Remake of Scavenger Hunt: Kids, Teens & Tweens Books! by Edgar Zarazua https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6 Discovering new books to love en-us 2021-02-01 14:54:01 UTC 2021-05-15 20:13:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png # 1 Relectant Teen Reader edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156583998 Audrey is over romance. While dealing with her parents’ contentious divorce, a breakup of her own, and shifting friendship dynamics, she has every reason to feel cynical. But then she meets Harry, her fellow coworker at the local cinema. He’s brash, impulsive, and a major flirt. And even though Audrey tries to resist, she finds herself falling for his charms. But in this funny, insightful, and ultimately empowering novel, love—and life—isn’t what it’s like in the movies.

This book is for the reluctant reader, perhaps a young lady, so that they can become empowered to think about life and love in a different perspective than portrayed in the movies. Also, love stories are so engrossing! Nobody can help wanting to find out, "Will they? Won't they?"

]]> 2021-02-03 01:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156583998 # 2 If You Like "The Hate U Give" edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156683824 The civil rights movement in 1959 Virginia irrevocably changes the lives of two girls: a persecuted black student who is one of the first to attend a newly integrated school and a white integration opponent's daughter with whom she confronts harsh truths during a school project.


]]> 2021-02-03 02:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156683824 # 3 Bluebonnet Nominee edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156690834 Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher

]]> 2021-02-03 02:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156690834 # 4 Name that Book edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156699133 A relaxing summer under the banyan trees in Miami is turned upside-down by Arturo's cute new neighbor, who helps him in his quest to use the power of poetry, protest and family stories to stop the plans of a land developer who wants to demolish his Abuela's restaurant and surrounding community.]]> 2021-02-03 02:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156699133 # 5 Lone Star Book List edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156711739 The Texas Lone Star list is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table.]]> 2021-02-03 02:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156711739 # 6 Newbery Awarded Book edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156724351
While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.]]> 2021-02-03 02:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156724351 # 7 Differently-abled Protagonists edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156731408 This story recounts Jordan's journey growing without the bottom half of her left arm, including her founding the non-profit Born Just Right, and the inspiration for her invention of Project Unicorn, a prosthetic that shoots glitter.


]]> 2021-02-03 02:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156731408 # 8 Dinosaur Books edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156738679 Accompanied by picture word strips and labels to reinforce vocabulary, simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to dinosaurs.


]]> 2021-02-03 03:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156738679 # 9 Graphic Novel for Kids edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156745569 When the Governor of Ghost-A-Rica releases ghost minions in the Land of Ooo, the little monsters begin to steal the youth of the citizens.]]> 2021-02-03 03:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156745569 #10 Non-fiction Sports Book edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156747387 2021-02-03 03:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1156747387 A Night Divided edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523054436 Enthralling and moving tale of a family divided by the Berlin Wall]]> 2021-05-14 00:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523054436 The Berlin Wall edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523074952 Very detailed look at life in Berlin when it was divided by the wall]]> 2021-05-14 00:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523074952 Red Love: The Story of an East German Family edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523085282 Memoir about a real family living under communism]]> 2021-05-14 00:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523085282 Holocaust Poetry edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523102748 Beautiful poetry by famous authors on the historical tragedy that still haunts the world today]]> 2021-05-14 00:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1523102748 Seed Folk edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527393260 2021-05-15 19:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527393260 Paola Santiago and the River of Tears edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527395275 Read in book club; other members liked it. Example of literature with diverse characters]]> 2021-05-15 19:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527395275 Number the Stars edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527413676 Personally read in third grade. Loved it! Point about a Jewish girl and her family living in Denmark when it comes occupied by Nazi Germany. The book relates their escape attempt either making life-or-death journey to cross the border or wait til the Americans arrive at Denmark to rescue them.]]> 2021-05-15 19:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527413676 My Name is Asher Lev edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527414821 Boy from a Hasidic Jewish community pursues a career as an artist against the wishes of his very traditional community.]]> 2021-05-15 19:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527414821 Laughing Tomatoes and other springtime poems. Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527452569 Cheery, upbeat, bilingual poems-Spanish version on left page. English on the right. Accompanied by gorgeous illustrations as background. Perfect for dual-language programs.]]> 2021-05-15 20:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527452569 A Wizard of Earthsea edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527453843 A fantasy tale of a young boy on a journey to make himself a wizard. The accoladed and acclaimed story is set in a world straight from the imagination but with so much detail the reader’s belief is suspended and his attention enthralled and driven to read on and on.]]> 2021-05-15 20:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527453843 The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527456228 This book is a revamp of classic fairytales such the Gingerbread man (now "The Stinky Cheese Man")
the Ugly Duckling (in this book "The Really Ugly Duckling").
]]> 2021-05-15 20:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527456228 The King's Chessboard edzarazua13 https://padlet.com/edzarazua13/gkz93hqhkqoqdkk6/wish/1527456702 This is tale that I heard in 3rd grade about a king who rewards an Indian wise man for helping his kingdom.
The wise man does not ask for gold but instead rice, as much rice as can fit on a chessboard.
Only with one caveat: The king must give one grain of rice for the first square on the board and
then double the grain for every square after that. The king is amused as he thinks it is such a trivial request
but does his kingdom actually have enough rice to fulfill the wise man's request?
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