https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y en-us 2018-07-24 14:16:43 UTC 2019-09-02 19:44:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png dpiel https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270985638 Click on the link below to watch a Student-made trailer for the graphic novel.
Brief Summary: Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", is a 14-year-old aspiring cartoonist. The book is a coming of age story, detailing Junior's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and his decision to go to an all-white public high school off the reservation. You will laugh, you will cry, but ultimately, Junior finds a way to connect to us all.]]> 2018-07-24 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270985638 dpiel https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270989074 Listen in as the author reads a piece of his fascinating story about a narrator nicknamed "Ghost," who wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down. The first book of four in this new series.]]> 2018-07-24 14:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270989074 dpiel https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270990437 Brief Summary: A true-to-life story about a 12-year-old Pakistani girl named Amal whose love for school is taken away from her as she is imprisoned into a wealthy man's home to become a servant until he feels she repays her debts for lashing out on him. Suspenseful, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting story about a girl that shines a bright light on the role of education in empowering girls.]]> 2018-07-24 15:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/270990437 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307447727 Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.

Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father’s actions.]]> 2018-11-25 00:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307447727 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448221 THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018-AND SOON TO BE MOVIE!!!! Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is 🤬-bent on eradicating magic for good. 

Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers—and her growing feelings for an enemy.]]> 2018-11-25 00:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448221 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448579 Some summers are just destined to be pretty 

Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer -- they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.]]> 2018-11-25 00:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448579 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448861 The movie trailer below for "Dear, Simon," is based off of the novel:

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.  ]]> 2018-11-25 00:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307448861 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307449055 All your questions are answered in the fifth book in James Dashner’s #1 New York Times  bestselling Maze Runner series. The story that fans all over the world have been waiting for — the story of how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze — is finally here. You do not want to miss it.
A prequel to the worldwide Maze Runner phenomenon, The Fever Code is the book that holds all the answers. How did WICKED find the Gladers? Who are Group B? And what side are Thomas and Teresa really on? Lies will be exposed. Secrets will be uncovered. Loyalties will be proven. Fans will never see the truth coming. Before there was the Maze, there was The Fever Code.]]> 2018-11-25 01:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307449055 https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307449559 If you've watched the series on Netflix, here is your chance to read one of the longet-running titles in Comic Book HISTORY!]]> 2018-11-25 01:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/307449559 dpiel https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/378974467 Speak, is a young adult graphic novel that tells the story of high school freshman Melinda Sordino. After accidentally busting an end of summer party due to an unnamed incident, Melinda is ostracized by her peers because she will not say why she called the police. Unable to verbalize what happened, Melinda nearly stops speaking altogether, expressing her voice through the art she produces for Mr. Freeman's class. This expression slowly helps Melinda acknowledge what happened, face her problems, and recreate her identity]]> 2019-09-01 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/378974467 dpiel https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/378975545 Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland, during WWII. Simply being Jewish, places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people. 

Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies...What happens next is a climatic. An incredible look at the work of Jewish resistance fighters during the Holocaust. I must read!]]> 2019-09-01 17:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dpiel/gmcinhr7c47y/wish/378975545