4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency
By: Penny Kittle
4.56
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
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1. A Natural Woman: A Memoir
By: Carole King
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the… read more
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- nonfiction
2. In the Best Interest of Students: Staying True to What Works in the ELA Classroom
By: Kelly Gallagher
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
What is in the best interest of our students? Is it teaching to the newest standards movement, like… read more
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3. Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters
By: Kylene Beers , Robert E. Probst
3.00
Format: None pages,
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4. All My Rage
By: Sabaa Tahir
4.50
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more
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"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
5. No More Fake Reading: Merging the Classics With Independent Reading to Create Joyful, Lifelong Readers (Corwin Literacy)
By: Berit Gordon
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
For middle and high school teachers, it’s one of today’s most vexing How do you motivate students … read more
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6. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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7. 96 Miles
By: J.L. Esplin
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never though… read more
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"But the thing is, if you do survive, when it's all said and done, you still have to live with yourself."-J.L. Esplin, 96 Miles
8. Before the Ever After
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson's novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have … read more
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9. Me: Moth
By: Amber McBride
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
10. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
11. Play Like a Girl
By: Misty Wilson
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Debut author Misty Wilson chronicles her seventh-grade experience as the only girl on her town’s fo… read more
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"There was no way the boys were gonna keep me on the sidelines. If they could play football, so could I. I was just gonna have to sign up, too."-Misty Wilson, Play Like a Girl
12. The Benefits of Being an Octopus
By: Ann Braden
4.22
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other … read more
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"Is a fishing rod evil because it catches someone's dinner? No. It's a tool. Just the way a gun is. Just the way a chain saw is. Just don't give it to the wrong person."-Ann Braden, The Benefits of Being an Octopus
13. And Then, Boom!
By: Lisa Fipps
4.69
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more
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"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!
14. The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom
By: Felicia Rose Chavez
4.59
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innov… read more
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- teaching
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"Mothering, for me, means willpower, fortitude, grit. It is the transcendent power to multiply oneself, succeeded by the supreme humility to serve that second self."-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom
"I didn't know then that I hated school, only that school hated me, so much so that I bent my brown body into a bow to appease it. I broke out in hives, in tears, because I couldn't yet differentiate …"-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom
"I didn't know then that I hated school, only that school hated me, so much so that I bent my brown body into a bow to appease it. I broke out in hives, in teachers because I couldn't yet differentiat…"-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom
"Membership necessitates mutual participation. How can we possibly achieve membership when our presence-the feat of occupying space in brown skin-is deemed illegitimate? We're non-people, exploited fo…"-Felicia Rose Chavez, The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom
15. Brother's Keeper
By: Julie Lee
4.34
Format: 314 pages, Hardcover
Can two children escape North Korea on their own? North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-ol… read more
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16. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
By: Don Brown
3.98
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the s… read more
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"When...there are explosions, you understand that your life is simply...not worth anything."-Don Brown, 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
17. Hearts Unbroken
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith
3.63
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the though… read more
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"Do you believe in God?' 'I believe in kissing you."-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Hearts Unbroken
"Damn it, Lou!' Two hours later, Cam pounded at the steering wheel of his SUV, which was parked in my driveway. 'Stop being so dramatic. I can't second-guess every fucking word that flies out of my fu…"-Cynthia Leitich Smith, Hearts Unbroken
18. Ordinary Hazards
By: Nikki Grimes
4.40
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
In her own voice, author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a mem… read more
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"I didn't have much in the world, but my fears were my own."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"this writing thing was some kind of magic trick I didn't yet understand, except for this: Magicians rarely share their secrets."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"Trauma is a memory hog, It gobbles up all available space in the brain, leaves little room to mark daily happenstances, or even routine injuries which are less than life-threatening."-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
"MY BLACK ME My father fed me Invisible Man, Native Son, No Longer at Ease, Black Man's Burden, and the more I read, the madder I got, and I already had reason to scream, but my father kept me dreamin…"-Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
19. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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20. 4 Essential Studies: Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency
By: Penny Kittle
4.56
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
Essay. Poetry. Book Clubs. Digital Composition. Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher extend their work … read more
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21. Keeping the Wonder: An Educator's Guide to Magical, Engaging, and Joyful Learning
By: Jenna Copper
4.36
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
Embarking on your first solo road trip. Receiving a special surprise that arrives out of the blue. … read more
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22. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)
By: Jarred Amato
4.64
Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition
Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more
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23. The Joy of Reading
By: Donalyn Miller
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
What reading experiences have entertained you, provoked you, taught you, inspired you, helped you t… read more
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24. Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices
By: Lorena Escoto German
4.46
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
"Be prepared to be embraced with words, images, stories, examples, experiences, and a love for teac… read more
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25. A Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice
By: Kate Roberts
4.31
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
As an English teacher, Kate Roberts has seen the power of whole-class novels to build community in … read more
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26. A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12: The Classroom Essentials Series
By: Katie Wood Ray
4.54
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Using mentor texts from a range of high-interest sources and diverse authors can be a real game cha… read more
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27. Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (Corwin Literacy)
By: Matthew Johnson
4.30
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Beat Burnout with Time-saving Best Practices for Feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout i… read more
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28. The Man in the Red Bandanna
By: Honor Crowther Fagan
4.61
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
When Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red bandanna, which he always carried w… read more
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29. The Frindle Files
By: Andrew Clements
4.55
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
One last gift to teachers and readers from Andrew Clements: A sequel to his most beloved, landmark … read more
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30. Everything We Never Had
By: Randy Ribay
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more
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31. The Confidence to Write: A Guide for Overcoming Fear and Developing Identity as a Writer
By: Liz Prather
4.55
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
"I can't write." How often do we hear this every day from students at all different skill levels? W… read more
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