Book Tasting 2022 by Jennifer Wheeler https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca Read or watch the videos to "taste" different books! This is a great way to get exposure to different books. Then, give it a thumbs up or thumbs down based on if you would like to read it. Lastly, write a list in your notebook of the books you would like to read in the future! en-us 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC 2023-01-24 00:08:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f374.png House Arrest passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711842 Timothy is a good kid who did a bad thing. Now he's under house arrest for a whole year. He has to check in weekly with a probation officer and a therapist, keep a journal, and stay out of trouble. But when he must take drastic measures to help his struggling family, staying out of trouble proves more difficult than Timothy ever thought it would be. Touching, funny, and always original, House Arrest is a novel in verse about a good boy's hard-won path to redemption.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711842 A Mango Shaped Space thermenr https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711843 Mia Winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. Forced to reveal her condition, she must look to herself to develop an understanding and appreciation of her gift in this coming-of-age novel.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711843 Alex Rider passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711844 They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers.

Action-packed, spy book!
]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711844 Warrior Book Talks barrosa1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711846 A Collection of Books]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711846 Simon vs the Homo Sapien's Agenda thermenr https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711847 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 Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711847 Front Desk wheelej https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711848 The story takes place at a motel in Anaheim, California during the 1990s and is narrated in first-person by Mia Yang, a 10-year-old Chinese immigrant. The work is semi-autobiographical because the author grew up under conditions almost identical to those of her protagonist. The tone of the novel is light and often humorous, though Mia also learns some painful lessons about injustice in America. As Mia recounts her family’s struggle to manage a motel while adjusting to life in their adopted country, the novel explores the themes of immigrant exploitation, the exclusion caused by racial intolerance and financial hardship, and the way in which persistence can overcome resistance in realizing one’s dreams.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711848 New Kid wheelej https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711850 The novel tells the story of Jordan Banks who experiences culture shock when he enrolls at a private school. Taking place over Jordan's freshman year at a prestigious private school, he has to adjust to a new school, experiences and witnesses microaggressions, and makes friends with other students.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711850 The Poet X thermenr https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711852 Xiomara Batista is a fifteen-year-old Dominican teenager living in Harlem, who loves to write poetry. Though she longs to share it with the world, her religious mother is only concerned with her being confirmed, which has been put off for three years. She feels inferior to her brother, Xavier (affectionately called Twin) as he receives much praise for his work. During the school year, she develops a love for her lab partner, Aman. However, the relationship is broken when her mother sees them kissing on a train. Eventually, her mother finds her poetry, forcing a confrontation between the two.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711852 Spirit Hunters wheelej https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711854 A riveting ghost story and captivating adventure, this tale will have you guessing at every turn!

Harper doesn’t trust her new home from the moment she steps inside, and the rumors are that the Raine family’s new house is haunted. Harper isn’t sure she believes those rumors, until her younger brother, Michael, starts acting strangely.

The whole atmosphere gives Harper a sense of déjà vu, but she can’t remember why. She knows that the memories she’s blocking will help make sense of her brother’s behavior and the strange and threatening sensations she feels in this house, but will she be able to put the pieces together in time?

]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711854 Identity Books barrosa1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711856 Slides with Summaries and Links to Book Trailers!]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711856 Book Thief passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711857 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711857 Refugee passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711859 Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE.

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…
]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711859 Maze Runner passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711861 When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.
]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711861 Words in the Dust schilkea https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711863 What if it were illegal for you to learn how to read? Zulaikha lives in a world where she is tormented by a physical disability and treated badly by her family and neighbors. 

Her only escape is time she spends with her loving sister, and the freedom she has to roam the streets in her village in Afghanistan. 

She meets some well meaning people along the way that want to help her. Both in ways that can be easily seen... and ways that MUST be kept secret!]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711863 Boys Without Names schilkea https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711865 When Gopal's family tries to escape crushing debt by leaving their village in India for his uncle's home in Mumbai, Gopal is eager to help earn money, especially after his father disappears. 

Gopal is fooled by the promise of a factory job and ends up a slave in a small shack with five other boys he must nickname because none is allowed to say his name. Suffering a under a cruel boss, Gopal slowly unites the boys though storytelling, with each boy reclaiming his past and his name.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711865 City of Ghosts passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711867 Cassidy Blake's parents are The Inspecters, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711867 Lifeboat 12 heldb1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711868 With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he’s one of the lucky ones—one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada.

Life aboard the luxury ship is grand—nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum’s glare. And after five days at sea, the ship’s officers announce that they’re out of danger.

They’re wrong.

Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They’ve been hit. Torpedoed! The Benares is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive?]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711868 Cinder schilkea https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711869 Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg.

She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. ]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711869 The Parker Inheritance heldb1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711871 The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.

When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding the letter-writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and failed. But now Candice has another chance.

So with the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues in the letter. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. Can they find the fortune and fulfill the letter's promise before the summer ends?]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711871 Out of my Mind passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711873 Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom—the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711873 Ghost passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711875 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711875 Nowhere Boy heldb1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711877 Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope.

Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711877 Everything Everything passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711878 My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in fifteen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him....]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711878 The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die passarellit https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711879 “Take her out back and finish her off.”

She doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her.

And that she must run.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711879 Nonfiction Books barrosa1 https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711881 Slide Presentation of various nonfiction books organized by topic.]]> 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711881 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thermenr https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711884 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711884 Ready Player One thermenr https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711885 2022-08-29 13:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wheelej/zgspaz5zlbott0ca/wish/2274711885