Books for Summer Reading by Diane E Stewart-Joens https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea en-us 2018-03-06 14:29:55 UTC 2026-02-23 21:49:40 UTC hello@padlet.com diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238622883 The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
by Pablo Cartaya 

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]]> 2018-03-06 14:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238622883 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238624465 2018-03-06 14:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238624465 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238639876 2018-03-06 14:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238639876 For Arturo, summetime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela's restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a cute poetry enthusiast who moves into Arturo's apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He almost doesn't notice the smarmy land developer who rolls into town and threatens to change it. Arturo refuses to let his family and community go down without a fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of Jose Marti. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238641373 2018-03-06 14:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238641373 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238641765 2018-03-06 14:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238641765 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238642096 2018-03-06 14:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238642096 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238644286 2018-03-06 14:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238644286 Freedman, Russell. (2016). We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement that Defied Adolf Hitler. New York, NY: Clarion.Lexile = 630L diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238645404 2018-03-06 15:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238645404 Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging Germans to defy the Nazi government. Their belief that freedom was worth dying for will inspire young readers to stand up for what they believe in. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238646495 2018-03-06 15:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238646495 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238649785 2018-03-06 15:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238649785 Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world…Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety and freedom in America…Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe…All three young people will go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers–from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But for each of them, there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, surprising connections will tie their stories together in the end. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238650739 2018-03-06 15:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238650739 Gratz, Alan. (2017). Refugee. New York, NY: Scholastic.Lexile = 800L diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238651743 2018-03-06 15:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238651743 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238659813 2018-03-06 15:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238659813 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238664432 2018-03-06 15:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238664432 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American history. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238665178 2018-03-06 15:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238665178 Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights Marchby Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock (Retelling), Susan Buckley (Retelling), P.J. Loughran (Illustrations) Lexile 780L diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238666006 2018-03-06 15:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238666006 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238671542 2018-03-06 15:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238671542 Twelve-year-old Ted Gerson has spent most of his summer playing video games. So when his great-uncle dies and bequeaths him the all so-called treasure in his overstuffed junk shop of an apartment, Ted explores it like it’s another level to beat. And to his shock, he finds that eccentric Great-Uncle Ted actually has set the place up like a real-life escape-the-room game!Using his specially honed skills, Ted sets off to win the greatest game he’s ever played, with help from his friends Caleb and Isabel. Together they discover that Uncle Ted’s “treasure” might be exactly that—real gold and jewels found by a Japanese American unit that served in World War II. With each puzzle Ted and his friends solve, they get closer to unraveling the mystery—but someone dangerous is hot on their heels, and he’s not about to let them get away with the fortune. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238672319 2018-03-06 15:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238672319 Click Here toStart by Denis Markell diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238672884  Lexile 670L]]> 2018-03-06 15:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238672884 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238677159 2018-03-06 15:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238677159 Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track team. Nope, his game has always been ball. But when Ghost impulsively challenges an elite sprinter to a race -- and wins -- the Olympic medalist track coach sees he has something: crazy natural talent. Thing is, Ghost has something else: a lot of anger, and a past that he is trying to outrun. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed and meld with the team, or will his past finally catch up to him? diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238678213 2018-03-06 15:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238678213 Ghost (Track #1) by Jason Reynolds Lexile 730L diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238678717 2018-03-06 15:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238678717 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238680303 2018-03-06 15:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238680303 Before these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where they forged one of the winningest teams in the history of America’s favorite sport. Called “the team that invented football,” Carlisle’s innovative squad challenged the greatest, most elite teams—Harvard, Yale, Army—audaciously vowing to take their place among the nation’s football powers.This is an astonishing underdog sports story—and more. It’s an unflinching look at the U.S. government’s violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. It’s the story of a group of young men who came together at that school, the overwhelming obstacles they faced both on and off the field, and their absolute refusal to accept defeat. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238680566 2018-03-06 15:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238680566 Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Teamby Steve Sheinkin, Connie Hsu (Editor) Lexile 980 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238681879 2018-03-06 15:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238681879 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238683793 2018-03-06 15:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238683793 Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell. Then a mysterious man called the Stranger comes to town, and Hoodoo starts dreaming of the dead rising from their graves. Even worse, he soon learns the Stranger is looking for a boy. Not just any boy. A boy named Hoodoo. The entire town is at risk from the Stranger’s black magic, and only Hoodoo can defeat him. He’ll just need to learn how to conjure first. Set amid the swamps, red soil, and sweltering heat of small town Alabama in the 1930s, Hoodoo is infused with a big dose of creepiness leavened with gentle humor. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238684050 2018-03-06 15:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238684050 Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238684481 Lexile 600L]]> 2018-03-06 15:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238684481 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238686448 2018-03-06 15:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238686448 Ethan had been many things. He was always ready for adventure and always willing to accept a dare, especially from his best friend, Kacey. But that was before. Before the accident that took Kacey from him. Before his family moved from Boston to the small town of Palm Knot, Georgia.Palm Knot may be tiny, but it’s the home of possibility and second chances. It’s also home to Coralee, a girl with a big personality and even bigger stories. Coralee may be just the friend Ethan needs, except Ethan isn’t the only one with secrets. Coralee’s are catching up with her, and what she’s hiding might be putting both their lives at risk. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238686789 2018-03-06 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238686789 The Ethan I Was Beforeby Ali Standish diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238687504 Lexile 730]]> 2018-03-06 15:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238687504 Debut author Kristi Wientge tackles the uncomfortable—but all too relatable—subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this sweet and charming novel in the tradition of Judy Blume.Karma Khullar is about to start middle school, and she is super nervous. Not just because it seems like her best friend has found a newer, blonder best friend. Or the fact that her home life is shaken up by the death of her dadima. Or even that her dad is the new stay-at-home parent, leading her mother to spend most of her time at work. But because she’s realized that she has seventeen hairs that have formed a mustache on her upper lip.With everyone around her focused on other things, Karma is left to figure out what to make of her terrifyingly hairy surprise all on her own. diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238688682 2018-03-06 15:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238688682 Karma Khullar's Mustache by Kristi Wientge Lexile (not available) diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238689214 2018-03-06 15:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238689214 diandk1229 https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238690393 2018-03-06 15:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/diandk1229/x8ftbhfbmxea/wish/238690393