https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2 50 Children's Books en-us 2017-02-28 18:15:06 UTC 2023-02-18 16:22:36 UTC hello@padlet.com kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156819378 This book was about a boy who was separated from his family during the holocaust, and sent to a concentration camp. He brought the harmonica his father had given him, and played every night for commandment at the camp and other prisoners who were losing hope. I liked this book because I enjoy learning about WWII and the hardships people suffered during the war. This book would be interesting to kids who like history, and more specifically the Holocaust. I could use this book to teach students how the lives of Jewish people drastically changed during the Holocaust]]> 2017-02-28 18:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156819378 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156821181 This book was all about the important things in life. It talked about how shoes were important, the sky, birds, and most importantly how important people are including the person reading the book. This book would be interesting to kids who need some encouragement. It teaches students that everyone is important despite their differences. I could use this book to teach my students that although everyone is different, we are all important. ]]> 2017-02-28 18:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156821181 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156822554 This book is about the life of Duke Ellington, and how he became a musician during the roaring twenties. He is known as the forerunner in the evolution of Jazz. This book would be interesting for students in the 5th grade that are learning about the roaring twenties.  This book could be used to teach how Duke Ellington impacted people’s lives in during the roaring twenties.

]]> 2017-02-28 18:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156822554 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156823749 This book is about Japanese-American's in an internment camp that decided to  create a baseball field. The young boy tells how baseball gave him a purpose while enduring injustice and humiliation. This is a good book to read for students who have recently learned about pearl harbor. This book could be used to teach students about what life was like for Japanese Americans in internment camps during the WWII. ]]> 2017-02-28 18:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156823749 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156826182 2017-02-28 18:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/156826182 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157076278 This book is about a girl named Rachel who is very busy with work and other things. Rachel's younger sister Beth is stubborn, independent, mildly retarded, and  a 38 year old woman. Rachel agrees to take time out of her busy and mostly empty life to ride the buses with her sister. Beth, who lives alone in an assisted living facility, rides the buses in her mid-sized Pennsylvania city from dawn to dusk everyday except Sunday (no runs). This book would be interesting for students to understand the everyday problems that people struggle with. I could use this book to teach students that everybody is different, and sometimes It is okay to take a break from a strict schedule to spend time with family and friends. 

]]> 2017-03-01 16:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157076278 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157079722 Pre K-2
This book is about  two young boys who are a lot alike. They both like shooting marbles, they both want to be firemen, and they both love to swim. Joe is white and John Henry is black, and in the South in 1964, that means John Henry isn't allowed to do everything his best friend is. Then a law is passed that forbids segregation and opens the town pool to everyone. Joe and John Henry are so excited they race each other there...only to discover that it takes more than a new law to change people's hearts. This book would be a good book to read to students while learning about segregation and civil rights. ]]> 2017-03-01 16:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157079722 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157082229 Pre K-2
This book is about a young African American girl named Mirandy. She is determined to win the town cakewalk by capturing Brother Wind and dancing with him as her partner. As the evening comes closer, she tries everything in her power to capture the  Wind, collecting suggestions and strategies from her friends and neighbors around the town.  When the dance arrives, she realizes that her friend will make the best partner of all. This would be a good book to use when teaching the students about civil rights and segregation. ]]> 2017-03-01 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/157082229 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161467323 This book is about a boy who plowed potato fields in the country, when one day he imagined creating a TV. What started off as an idea turned into him making his idea real, years later. I could use this book in the classroom when discussing when the first TV was invented. ]]> 2017-03-21 12:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161467323 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161469143 This book  is a biography about the founder of the Honda Motor Company. He was 7 years old in the 1914 when he first fell in love with cars. I could use this book in the classroom when discussing the first automobiles in the United States, and discussing who created Honda.  ]]> 2017-03-21 12:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161469143 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161470893 This book is about a proper Russian boy who was given a gift of a paint box by his aunt. The paint box whispered to him and he painted the sound of colors. He was an artist. This would be a good book to use in this classroom when discussing creativity in art. ]]> 2017-03-21 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161470893 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161486095 This book is about Abe Lincolns character trait of fairness. This book depicts Abe and his trait of fairness as a child and as an adult. This book would be good to read with earlier readers because it shares facts about Abe Lincoln while also picturing like a cartoon. ]]> 2017-03-21 13:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161486095 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161599088 This book is full of letter that students wrote to the pope, asking him questions of all different topics. In this book, the pope replies to each letter. This book would be good to use with students when learning to write letters. ]]> 2017-03-21 17:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161599088 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161601749 This book is about two people who meet during WWII. Tucky Jo, a soldier, and Little Heart, a civilian. Although they don't speak the same language they are both very kind to each other. Several years after the war they meet again while Little Heart was Tucky Jo's nurse. This is a good book to use in the classroom to teach the students about kindness. ]]> 2017-03-21 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161601749 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161605874 Ruby Bridges is a young African American girl show recently moved to New Orleans. Ruby begins at an all white school, and parents were outraged. They refused to send their children to school with Ruby. Ruby was very brave, and stood her ground and faced the racism. Ruby prayed for those who stood outside the school protesting against her. This a good book to use to teach the students about segregation. ]]> 2017-03-21 17:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161605874 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161612143 This book is about a young girl who loved animals, nature, and the beauty of the world. She was made fun of for her lisp. Her brother always reminded her she would grow up to be a great lady. She grew up and became one of the most famous medical practitioners of all time, and founded the American Red Cross. This book would be a great book to teach students that everyone is different, and that it doesn't mean you are any less of a person. This book could be used to teach students not to make fun of others. ]]> 2017-03-21 18:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161612143 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161614043 This book is about four different voices that tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. The vastly different perspectives give a certain depth to this simple story which explores many of the author’s key themes, that include, alienation, friendship and strange people among "the normal". This book could be used to teach point of view. ]]> 2017-03-21 18:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161614043 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161618278 This book is about a boy named Max who put on a wolf suit and caused himself to get in trouble. His mom sent him to his room and called him a Wild Thing. That night his imagination exploded and a forest grew in his room, and a boat picked him up to take him where the wild things are. Max crowned himself king of the wild things. When he sent the wild things to bed, he became lonely and chose to return home to his mom. This book could be used to teach students that "the grass isn't always greener on the other side". ]]> 2017-03-21 18:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161618278 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161621902 This book is about a mitten that a grandmother had knitted for her granddaughter. The mitten was left behind in the snow, and became home to many different animals until a big sneeze sends all of the animals out. This would be a good book to read to teach younger students that "sharing is caring". ]]> 2017-03-21 18:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161621902 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161785778 This book is about a group of cows who find an old typewriter in the barn. All farmer Brown hears is the clicking of the typewriter all day. Then he starts receiving notes from the cows making demands. When farmer Brown refused to give them what they want, the cows go on strike. This book could be used to teach students about onomatopoeia. ]]> 2017-03-22 12:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161785778 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161793698 This book is about is about a boy named peter who wakes up one morning to see the ground covered in snow. He spends the whole day adventuring in the snow by himself. He wants to have a snowball fight with the "big kids", but knows that he is too young. That night he dreamed that the sun came out and melted all the snow, but to his surprised he woke up to new snow falling. He spent the second day playing in the snow with a friend. This book could be used in the classroom during winter time when teaching students about weather. Students can  easily relate the activities Peter participates in while it is snowing. ]]> 2017-03-22 12:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161793698 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161817240 This book is about an imaginary friend who just can't wait to be picked as some child's imaginary friend. He grows impatient and sets off to NYC to try to find his friend. Just as he is about to give up, and thought his friend had  forgotten about him, he met a shy girl named Alice. This book could be used in the classroom to teach children patience. It is also a fun friendly book that they could connect to. ]]> 2017-03-22 13:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161817240 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161820567 This book is about a Stick saving Stone from a sticky situation with Pinecone, and the two become good friends. When stick gets stuck we find out if stone has returned the favor. This book could be used in the classroom to teach children about kindness and friendship. ]]> 2017-03-22 14:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161820567 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161856015 This book is about a brother and sister who are home alone all day, on a rainy day with nothing to do. Suddenly they hear a loud bump which is quickly followed by the arrival of the Cat in the Hat. The Cat proposes to entertain the children with some tricks that he knows. The children's pet fish refuses, insisting that the Cat leave. The cat in the hat destroyed their house, and mom was coming home soon. This book could be used in the classroom to teach students about using their imagination or when they are learning about Dr. Seuss. ]]> 2017-03-22 15:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/161856015 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162085104 This book is about a tree who loved a little boy. The boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk, and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This book could be used in the classroom to teach students about "the gift of giving". ]]> 2017-03-23 11:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162085104 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162087072 This book is about a misbehaving class, whose teacher has had enough and decides to take a break. A "new" teacher comes in and is very strict and not nice like Miss Nelson was. The students began to miss their old teacher. At the end of the book the author hints that the "new" teacher was Miss Nelson in disguise. This book could be used to teach students not to take their teacher for granted. This is a fun read, that students could really connect to. ]]> 2017-03-23 11:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162087072 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162089332 This book is about an adventurous, energetic little pig. She does and tries all sorts of new activities and tires her family out with all of her wild activities. This book could be used in the classroom to show children that is okay to try new things, and to figure out things they like and don't like. ]]> 2017-03-23 12:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162089332 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162670834 This book is about the journey of life, written by Dr. Seuss. It is a brief story with imaginative characters that was meant to encourage and inspire graduates to keep moving in life no matter what may happen, with a little bit of work and will power you can do anything. This could be used in the classroom at the end of the year to encourage children in the future as they move on in life. ]]> 2017-03-27 00:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162670834 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162671805 This book is about three performing elephants that live in a zoo during World War II. The zoo keepers were ordered to poison all of the large animals at the zoo because if a bomb hit they were afraid the animals would terrorize the community. The elephants were to smart to eat poisoned food, and too big to be lethally injected. The only option was to starve them until they died. This is a very sad book that could be taught to kids that the war affected more than just humans, it affected the animals as well. ]]> 2017-03-27 00:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162671805 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162672547 This book is about a little girl (mouse) who has the name of chrysanthemum, which is a flower. She loves her name until she starts school and has her feeling hurt when people make fun of her for having the name of a flower. When she gets into to music class the teacher says that her name is the most beautiful name and she wants to name her daughter that. Then all of the kids wished they were named after flowers. This book could be used in the classroom to teach students about acceptance, self-esteem, and to show them teasing someone is not okay. ]]> 2017-03-27 00:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162672547 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162673365 This book is fun, imaginative book about crayons who begin to complain about they way they are used. Beige is tired of living in Browns shadow, and blue wants a break from coloring so much water. So when the little boy opens his crayon box one day at school all he sees are the letters "I QUIT". This book would be a fun read in a younger classroom. The children would enjoy the imagination of the book. ]]> 2017-03-27 00:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162673365 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162674425 This book is about a little boy nicknamed BAT. His mom is a veterinarian and brought home a skunk one day. She needed to take care of it until she could hand it over to a wild animal shelter. The minute BAT meets the skunk, he knows they are meant to be together so he has a month to show his mom that the skunk would make a great pet. This book could be used in the classroom as a fun read as students are packing up at the end of the day. ]]> 2017-03-27 00:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162674425 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162678598 This book is about a 6th grade girl named Raina. After Girl Scouts one day, she trips and falls and knocks out her front teeth. She went through a series of off and on braces, surgery, retainers with teeth on them, and head gear. She only wants to be a normal girl with less drama than what is going on in her life. This book would be a good book to read to fourth or fifth graders, because they can relate to the struggles of being embarrassed easily especially if they have had or have braces. ]]> 2017-03-27 01:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/162678598 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167029320 This book is about a girl named Callie who loves theater. She would love to try out for her middle schools new production but the problem is she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. She doesn't know how she can do it when she knows nothing about carpentry, ticket sales going down, and crew members who cant get along.  This book is full of drama, hence the title. This book is a good book for students to read during free time, especially if they enjoy theater. It is a great book for students to relate to. ]]> 2017-04-19 14:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167029320 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167031601 This book is about two fourth-grade boys who write comic books and love to pull pranks, they then find themselves in big trouble. Mean Mr. Krupp, their principal, videotapes George and Harold setting up their stunts and threatens to expose them. The boys' luck changes when they send for a 3-D Hypno-Ring and hypnotize Krupp, turning him into Captain Underpants, their own superhero creation. This book would be good for students to read because it is easily relatable and engaging.  ]]> 2017-04-19 14:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167031601 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167032553 This book is about is a graphic novel version of the original Baby Sitters Club.  Kristy's gets the idea for a baby-sitters club and enlists her best friends, shy Mary Anne and artistic Claudia, in an exciting new venture. But the baby-sitting business isn't the only thing absorbing their attention: Kristy is having a hard time accepting her stepdad-to-be, and the newest member of the gang, Stacey, seems to be hiding a secret. This book, as well as the whole series, is a very relatable book for students in grades 3-5. This book would be good for students to read during independent reading time in school. This book keeps students engaged in their reading.]]> 2017-04-19 14:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167032553 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167034346 This book is about a boy named Greg Heffley who begins his first year in middle school where undersized weakling kids share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you’re ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this  series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley’s star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend’s newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship. This book would be a good book for students use in class because it is engaging and easily relatable.  

]]> 2017-04-19 14:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167034346 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167036748 This is a classic book about Charlotte's spider web that tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. Charlottes web becomes very popular for people to come and see. This book is a good early chapter book to begin reading with students who are just learning to read chapter books. ]]> 2017-04-19 14:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167036748 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167038412 This is the first book in the series of Junie B. Jones. Junie B. Jones is Kindergartener who is starting her first day of school and has to ride the bus. She knows nothing about riding the bus and is scared to ride it with all of the mean kids. This is a good book for students to read that they can easily relate to. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167038412 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042367 This is the first book in the series of Magic Tree House. In this book the mysterious tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to a prehistoric pass. They have to figure out a way home before dark, before they turn into dinosaur food. This series of books is good for kids who like adventure. These books are extremely engaging to elementary aged students. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042367 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042398 This book is about a ten year old girl who has lived Saigon, South Korea for all of her life. When the Vietnam War has reached her home, her family was forced to flee to American. They end up in Alabama where the girl discovers the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food and the strength of her very own family. This would be a good book to read to students when discussing history, and when discussing peoples differences in and diversity. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042398 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042476 This book is about a young girl who was captured by a giant. He wasn't an ordinary, bone crunching giant. He was The Big Friendly Giant. Sophie hears that the other bone crunching giants are planning to capture other children and she and the BFG are going to stop them. This book is a good book for students to read because it full of adventure and extremely engaging to the students. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042476 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042778 The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.  Daisy and Gatsby are in love but Daisy wont leave her husband because she doesn't want to lose all of her money. Gatsby ends up getting killed at the end of the book and no one comes to his funeral. After all of the lavish parties that everyone loved attending, no one would attend Gatsby's funeral. This book is a good book for high school students to relate to because they love reading about the love affair.]]> 2017-04-19 15:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167042778 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043123 This book is about a boy named Thomas who wakes up on a lift. The only thing he can remember is his name. He wakes up around several boys who all have the same story. They don't know where they are or how they got their, and they don't remember what their life was like before. They are surround by stone walls, and beyond the stone walls is an ever changing maze. No one has ever made it out alive. One day the first girl ever was found on the lift. She can provide the boys with information about this being an experiment, and if they can make it out of the maze they can return back to their lives. They make it out of the maze only to be put into another maze, and this starts book two. This book is a great book for older students to read about adventure, danger, all while staying engaged. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043123 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043162 This book is based on a town of conformity in the future. This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he's given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This book is extremely engaging for high school students. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043162 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043173 This book is about two teenagers who meet at a support group. Both teenagers have terminal cancer, but despite that they fall in love. Augustus was in remission, until he revealed that his cancer was back. Days later Augustus dies, leaving Hazel heart broken. This is a good book for young adults in high school to read about love. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043173 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043188 This book is about a girl named Bella Swan who moves in with her dad in a small town. She quickly finds herself drawn to Edward Cullen, who she finds out is a vampire. Edward and Bella fall in love while facing trials with other vampires who want to track down and hunt Bella. Everyone in the town thinks the Cullen family is strange, they just don't know that they are all vampires. This is the first book in the Twilight Saga. This is a great book for middle school and high school students to read, and stay engaged. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043188 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043209 This book is about a family that has eternal life after drinking from a magic spring. The Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing than it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune. This is a good book for students to read in the classroom because it is engaging and something middle school and high school students can get really get into. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043209 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043218 This book is about  a student named Nick who is in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a frindle. This book is great book for upper elementary and middle school students to connect and relate too. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043218 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043236 This book is a based in the future in the nation of Panem, formed from a post-apocalyptic North America, is a country that consists of a wealthy Capitol region surrounded by 12 poorer districts. Early in its history, a rebellion led by a 13th district against the Capitol resulted in its destruction and the creation of an annual televised event known as the Hunger Games. In punishment, and as a reminder of the power and grace of the Capitol, each district must yield one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 through a lottery system to participate in the games. The 'tributes' are chosen during the annual Reaping and are forced to fight to the death, leaving only one survivor to claim victory. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives. , she sees it as a death sentence, but she ends up surviving with Peeta! This book begins the series of The Hunger Games books. This book is a good book for middle school to high school students because the adventure is engaging.]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043236 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043257 Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.
It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. This book is engaging to students because it is also a movie on Disney Channel and students can relate to the book. ]]> 2017-04-19 15:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043257 kmwinkler55 https://padlet.com/kmwinkler55/ybeglgk3ahn2/wish/167043272 This book is about a boy who lives with his mean relatives who have him living in a closet upstairs. His mom and dad died when he was a baby. One day he receives a letter declaring that he is a wizard. He was saved from his relatives house and taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally feels like a normal kid. But even within the Wizarding community, he is special. He is the boy who lived: the only person to have ever survived a killing curse inflicted by the evil Lord Voldemort, who launched a brutal takeover of the Wizarding world, only to vanish after failing to kill Harry. This is the first book in a series of Harry Potter books. This book would be good for students to read because of the adventure in the story, which keeps students engaged.

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