands into Nazi-occupied France with her closest friend. She must reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.]]> 2016-12-05 18:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141830615 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141834001 John Steinbeck 
(FIC STE) Classics

Two friends, George and Lennie, find work on a farm. George is smart, but Lennie has a mental disability. The pair navigate the American Dream and several conflicts in this classic.]]> 2016-12-05 18:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141834001 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141840415 Joelle Charboneau
(FIC CHA) Science Fiction and Fantasy

If you liked Hunger Games you'll enjoy this series! The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career. Follow Cia Vale as she navigates this world. This is the first book in the series! ]]> 2016-12-05 18:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141840415 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141846607 Jacqueline Woodson
(FIC WOO) Realistic Fiction

Laurel's family is ripped apart during Hurricane Katrina. She finds safety in her boyfriend and in meth. Find out if she can find her way.]]> 2016-12-05 18:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141846607 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141853136 John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(323.1 LEW) Graphic Novel

Congressman John Lewis's story from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the 1963 March on Washington. Mr. Lewis was a Civil Rights leader, and the graphic novel sheds new light and is extremely engaging.]]> 2016-12-05 19:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141853136 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141871027 Neal Bascomb
(364.15 BAS) Nonfiction

Follow this incredible story of how a team of spies and regular people work together in the attempt to hunt and capture Adolf Eichman, a Nazi Commander who disappeared after the Holocaust.]]> 2016-12-05 20:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141871027 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141873042 Lucy Grealy
(921 GRE) Biography

At age nine, Lucy was diagnosed with potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced cruel bullying. This is her story of how she overcame these struggles.]]> 2016-12-05 20:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141873042 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141877481 Gail Bush and Randy Meyer
(811 IND) Nonfiction

This is a 20th and 21st Century American poetry anthology about themes for social justice.]]> 2016-12-05 20:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141877481 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141879624 Tanya Lee Stone
(940.54 STO) Nonfiction

This nonfiction book tells the store of America's First African American Paratroopers. Their courage page the way for a more integrated military and a more integrated United States. ]]> 2016-12-05 20:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141879624 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141881213 Candace Fleming
(947.08 FLE) Nonfiction

This book discusses the fall of the final imperial Russian rulers. Fleming showcases the extraordinary lives of the royal family from their upbringing to when they ruled their empire to their tragic end.]]> 2016-12-05 20:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141881213 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141883643 Steve Sheinkin
(973.7 SHE) Nonfiction

In 1876, on an election night that mirrors the one in 2016, a team of counterfeiters attempted to rob Abraham Lincoln's grave and hold his corpse ransom. See if they succeeded or failed.]]> 2016-12-05 20:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/141883643 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/288914546 Connie Porter 
(FIC POR) Realistic Fiction

This is the story of 14-year-old mom Essence and her daughter Imani a name that means faith. Imani gives Essence faith and determination to the beat the odds of a life colored by poverty, racism, and danger. ]]> 2018-10-03 23:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/288914546 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/288921149 Frank Miller
(741.5 MIL) 
Graphic Novels

This graphic novel chronicles Batman's first year as a crime-fighter. It chronicles the beginnings of Officer Gordon as well and discusses their partnership. ]]> 2018-10-04 00:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/288921149 glcaneva https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/289353945 Cormac McCarthy
(FIC MCC) Classics

Think "The Walking Dead" without the walkers. This contemporary classics features a father and son trying to make it as the world is on its last leg. ]]> 2018-10-04 19:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/glcaneva/English1booktalk/wish/289353945