Empower: What Happens When Student Own Their Learning
By: John Spencer
4.11
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning
By: Mike Schmoker
3.98
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Best-selling author Mike Schmoker boils down solutions for improved schools to the most powerful, s… read more
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"worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing)."-Mike Schmoker, Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning
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2. Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
By: Paul Doiron
3.97
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
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"You can't tell by the look of a frog how far they'll jump."-Paul Doiron, Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
"You never really know someone until your relationship is over."-Paul Doiron, Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
3. The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness
By: Todd Rose
4.05
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this ground-breaking book perfect for readers of The Power of Habitand Quiet, Harvard scientist … read more
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4. Beatrice and Virgil
By: Yann Martel
0.00
Format: 798 pages,
This is the story of a donkey named Beatrice and a monkey named Virgil. It is also the story of an … read more
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5. A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
By: Warren Berger
3.91
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking book, journalist and innovation expert Warren Berger shows that one of the m… read more
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6. Ninth Ward
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
3.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival… read more
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7. Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
3.00
Format: 285 pages,
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter… read more
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8. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
By: Susanna Clarke , Charles Vess
1.80
Format: 76 pages,
Following the enormous success of 2004 bestseller and critics' favorite "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norr… read more
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9. Fish in a Tree
By: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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10. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
By: Robert Pool , K. Anders Ericsson
4.03
Format: None pages, ebook
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11. The Best We Could Do
By: Thi Bui
4.58
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam from d… read more
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12. Flying Lessons & Other Stories
By: Matt de la Peña , Sherman Alexie , Soman Chainani , Walter Dean Myers , Grace Lin , Ellen Oh , Jacqueline Woodson , Kwame Alexander , Tim Federle , Tim Tingle , Meg Medina , Kelly J. Baptist
4.04
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
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13. Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life As an Educator
By: Dave Burgess
3.32
Format: 240 pages,
Based on Dave Burgess's popular "Outrageous Teaching" and "Teach Like a PIRATE" seminars, this book… read more
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14. We Are Displaced
By: Malala Yousafzai
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother. Zaynab… read more
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"I think it’s time that people update themselves, educate themselves, and inform themselves."-Malala Yousafzai, We Are Displaced
15. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
16. Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop (The Travelling Shops #1)
By: Rebecca Raisin
3.91
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
The trip of a lifetime!Rosie Lewis has her life together. A swanky job as a Michelin-Starred Sous C… read more
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"Jeez, have I been missing out on living because I've let my fear drive every single choice I've ever made?"-Rebecca Raisin, Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop (The Travelling Shops #1)
"Bookworms do that a lot, fall for the hero in their latest read and get terribly down about the fact they’re fictional."-Rebecca Raisin, Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop (The Travelling Shops #1)
"... you always seem to think you have to change, you think you have to improve yourself, to be like everyone else, to fit in, but can't you see you're perfect just the way you are?"-Rebecca Raisin, Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop (The Travelling Shops #1)
17. Under an Outlaw Moon
By: Dietrich Kalteis
3.30
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He’s reckless, she’s naive. Longing for freedom fr… read more
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18. D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
By: Michel Faber
3.30
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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"The Gamp had been in charge for quite a few seasons now, and the good weather still hadn't come back, but he blamed this on the evil deeds of various people he disliked. If it wasn't for these terrib…"-Michel Faber, D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
19. Culturize: Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes.
By: Jimmy Casas
3.86
Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms
By: Joe Feldman
4.21
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learn… read more
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21. Empower: What Happens When Student Own Their Learning
By: John Spencer
4.11
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions… read more
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22. The Haunting of Alejandra
By: V. Castro
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more
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"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
23. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
By: Natalie Wexler
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more
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24. The Archive of Alternate Endings
By: Lindsey Drager
4.06
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Tracking the evolution of Hansel and Gretel at seventy-five-year intervals that correspond with ear… read more
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"Jacob will think: What is at stake in sharing this story? And Wilhelm will think: What is at stake in leaving this story untold?"-Lindsey Drager, The Archive of Alternate Endings
"Though she cannot read, she knows well that what gets committed to the page, what gets translated into the code of letters and locked in the coffin of a book, becomes truth while everything else diss…"-Lindsey Drager, The Archive of Alternate Endings
25. Throwback
By: Maurene Goo
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more
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26. The Shift to Student-Led: Reimagining Classroom Workflows with UDL and Blended Learning
By: Catlin R. Tucker
4.22
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
The Shift to Student-Led by Catlin R. Tucker & Katie Novak Your Guide to Student-Led Learning Catli… read more
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27. Row the Boat: A Never-Give-Up Approach to Lead with Enthusiasm and Optimism and Improve Your Team and Culture (Jon Gordon)
By: Jon Gordon
3.87
Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition
Learn to live and lead with enthusiasm and optimism, impact your team, and transform your culture … read more
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28. When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids
By: Gregg Behr
4.36
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Bring the lessons of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood into the digital age, as this book helps guide par… read more
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29. 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success
By: John Hattie
3.83
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
The original Visible Learning research concluded that one of the most important influencers of stud… read more
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30. The Burnout Cure: Learning to Love Teaching Again
By: CHASE MIELKE
3.92
Format: None pages, ebook
How can you energize yourself to maintain or regain a positive outlook and love of teaching? What s… read more
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31. Seven Minutes in Candyland
By: Brian Wasson
3.67
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He … read more
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